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Aboriginal Art in the 60s

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Ruins in Process: Vancouver Art in the Sixties
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Presents archival material, essays and images centred around themes of totems, residential schools, mentors, community, migration and modernism.
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About Masks: Conversations from Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska

Alternate Title
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret B. Blackman
Description
Looks at the materials needed for mask making and comments on mask sales. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
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Agayuliyararput: Our Way of Making Prayer

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Ann Fienup-Riordan
National Museum of Natural History
Description
Display and description of Alaskan Yup'ik ceremonial items and ancing masks prepared by a team of Yup'ik and others.
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Apache Art

Theses
Author/Creator
Dorothy Frances Gay
Description
Letters, Arts, and Sciences Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1933.
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Artifakes, Forgeries, and Misattributions on the Pacific Northwest Coast

Alternate Title
Museum Fakes, Forgeries, and the Quest for Authenticity
[Fakes, Forgeries, and Misattributions on the Pacific Northwest Coast]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robin Wright
Description
Director of the Bill Holm Centre for the Study of Northwest Coast Art speaks about the works of Holm and Charles Edenshaw, and the problems associated with attribution and authenticity. Duration: 31:20.
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[Artist Lecture: Nicholas Galanin]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Nicholas Galanin
Description
Multi-media artist speaks about the various series he has created. Presented as part of the It's Complicated: Art about Home exhibition. Followed by question and answer period. Duration: 1:09:58.
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Behind the Scenes: The Real Story of the Quileute Wolves

Alternate Title
Seattle Art Museum Educator Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Regan Doody
Description
Teachers' guide developed in conjunction with exhibition mounted to dispel the misrepresentations of cultural beliefs created by Stephanie Myer's Twilight books.
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Brian Jungen: Cool, Cooler, Coolest

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nancy Tousley
Canadian Art, vol. 20, no. 2, Summer, 2003, p. [?]
Description
Discussion of the artist's works dealing with identity, gender politics and cultural studies.
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Bridging Past and Present: A Study of Precontact Yup'ik Masks from the Nunalleq Site, Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Mossolova
Rick Knecht
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 56, no. 1, 2019, pp. 18-38
Description
Article uses archaeological, ethnographic, and oral history accounts to examine several masks and fragments recently recovered from the Nunalleq archeological site. Findings demonstrate strong pre-contact traditions of ceremonial mask making that continued post contact.
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Chiefly Feasts

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Allen Wardwell
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 4, Winter, 1992, pp. 91-93
Description
Book review of: Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlach edited by Aldona Jonaitis.
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[Coast Salish Art in the 21st Century]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Shaun Peterson
Heather Johnson-Jock
lessLIE
Luke Marston
Danielle Morsette
Description
Five panelists discuss their artistic practice and how their culture influences their work. Duration: 1:31:47.
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Contemporary Alutiiq Masks and Meaning

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nadia Jackinsky-Horrell
AlterNative, vol. 5, no. 1, 2009, pp. 72-87
Description
Looks at the history, artistic and cultural value of Alutiiq masks, and discusses some of the challenges for future masters to carry Alutiiq traditions forward.
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Culture Days a Showcase for Aboriginal Heritage

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gaylene Poulin
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 9, September 2011, p. 14
Description
Comments on the many interactive cultural activities to be held around the country including Saskatchewan. Article found by scrolling to page 14 and 15.
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Dempsey Bob

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Dempsey Bob
Description
Commercial site of the Tlingit artist. Includes links to the artist's statement, information selected pieces, exhibitions, bibliography of locations of artworks as well as items for sale.
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Early Nuxalk Masks

Theses
Author/Creator
Lisa Pauline Seip
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2000.
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Free Spirit Gallery

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Free Spirit Gallery
Description
Commercial gallery presenting images of Inuit, First Nation and Native American artworks.
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From This Native Land: Towards a 'New Understanding' of Brian Jungen's Nike Masks and the Cultural Implications of Bricolage

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christian Froschauer
CUJAH: Concordia Undergraduate Journal of Art History, vol. 1, [2004-2005], p. [?]
Description
Argues that the transformation of a consumer good into Northwest Coast style masks is a commentary on both the exploitation of sweatshop workers and the commodification of First Nations' symbols.
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Herbert Joseph Rice (Herb)

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Coast Salish Journey
Description
Highlights the carving and design work of the native of Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island.
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Hunted and Honoured: Animal Representations in Precontact Masks from the Nunalleq Site, Southwest Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Mossolova
Rick Knecht
Edouard Masson-MacLean
Claire Houmard
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1/2, The Past in the Yup’ik Present: Archaeologies of Climate Change in Western Alaska, 2019, pp. 107-136
Description

Using archaeological data to better understand the role of animals in precontact Yup'ik communities. 

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Indian Notes [Vol. 10, no. 2, Spring, 1974]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Howard D. Winters
Anna C. Roosevelt
Alfredo E. Figueredo
Description
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Numerous articles on various topics including grave goods from a burial mound and ancient West Indian arrowheads.
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Indian Notes [Vol. 10, no.3, Summer, 1974]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Nabokov
Harold Noice
Description
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian. Issue includes articles on cold weather clothing, Mexican masks and more.
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Indian Notes [Vol. 2, no. 1, January, 1925]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frank G. Speck
S. K. Lothrop
W. C. Orchard
Melvin R. Gilmore
Marshall H. Saville ... [et al.]
Description
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Numerous articles on various topics including one on a shrine to Mother Corn.
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Indian Notes [Vol. 3, no. 1, January 1926]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marshall H. Saville
Melvin R. Gilmore
Donald A. Cadzow
William Wildschut
Alanson Skinner ... [et al.]
Description
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Numerous articles on various topics including decorated stone masks in Mexico, games played by Arikara children, the Prairie Cree tipee.
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Indian Notes [Vol. 6, no. 2, April, 1929]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frank G. Speck
S. K. Lothrop
Joseph Keppler
Ruth Gaines
Melvin R. Gilmore ... [et al.]
Description
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Numerous articles on various topics including the hunting groups of River Desert, Quebec and the cultivation of henequen in San Pablo.
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Indian Notes [Vol. 8, no. 1, Winter, 1972]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
U. V. Wilcox
U. Vincent Wilcox
Marlene Martin
Anna Roosevelt
Ruth N. Wilcox ... [et al.]
Description
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Articles in this issue look at ancient disease in the American southwest, False Face masks, funerary dolls and other topics.
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Indian Notes [Vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 1972]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlene Martin
J. Tozzi Calvao
William F. Stiles
Daniel B. Kennedy
Ruth N. Wilcox
Description
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Articles on various topics including Pueblo pottery, Iroquois cornhusk masks and tropical forest featherwork.
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Indian Notes [Vol. 8, no. 4, Fall, 1972]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Carla O'Rorke
M.R. Harrington
Alfredo E. Figueredo]
Description
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Articles on various topics including catlinite pipes and buffalo medicine bundles.
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Lelooska: The Life of a Northwest Coast Artist

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Melinda Marie Jetté
BC Studies, no. 141, Spring, 2004, pp. 121-123
Description
Book review of: Lelooska: The Life of a Northwest Coast Artist by Chris Friday. To access this review, scroll to page 121.
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The Mask Dance

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 2, February 1976, p. 45
Description
Describes the Cree dance Wihtikokansimoowin also known as the Wintigo-like dance.
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Masks and Headgear of Native American Ritual/Theatre on the Northwest Coast

Alternate Title
Masks and Headgear of Native American Ritual / Theatre on the Northwest Coast
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Snyder Neil
Theatre Journal, vol. 38, no. 4, 1986, pp. 453-462
Description
Presents 19th century facemasks and regalia for ceremony and performance used by the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian peoples of the Pacific Northwest.
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Masks of the Ancestors

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Aldona Jonaitis
Peter Macnair
Natural History, vol. 100, no. 10, October 1991, pp. 42-48
Description
Discusses the dance that presents the Kwakiutl legend of Wiwidi, his undersea adventures, and the associated masks.
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The Mythology of the Bella Coola Indians

Alternate Title
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 2. Anthropology ; v. 1
[Publications of] The Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 1 (1898-1900) , pt. 2
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 2 (p. [25]- 127, [12] plates).
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