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8th Fire: At the Crossroads

Alternate Title
Doc Zone ; season 6, episode 16
Eighth Fire: At the Crossroads
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Paul Morin
Denis Paquet
Interviews with Aboriginal artists and community leaders about building new relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians now and in the future. Duration: 45:16
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8th Fire Guide for Educators

Alternate Title
Guide for Educators
At the Crossroads
Indigenous in the City
It's Time
Whose Land is it Anyway?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Prince
Material for four episodes: Indigenous in the City, It's Time, Whose Land is it Anyway? and At the Crossroads.
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Aboriginal Art: How to Create it

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Barbara Herberholz
Arts and Activities, vol. 138, no. 5, January 2006, p. 14
Video explanation, by Peggy Flores, an artist and educator, how the beliefs of the Australian Aborigines are reflected in their art, which in turn shows the connection between man and nature.
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Aboriginal Artists Defying Expectations

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cathy Mattes
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 1, [Indian Country: Art, Politics and Resistance], January/February 2007, pp. 24-34
Focuses on six contemporary artists: Riel Benn, Helen Madelaine, Leah Fontaine, Kale Bonham, KC Adams and Colleen Cutschall, the challenges Aboriginal artists face and the legacy of the Woodland School Arts Movement
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Aboriginal Arts & Stories

Articles » General
Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 5, October/November 2016, pp. 57-63
Description of Aboriginal Arts & Stories, a creative writing competition inviting Canadian First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth ages 9-29 to present an aspect of their culture.
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Aboriginal Australian and Canadian First Nations Children's Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angeline O'Neill
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, vol. 13, no. 2, Thematic Issue: About Indigenous Literatures , June 2011, pp. 1-10
Uses comparative methodology to look at children's picture books and unique features highlighting the combining of oral and written traditions.
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Aboriginal Australian Art Today

Alternate Title
Toledo Museum of Art Masters Series Lecture
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wally Caruana
Examines the emergence of the Aboriginal art movement and its significance today in the context of the Will Owen and Harvey Wagner Collection of Aboriginal Australian Art. Duration: 1:04:07.
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Aboriginal Beaded Mats on Display

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hilda J. Stewart
Beaded mats from the Little Pine First Nation on Display at the Saskatoon Arts and Crafts Society Show. Date unknown.

Historical note:

Includes note on back: "When the Saskatoon Arts and Crafts Society disbanded a collection of mats and other articles were given to the museum at Fort Battleford"
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Aboriginal Children's Hurt & Healing (ACHH) Initiative: First Nation Community Health Video

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Children's Hurt & Healing (ACHH) Initiative
John R. Sylliboy
Margot Latimer
Sharon Rudderham
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2019, p. [12]
Links to short video which discusses the ACHH's research on helping healthcare professionals to understand pain and hurt from a Mi'kmaw perspective. Research done in collaboration with Artist Alan Syliboy, illustrates how participants think about and express pain. ACHH Initiative Duration 5:03
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Aboriginal Culture Viewed Through Urban Aesthetic

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cara McKenna
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 2, May 2012

Comments on the exhibition Beat Nation, that expresses freedom from oppression.

Pages 1,3 of insert entitled Raven's Eye: Special Providing News from BC & Yukon. Scanning is out of sequence for this section.

Entire issue on one pdf. 

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Aboriginal Oral Traditions of Australian Impact Craters

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane W. Hamacher
John Goldsmith
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, vol. 16, no. 3, [2013], pp. 295-311
Examines how Aboriginal stories and artworks relate to scientific accounts of Australian meteorite craters.
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Aboriginal Research Resources

Web Sites » Organizations
Portal "brings together inter-disciplinary sources and information relating to Indigenous Studies and Native-newcomer relations at the University of Saskatchewan". Contains links to library & archive holdings, other collections, scholarly output, etc.
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Acorn Soup is Good Food: L. Frank, News from Native California, and the Intersections of Literary and Visual Arts

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Bernardin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 3, Fall, 2015, pp. 1-33
Argues that more attention should be paid to cross-genre nature of Indigenous creative production. Focuses on the recurring single frame cartoon "Acorn Soup" featured in the journal as an example.
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Active Engagement: Decoding the Politics of A4444

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Britt Gallpen
UJAH: Undergraduate Journal of Art History, no. 2, Active Engagements, 2011, pp. [1]-6
Discussion of artist Lyle Wilson's work which toured as part of the exhibition entitled Lyle Wilson: When Worlds Collide.
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[Adrian Stimson]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Adrian Stimson
Artist speaks about his artistic practice and his participation in the Canadian Forces Artist Program in Afghanistan. Duration: 62:47.
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After the Art Boom, What?: Yupik and Inuit Art: A Resurgence

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jan Ingram
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 7-13
Comments on the oil boom being a major factor for the success of the arts in the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 7.
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[AIDS to Native Eyes Part 2]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ken Harper
Melissa Hoskins
Harlan Pruden
Kent Lebsock
Curtis Harris
Louis Mofsie
Nataani Guthrie
Video filmed during an exhibition entitled A 25 Year Retrospective of the Native American Response to AIDS through Poster Art mounted as part of the first-ever National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, 2007. Duration: 9:40.
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All My Relations: Biennale of Sydney 2012

Alternate Title
Dr. Allen Root Contemporary Art Distinguished Lecture
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gerald McMaster
Talk highlights artists featured in the previous international exhibition, held in 2010. Duration: 1:39:53.
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Allen Sapp

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, December 1985, p. 53
Artist Allen Sapp of the Red Pheasant First Nation honoured at the Saskatchewan Award of Merit ceremony.
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Alootook Ipellie: The Voice of an Inuk Artist

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael P. Kennedy
Alootook Ipellie
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 21, no. 2, 1996, pp. [155]-164
Interview with Alootook Ipellie about shamanism, his works, and walking an invisible border.
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Aluminum Sioux Camps

Theses
Author/Creator
Sean David Ross
Art and Design Thesis (M.A.)--Western Carolina University, 2012.
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American Anthropologist. Vol. 105, No. 4, December 2003.

Alternate Title
Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner: Culture, History, and Politics in Inuit Media
Atanarjuat Off-Screen: From "Media Reservation" to the World Stage
Introduction: Visual Anthropology Section
Special Issue: Language Politics and Practices
Talking Back to Primitivism: Divided Audiences, Collective Desires
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lucas Bessire
Faye Ginsburg
Shari Huhndorf
Jeff Himpele
Articles from the Visual Arts section discuss the film Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner. Scroll down to section to access articles.
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American Indian Women as Art Educators

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leona M. Zastrow
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 18, no. 1, October 1978, pp. [6-10]
Overview of Native American women teaching traditional art skills in the South-western United States.
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