Visual Arts

Ancestors Rising: Aboriginal Art as Historical Testimonials

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Longman
Humanities Research, vol. 15, no. 3, Decolonising Testimony:On the Possibilities and Limits of Witnessing, 2009, pp. 97-105
Description
Comments on the value of Aboriginal art, as a testimonial of history and cultural identity, in the absence of written historical documents.
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Ancient Villages & Totem Poles of the Nisga'a

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Gingolx Media Centre]
Description
Website contains links to map, photographs of villages, ways of life, activities (includes video clips with transcripts), and teacher resources.
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Art, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Resistance in the Age of Big Oil: Corwin Clairmont's Two-Headed Arrow/The Tar Sands Project

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katie Kane
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 2, Spring, 2021, pp. [152]-195
Description
An analysis of the art installation performed and exhibited in 2018 and discussion of how the artist's works express resistance to the proposed oil pipeline and energy extraction projects going through or near Indigenous lands in the U.S. and Canada.
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[The Art of Mary Anne Barkhouse]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Curatorial Collective
Description
Includes brief biography, listing of exhibitions, publications and images from online exhibition.
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The Art That Came In from the Cold

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Ayre
The Beaver, vol. 79, no. 1, February/March 1999, pp. 8-[?]
Description
Describes John Houston's instrumental role in developing and promoting print artists from Cape Dorset, Nunavut.
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Art This Way: Decolonizing Art with Arthur Renwick

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judy Iseke-Barnes
Vivian Michelle Jiménez Estrada
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-32
Description
Uses the art of Arthur Renwick as an illustration of the environment, attitudes and efforts to resist colonization of other Aboriginal artists, including Alfred Young Man.
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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 Henry Beaudry

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 1, April 1997, p. 32
Description
Career of artist Henry Beaudry, World War II veteran and great-grandson of Chief Poundmaker.
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Artist-Run Organizations and the Restoration of Indigenous Cultural Sovereignty in Toronto, 1970 to 2010

Alternate Title
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Adrian Foster
Description
Discusses contributions of organizations such as A Space, the Theatre Centre, Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts, V-Tape, and Centre for Aboriginal Media/ImagineNATIVE Festival, and the National Film Board's Challenge for Change program. Excerpt from Well-Being in the Urban Aboriginal Community edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.
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Artist's Statement

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bobby C. Martin
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter, 2015, pp. xi-xii
Description
Cover artist for the issue articulates the inspiration for his illustration.
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Artists' Connection 5: Indigenous Perspectives

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dundas Valley School of Art
Description

Teachers' resource uses works by Michael Barber, Carl Beam, Monique (Aura) Bedard, Janice Brant, Deron Ahsén:nase Douglas, Lorrie Gallant, Kelly Greene , Summer Hill, Janus, Nancy King (Chief Lady Bird), Quinn Smallboy and Saul Williams.

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Artists in the Arctic

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christine Lalonde
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2003, pp. 40-42
Description
Curator discusses how both Inuit and non-Inuit works were incorporated into the exhibition held at the National Gallery of Canada, 2003. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 40.
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An Arts-Based Curriculum Encounter: What Does It Mean to Live on This Land?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diane Conrad
Patricia Jagger
Victoria Bleeks
Sarah Auger
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 379-392
Description
The authors describe their experience in a graduate course on arts-based research methods. Their research touches on contexts of and relationships with/as land, Indigenous peoples, settlers, environmental crisis, and personal journey and the art they created in the process of the course.
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Arts Project Tackles Regina's Notorious North End Social Problems

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chelsea Jones
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 7, July 2008, p. 19
Description
Introduces an art program that involves displaying art and sharing stories door to door in Regina's north end with the hope of engaging the residents in the arts. Article located by scrolling to page 19.
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ArtTalk: Conversations on Northwest Native Art: ArtTalk Keynote: We Got Styles!

Alternate Title
Burke Museum's ArtTalk Symposium: Conversations on Northwest Native Art
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robin K. Wright
Shaun Peterson
David R. Boxley
Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse
Description
First presenter discusses intersections between scholarship art and artists over the last 50 years. Second presenter discusses differences between Southern Northwestern Coast and Northern Northwest Coast design elements. Third presenter discusses the importance of works by old masters created before contact and the ban on the potlatch. Followed by panel discussion. Duration: 1:17:20.
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ArtTalk: Conversations on Northwest Native Art: Session 2: Retrospectives on Northwest Coast Art History and Indigenous Methodologies

Alternate Title
"Return of Kaats": Two House Posts by Nathan and Stephen Jackson
ArtTalk: Conversations on Northwest Native Art
Burke Museum's ArtTalk Symposium: Conversations on Northwest Native Art
Copper Seaweed & Woven Octopus Bags
Dance Group Performances as Art History in Motion
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Miqu'l Dangeleli
Megan Smetzer
Emily Moore
Description
First presentation discusses dance groups which perform both traditional and modern works and decolonizing the field of art history. Second presentation discusses resilience as demonstrated by women weavers, with a focus on octopus bags created by artist Shgen Doo Tan George. Third presentation discusses the two house posts carved for the Burke Museum as replacements for the originals which had been repatriated. Duration: 1:25:12.
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[ArtTalk: Conversations on Northwest Native Art: Session 3: Panel Discussion]: Contemporary Northwest Coast Art & Challenging Pre-Conceptions

Alternate Title
Burke Museum's ArtTalk Symposium: Conversations on Northwest Native Art
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Joe Seymour
Greg Robinson
Lou-ann Neel
Da-ka-xeen Mehner
Description
Four artists discuss their work, its relationship to their culture, and using traditional subjects and motifs in new, inventive ways which challenge expectations about what constitutes Northwest Coast art. Duration: 1:14:15.
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Authentic First Peoples Resources: K-9

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jo-Anne (Jo) L. Chrona
Sara Florence Davidson
Roberta Edzerza
Nadine McSpadden
Joanne Moiese ... [et al.]
Description
Annotated list of material includes reading level, curriculum areas, themes and topics, publication dates and number of pages. Updated version. Originally published in 2011.
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Authentic Indigenous Arts Initiative

Alternate Title
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Katie K. MacLeod
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Description
Brief case study of Aboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia's consideration of expanding their authenticity agenda to incorporate a branding scheme.
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Avataq Cultural Institute

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Avataq Cultural Institute
Description
Mandate is to serve cultural and language needs of Nunavik Inuit. Includes links to programs and projects, and a collection of art and handicrafts.
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The Baker Lake Printmaking Revival

Alternate Title
InfoNorth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kyra Vladykov Fisher
Arctic, vol. 50, no. 2, June 1997, pp. 192-196
Description
Comments on setting up a drawing and printmaking program.
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The Ballad of Crowfoot

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Willie Dunn
Description
Using still photographs from the nineteenth century, Willie Dunn sings a ballad about the Blackfoot Chief of the Canadian West. Duration: 10:18.
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The Battle of Cut Knife Hill: Harriet Yellowmud Remembers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Saskatchewan History, vol. 64, no. 2, Fall, 2012, pp. 6-7
Description
A brief article that contains some notes on the 1869-70 Red River Resistance and the 1885 North-West Resistance, two paintings of different battles, and a photograph of Yellowmud describing the battle to historians. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 6.
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Beadwork Mats on Display

Images » Photographs
Description
Aboriginal beadwork mats on display at the Saskatoon Arts and Crafts Display. Date unkown.
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Bearclaw Gallery

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Features original paintings by aboriginal artists, inuit sculptures, and traditional crafts and artifacts. Brief artist's biographies are available....
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The Beat Goes On: Taking the Pulse of the Northern Arts Scene

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leslie Boyd
Christine Lalonde
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 2, Spring/Summer, 2014, pp. 8-14
Description
Comments on what it is like to be an Inuit artist working in the North today including the challenges and opportunities. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 8.
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Beat Nation: Hip Hop as Indigenous Culture

Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Tania Willard
Skeena Reece
Archer Pechawis
Glenn Alteen
Mary Ann Anderson ... [et al.]
Description
Website of virtual exhibition. Contains links to: curatorial statements, music, artists, writers, and a blog.
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The Beginning

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Virginia Watt
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, Fall, 1999, pp. 6-16
Description
Overview of the organization which began as the Canadian Handicrafts Guild and the events which preceded the first exhibition of Eskimo Art in 1949 as well as the following four years. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 6.
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