Visual Arts

The Idea of Northwest Coast Native Art

Alternate Title
Native Art of the Northwest Coast: A History of Changing Ideas
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Charlotte Townsend-Gault
Jennifer Kramer
Ḳi-ḳe-in
Description
Provides overview of anthology which chronicles the history of perceptions about cultural objects as "art". Preface and introduction to Native Art of the Northwest Coast: A History of Changing Ideas edited by Charlotte Townsend-Gault, Jennifer Kramer, and Ḳi-ḳe-in.
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Igloolik Video: An Organic Response From a Culturally Sound Community

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathleen Fleming
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 1, 10th Anniversary Issue, Spring, 1996, pp. 26-34
Description
Looks at a small community that was introduced to video in 1979 and highlights several videomakers. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 26.
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Image-based Storytelling: A visual Narrative of My Family’s Story

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Boivin
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 37, September 17, 2018, pp. E1112-E1113
Description

A series of paintings and text written by the artist narrate pieces of her father’s story, and through the narrative offer a comparison of Dene and Western world-views and understandings of well-being. Journal has reversed the text of the third and fourth paintings.

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Images in the Contact Zone: An Online Exhibit

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Sabrina Hammerl
Thomas Götzfried
Sebastian Karlbauer
Rebecca Gebhard
Sonja Rothfischer ... [et al.]
Description
Exhibit divided into four sections: Landscape, Removal, and Native American Homelands, Revisiting the "Indian Princess", Repositioning Native Bodies, and Representing Indigenous People on a National Stage.
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Images of Native Americans

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Hutchinson
The Journal of American History, vol. 90, no. 2, September 2003, pp. 748-749
Description
Review of website: Images of Native Americans created and maintained by the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. All website reviews on one document. To access review, scroll to page 748.
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Images of the Land

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kate O'Rourke
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 1, 10th Anniversary Issue, Spring, 1996, pp. 44-46
Description
Exhibition review from the National Gallery of Canada, 1995-1996 curated by Marie Routledge. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 44.
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Imaginary Spaces of Conciliation and Reconciliation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Garneau
West Coast Line #74, vol. 46, no. 2, Reconcile This!, Summer, 2012, pp. 28-38
Description
Author discusses his works, Aboriginal Curatorial Collective Meeting and Aboriginal Advisory Circle Meeting within the context of irreconcilable spaces of Aboriginality. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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Imagining Drumbytes and Logging in Powwows: Exploring the Production of Community in Canadian-Based Aboriginal New Media Art

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria Victoria Guglietti
Seachange, The Face-to-Face, Spring, 2010, pp. 51-80
Description
Looks at the history of Native Net, a nation-wide computer based multimedia communication network, and the development of CyberPowWow, an online gallery and chat room produced by the Aboriginal collective Nation to Nation.
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Impurity and Danger

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlotte Townsend-Gault
Current Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 1, February 1993, pp. 93-100
Description
Review of exhibitions Indigena: Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples on Five Hundred Year and Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century.
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In Retrospect

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Author/Creator
Virginia Watt
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 23-24
Description
Excerpts from James Houston's "Report of Purchases" from 1950. Houston, a representative of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild, had been sent north to investigate the viability of training Inuit artisans to produce works which could be sold in the south. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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In Retrospect

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Virginia Watt
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 2, Spring, 1988, pp. 27-29
Description
Discusses the initial phase of federal government involvement in the production and marketing of Inuit art. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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In Retrospect

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Virginia Watt
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 20-21
Description
Highlights several more press clippings commenting on Inuit art (article began in vol. 2, no. 2). Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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In Retrospect

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Virginia Watt
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 2, Spring, 1987, pp. 17-18
Description
Highlights several press clippings commenting on Inuit art. Continued in vol. 2, no. 3). Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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In Retrospect

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Author/Creator
Virginia Watt
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, Fall, 1988, p. 36, 39
Description
Discusses Jim and Alma Houston's early involvement in production and marketing of Inuit art. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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In Retrospect

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Virginia Watt
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2, Spring, 1989, p. 42, 44
Description
Discusses the "Coronation Exhibition" of Inuit art mounted in London, England in 1953. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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In Retrospect

Alternate Title
[Sending Houston North, HBC and Handicrafts Guild Letters]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Virginia Watt
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 4, Fall 1987, pp. 18-20
Description
Excerpts from correspondence between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Canadian Handicrafts Guild regarding sending James Houston to Port Harrison to purchase art for resale in the south. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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In Retrospect

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Virginia Watt
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 20-21
Description
Reviews changes in attitudes towards Inuit art. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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Indian Artist: Eddy Poitras

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deanna Wuttunee
Saskatchewan Indian, Special Edition, July 1985, p. 47
Description
Describes career of a Regina artist who graduated from the Art Program at the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College (SICC).
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The Indian Artists of Saskatchewan

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Author/Creator
John Warner
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 4, no. 4, April 1974, pp. 26-31
Description
Describes and illustrates work of many artists.
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Indian Humor

Alternate Title
Indian Humour
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
John Dwight
Sara Bates
Description

Website for exhibition organized by the American Indian Contemporary Arts. Contains links to curator's notes and individual works by over 30 artists.

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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. 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 Record (Vol. 34, #1-2, Jan.-Feb. 1971)

Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
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Indian Record (Vol. XXVI, No. 1, January - February, 1963)

Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.
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INDIANacts: Aboriginal Performance Art

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Performance Art Conference, Grunt Gallery 2002
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Grunt Gallery
TRIBE
Description
Website examines performance art practices arising from the Aboriginal culture. Contains essays, art images, videos, and resources.
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Indians Everywhere: Paul Chaat Smith on "Americans"

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Paul Chaat Smith
Description
Curator of the exhibition entitled Americans at the National Museum of the American Indian discusses the exhibition about the pervasiveness of the image of the American Indian in popular culture and the controversy surrounding the validity of artist Jimmy Durham's Cherokee identity. Duration: 58:51.
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Indians in Cyberspace

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mike MacDonald
ConunDrumOnline, vol. 1, April 2005, p. [?]
Description
Brief introduction to Indigenous artists whose work is featured online.
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An Indigenous Archive: Documenting Comanche History through Rock Art

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lindsay M. Montgomery
Severin Fowles
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 2, Spring, 2020, pp. [196]-220
Description
Looks at biographic-style images created in the northern Rio Grande region of New Mexico during the eighteenth century and argues that they constitute a historic text in their own right and that a combination of close examination and conversations with tribal members can create richer historical insights.
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Indigenous Artists' Needs Assessment Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kate Vermette
Creative Manitoba's Indigenous Programs
Description
Includes information gathered from three Indigenous Artist Circles, full-day focus group in 2012, and a province-wide survey conducted in 2014. Overall recommendations were: mentorship programs, access to cultural teachings, community building, business and entrepreneurial education, funding resources and more access to employment opportunities.
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