Basketry

The video, titled 1992 Elders Conference: Moose Hide Preparation and Birch Bark Basket Making (Cree Version), records these two activities at the elders gathering. Camera by Harry Opekokew and Allan Adam, Cree translator Abel Charles, post production by Sam Hardlotte.

Historical note:

A video produced in 1994 by Saskatchewan Education, Training and Employment, Northern Education Services Branch and Pahkisimon Nuye?ah Library System recording parts of the 1992 Elders Conference north of La Ronge.

Overview of tourism and statistics from market research study on awareness of Aboriginal tourism and basket weaving market potential.

Discusses issues surrounding objects which are valued as "art" by Western collectors as opposed to their contextual value to those who produce them.

Photographs and brief descriptions of selections from the museum's collection.

Website discusses how four communities are responding to environmental challenges in their homelands. Includes worksheets for elementary students to prepare a story project.

Overview of Native American women teaching traditional art skills in the South-western United States.

Letters, Arts, and Sciences Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1933.

Compares the educational philosophies and methods of Richard Pratt, founder of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and Estelle Reel, the Superintendent of Indian Schools between 1898-1910.

Discussion with three artists about the challenges they face creating their work due to shortages of resources and environmental factors. Part 1 of 2. Duration: 53:30.

Question and answer session with three artists discussing challenges they face due to shortages of resources and environmental factors. Part 2 of 2. Duration: 22:32.

Review on an exhibition at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art until September 19, 1993 in which art from Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Russia and Lapland was displayed. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 34.

Presentations on collaborative research: Part 1: Research in Museums and it’s Contribution to Native Communities by Pat Courtney Gold. Part 2: Remembering Heritage Through the Arts in Alaska's Communities by Nadia Jackinsky Sethi. Part 3: G̱a̱lg̱a̱poła (Working Together) – A Collaborative Reframing of Kwakiutl Film and Audio Recordings with Franz Boas by Kathryn Bunn Marcuse, Kaleb Child, Coreen Child and Tom Child. Duration: 2:02:05

Describes various baskets featuring Tathouke birchbark baskets made by Daisy Demientieff, a famous Alaskan craftsman and her daughter Judy Swanson. Includes photographs.

Overview of cultural and ecological background of study, description of process of harvesting and constructing baskets, and discussion of the role of gender in archaeology.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 2, (pp105-164).

Describes the process of creating classic Suquamish baskets as practiced by Ed Carriere, a master basketmaker from Washington state.

Comments on the role that visual imagery plays in the construction of culture.

An examination of appropriation of traditional crafts through the creation and marketing of how-to-guides and kits in the early twentieth century. Focuses on works written by George Wharton James.

Discussion on basketmaking as a viable economic alternative to gambling and as a assertion of tribal sovereignty, by continuing Wabanaki traditions.

Forms part of Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, v.17 (p.1-32).

Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 2 (p. [391]- 399, [3] plates).

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.17 (p.115-273).

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 31 (p.121-218).

Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 3 (p. [229]-277, [18] plates).

Discusses coiled root, twined, and plaited baskets and identifies unique design features associated with the First Nations that produced them. Attempts to use this information to identify provenance of selected specimens in the White Rock Museum Maccaud collection.

Over 700 citations for books, catalogues of exhibitions, and other sources.

Native American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2005.

Discusses the history of the organization, members' involvement in documentation, and influence on collections use.

Brief introduction along with a map showing where each of the art works originated and links to brief biographies of the artists.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 24, (pp343-360).

Book review: Cedar by Hilary Stewart. Scroll down to page 59 to read review.

Looks at the absence of Nunatsiavut art from the art market and delves into the reasons why. Entire issue on one pdf. To locate article, scroll to page 22.

[Agriculture] Thesis, (M.Sc.)--Dalhousie University, 2004.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1969.

Brief document meant for educational purposes is organized around four themes: origins, knowledge, community and governance.

Three artists who participated in the exhibition Tipi: Heritage of the Great Plains discuss the relationship between their culture, personal lives, and their work. Duration: 1:59:05.

Issue features Jim Ryder, Angelique Merasty and Florine Hotomoni, all Saskatchewan artists who work with traditional materials. Includes photographs.

Features work of Michael Massie, Chris Sampson, Shirley Moorhouse, and Rigolet. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 12.

Book review of: NgaRRiNDJeRi WURRUWARRIN: a World That is, Was, and Will be by Diane Bell..

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2003.

Website for virtual exhibit contains links to images listed by artist and region, study lab, resources, basket game and the Burke Museum database.

Chronicles the life and works of Horton First Nation Chief Rita Smith.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.30.