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Hands of History

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Loretta Todd
Looks at aesthetic philosophies, techniques and personal styles of four Aboriginal female artists; Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras, Joane Cardinal-Schubert. Duration: 51:49.
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Indian Arts Research Centre

Alternate Title
IARC
Web Sites » Organizations
Web page contains links to short artist biographies and a sample of the collection including basketry, jewelry, carved figures, paints, and pottery textiles.
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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.]
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. 6, no. 2, April, 1929]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frank G. Speck
S. K. Lothrop
Joseph Keppler
Ruth Gaines
Melvin R. Gilmore ... [et al.]
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. 6, no. 4, October, 1929]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marshall H. Saville
F. W. Hodge
W. C. Orchard
Melvin R. Gilmore
Joseph Keppler
Ruth Gaines
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Articles on various topics including data on votive axes from ancient Mexico and Mohawk burden-straps.
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Indian Notes [Vol. 8, no. 3, Summer, 1972]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
U. Vincent Wilcox
Ruth N. Wilcox
William F. Stiles
Melvin R. Gilmore
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Numerous articles on various topics including, the Foster Collection and the Naked Clay exhibit.
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Indian Record (Vol. XX, No. 1, January, 1957)

Documents & Presentations
"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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Jossette Morris

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Government Photos (photographer)
Female elder seated indoors next to window. Annotation on back of photo: 61-321-33: Jossette Morris, 75 year old Chipewyan Indian, who lives at Patuanak, works on birch bark baskets. Lacing is made from dyed birch roots.
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The Language of Woven Images Among the Tzotzil

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline Karslake
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, 1987, pp. 385-397
Describes how weaving and design elements and possibly meanings, have changed over the years.
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[LessLIE Talks About "Spindle wHOLE", July 27, 2011, Victoria, BC Canada]

Alternate Title
lessLIE Talk at Alcheringa Gallery: "Spindle wHOLE", July 27, 2011, Victoria, BC Canada
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
lessLIE
Efren Quiroz
Artist explains the background of his works, the title of his exhibition, and the connection to Coast Salish culture and designs. Duration: 24:33.
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Malaya Akulukjuk: A Tribute

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deborah Hickman
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 1, 10th Anniversary Issue, Spring, 1996, pp. 53-56
Comments on prints and woven tapestries based on the artist's drawings. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 53.
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Metis Women's Traditional Art Series

Alternate Title
Métis Hooked Rugs = Aen Kroshay aen tapee avec mi gineey
Métis Fingerweaving = En saencheur flechey
Our Shared Inheritance: Traditional Métis Beadwork
Métis Silk Embroidery = Mashnikwawchikun avec la sway di fil
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
[Cheryl Troupe]
[Leah Dorion-Paquin]
[Penny Condon]

Four videos discuss history and techniques of finger weaving, embroidery, rug-making, and beadwork.

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Mrs. Andela Soloman

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Government Photos (photographer)
On information card: "Mrs. Andela Solomon, Patuanak, 75 year old Chipewyan Indian, working on a birch bark basket, an art she learned from her mother. Also makes moccasins decorated with porcupine quills, almost a lost art amongst the Indians."
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Musqueam Weavers: Musqueam Weaving Through The Personal Stories of Weavers

Alternate Title
[MOA Sourcebooks]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Janna Becker
Debbie Campbell
Vivian Campbell
Lynn Dan
Linda Gabriel
Cecelia Grant
Wendy John
Cynthia Louie ... [et al.]
Sourcebook developed as a result of a digital module in the exhibit Gathering Strength: New Generations in Northwest Coast Art.
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Mystic and Decorative Art of the Anishinabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Hunter Whiteford
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 28, no. 1, Art and Material Culture of the North American Subarctic and Adjacent Regions, 1991, pp. 74-83
Focuses on weaving, beadwork and work in birch bark to demonstrate distinctive techniques and styles.
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Native American Art

Alternate Title
[Portland Art Museum Online Collections]
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Portland Art Museum
Website looks at traditional and contemporary Native American art collection at the Portland Art Museum Online.
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Native North American Art

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John W. Nunley
Janet Berlo
The Saint Louis Art Museum Bulletin, vol. 20, no. 1, New Series, Summer, 1991, pp. 1-47
Discusses the environmental aspects influencing art in the following regions: Northwest Coast of Canada and Alaska, California, the Southwest, Plains and Eastern Woodlands.
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Native Tech: Native American Technology & Art

Alternate Title
Native Tech: Native American Technology and Art
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Tara Prindle
Website includes links to articles, games, food, stories, clothing, language etc. with an emphasis on the Eastern Woodland region.
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The Navajo Rug at the Hubbell Trading Post, 1880-1920

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joann F. Boles
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 5, no. 1, 1981, pp. 47-63
Uses correspondence of J. L. Hubbell to look at his influence on the development of weaving art in terms of colour, design, fibers, yarn, construction, and usage.
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North American Indian Designs

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Judy Hall
BC Studies, no. 67, Winter, 1985, pp. 57-59
Book review of: North American Indian Designs by Eva Wilson.
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Nuvisavik: The Place Where We Weave

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Betty Kobayashi Issenman
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Populations et migrations / Populations and Migrations, 2002, pp. 207-210
Book review of: Nuvisavik edited by Maria von Finckenstein.
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Organized Salish Blanket Pattern

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Lois Kissell
American Anthropologist, vol. 31, no. 1, New Series, January-March 1929, pp. 85-88
Describes the designs found in fragments of ancient nobility garments.
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Pangnirtung Celebrates 40 Years of Weaving

Articles » General
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. 9-14
Very brief article accompanied by images of tapestries produced between 1975 and 2009. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 9.
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The Pangnirtung Tapestry Studio

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Olson
Deborah Hickman
July Papatsie
Peter Wilson
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 3, Fall, 2003, pp. 24-28
Interviews with three individuals involved in mounting the exhibition Nuvisavik, "The Place Where We Weave". Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 24.
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Patterns of Exchange: Navajo Weavers and Traders

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paul G. Zolbrod
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 3, 2014, pp. 196-198
Book review of: Patterns of Exchange by Teresa J. Wilkins. Scroll down to page 196 to read review.
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Persistence of Vision: Current Issues of Native American Art and History

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Janet Catherine Berlo
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, 1986, pp. 65-70
Book reviews of: Lost and Found Traditions: Native American Art 1965-1985 by Ralph T. Coe. A Persistent Vision: Art of the Reservation Days by Richard Conn. The Song of the Loom: New Traditions in Navajo Weaving by Frederick J. Dockstader. Bill Reid: Beyond the Essential Form by Karen Duffek. Robes of Power: Totem Poles on Cloth Doreen Jensen and Polly Sargent. Bill Reid by Doris Shadbolt.
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Peruvian Textiles

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 12, pt. 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
M. D. C. Crawford
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.12 (p.53-104).
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