Ornamentation

"A collection of stories and photographs of objects from the Dehcho".

Displays 250 items from collection which uses silver and semi-precious stones and includes necklaces, bracelets, rings, and earrings .

Website looks at traditional and contemporary Native American art collection at the Portland Art Museum Online.

Looks at the history of Native Americans living in New York from 9000 B.C. to the present day.

Introduces several Native American artists and their work.

Visual and Performing Arts in Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1990.

Four photographs (2 scanned here) of an Aboriginal women dressed in clothing decorated with beadwork at the Saskatoon Folk Festival, May 2, 1974.

Discusses the environmental aspects influencing art in the following regions: Northwest Coast of Canada and Alaska, California, the Southwest, Plains and Eastern Woodlands.

A photograph that is part of a series of photographs (LH-4069a to LH-4076) of Native people from Moose Woods Reserve. In this photo a man stands outside a small house in the winter wearing a head-dress, beaded gloves, moccasins and a beaded belt.

Website includes links to articles, games, food, stories, clothing, language etc. with an emphasis on the Eastern Woodland region.

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

"A collection of stories and photographs of objects from the Sahtu Region".

Looks at traditional sewing by Kwanlin Dun First Nation Elders.

Presents digitized images and lesson plans to enhance teaching and learning about the Cree people and their cultural traditions.

Includes extensive illustration plates. Excerpt from the 1893 Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution.

Examines different styles and designs of footwear made by the Cree Indians.

Review essay of the exhibition catalogue. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 44.

Looks at examples of Euro-American inspired dress adopted by the Plains tribes for their own use in Canada and the United States.

Examines harnesses from Plains Cree reserves in Saskatchewan. Includes photographs.

Directions on how to construct a doll made of hide with beadwork.

Examines a more form fitting style of moccasin from the late 19th and early 20th century found in northeastern regions. Includes photographs.

Comments on the items and variety in the collections.

Artist, who works in jewelry, mixed-media visual arts, and installations describes the influences and inspirations behind her creations.

Reviews an exhibition spanning three decades, entitled Eagle of the Dawn that featured carving, painting, printmaking and engraved works .

Some small ornamental tipis and other moosehide artifacts created by members of the Sweetgrass Cree band for the Saskatoon Arts and Crafts Society fair in 1951.

Book review of: Out of the North by Barbara A. Hail and Kate C.Duncan.

Discusses Charles A. Eastman's journey across northern Minnesota and Ontario to collect curios and specimens for an important collection.

Discusses beaded elk leggings which belonged to Kainai leader, Natosina.

Brief description and photographs.

Pamela Buell, Education Liaison Officer, leading an elementary school tour group. Pamela is showing two Indian bead-work necklaces to seven children, in the Technical Room. This photo appears in The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker Centre souvenir booklet.

Comments on the artists and the design elements.

Patricia Carriere uses moose hair to create works of art. Her method is known as moose-hair tufting and is a traditional aboriginal art form. Two pictures: one of Patricia Carriere working her craft, one example of her artwork.

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.

Front and reverse images of the Northwest Canada service medal and Saskatchewan clasp awarded to Lieutenant Robinson Lyndhurst Wadmore of the Royal Canadian Regiment, for service during the Northwest Resistance.

Historical note:

Robinson Lyndhurst Wadmore, who was born in England in 1855, entered the Canadian forces as a lieutenant in 1883 and served with the Royal Canadian Regiment during the Northwest Resistance of 1885. Wadmore became a colonel in 1910. He died in Victoria, BC, in 1915.

Discusses straight up style bonnets as well as sloped warbonnets.

Excerpt from exhibition catalogue: James Henderson: Wicite Owapi Wicasa: the Man Who Paints the Old Men curated by Dan Ring and Neal McLeod. Looks at material and ornamentation on clothing worn by men.

Looks at the external influences which played a part in the evolution of Native American decorative art.

Describes the material, techniques used, and design of a ladies beaded handbag representative of the Nez Perce beadwork style.

Online exhibition of artifacts from the contact-traditional period 1770 to 1948. Includes bibliography.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 7, (pp133-308).

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2006.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1958.

Three colour and 17 black and white photographs of a wedding ceremony held at Red Pheasant Reserve (nd). A Caucasian man and a women of African descent are getting married. Several Aboriginal people attend and conduct the ceremony are dressed in beaded, ceremonial clothing. The ceremony was held outdoors.

Book reviews of: America’s Second Tongue: American Indian Education and the Ownership of English, 1860–1900 by Ruth Spack. Anthropologists and Indians in the New South edited by Rachel A. Bonney and J.

Speakers discuss their background, collaboration, and the difficulties encountered when trying to locate examples of the facial tattoos historically worn by Inuit women once they had come of age. Duration: 26:48.

Textiles and Clothing Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio State University, 1986.