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4 Painters

Alternate Title
Four Painters
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gregory Schaaf
Native Peoples, vol. 18, no. 1, January/February 2005, pp. 30-37
Description
Discussion of the artistic works of Michael Kabotie, Mateo Romero, Norma Howard and Mario Martinez.
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8th Fire: Indigenous in the City

Alternate Title
Doc Zone ; season 6, episode 13
Eighth Fire: Indigenous in the City
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ryszard Hunka
Charlotte Odele
Coleen Rajotte
Michael Sweeney
Al Lawrence ... [et al.]
Description
Looks at "Concrete Indians" living in urban communities. Duration: 45:10.
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A. J. Isbister: Artist of Visions

Web Sites » Personal
Description
Art site of A. J. Isbister is divided into Native and Contemporary works, includes a brief bibliography, list of exhibitions, and contact information.
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Aboriginal Art in the 60s

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Ruins in Process: Vancouver Art in the Sixties
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Presents archival material, essays and images centred around themes of totems, residential schools, mentors, community, migration and modernism.
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"Aboriginal Art: Who Was Interested?"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Thomas
Journal of Art Historiography, no. 4, June 2011, pp. 1-10
Description
Looks at art-museum attraction to Aboriginal art. Revised article originally titled: "Aboriginal Art as Art: Who Was Interested?".
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Aboriginal Artists of the Nineteenth Century

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sylvia Kleinert
Aboriginal History, vol. 20, 1996, pp. 222-224
Description
Book review of: Aboriginal Artists of the Nineteenth Century by Andrew Sayers. Review located by scrolling to page 222.
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Aboriginal Australian Art Today

Alternate Title
Toledo Museum of Art Masters Series Lecture
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wally Caruana
Description
Examines the emergence of the Aboriginal art movement and its significance today in the context of the Will Owen and Harvey Wagner Collection of Aboriginal Australian Art. Duration: 1:04:07.
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Aboriginal Oral Traditions of Australian Impact Craters

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane W. Hamacher
John Goldsmith
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, vol. 16, no. 3, [2013], pp. 295-311
Description
Examines how Aboriginal stories and artworks relate to scientific accounts of Australian meteorite craters.
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Aboriginal Voices in Canadian Contemporary Art

Alternate Title
National Gallery of Canada Teachers' Lesson Plans
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Gallery of Canada
Description
Includes links to activities, artwork and artists, chronology and glossary. Features the work of: Carl Beam, Bob Boyer, Robert Houle, Dorothy Grant, and Faye HeavyShield.
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An Accidental Teacher: Anthony Walsh and the Aboriginal Day Schools at Six Mile Creek and Inkameep, British Columbia, 1929-1942

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Fleming
Lisa Smith
Helen Raptis

Historical Studies in Education, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. [1]-24
Description
Biography of one of the few teachers who created a positive environment for students by incorporating cooperative learning and creative arts into his curriculum.
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An Account of the Advance of the 7th Fusiliers of London to aid in the suppression of the North West Rebellion

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alexander Campbell
Description
Alexander Campbell served as a sergeant with the 7th Fusiliers, a battalion of militia which was headquartered in London, Ontario. This unit was called into active service on 1 April 1885 and, within a week, had embarked on their journey west -- a journey made more arduous by the gaps in the railway above Lake Superior. After stops in Winnipeg and Swift Current, the 7th Fusiliers did not reach the area of the fighting until after General Middleton's forces had defeated the Métis at Batoche.
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Acquiring and Exhibiting a Nuu-Chah-Nulth Ceremonial Curtain

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan Hoover
Richard Inglis
Curator: The Museum Journal, vol. 33, no. 4, 1990, pp. 272-288
Description
Case study of the partnership between the Royal British Columbia Museum and the family who had owned the curtain in the past.
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Aesthetics of Indigenous Affinity: Traveling from Chiapas to Palestine in the Murals of Gustavo Chávez Pavón

Alternate Title
Aesthetics of Indigenous Affinity: Traveling from Chiapas to Palestine in the Murals of Gustavo Chavez Pavon
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Amal Eqeiq
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 152-165
Description
Essay in which the author summarizes a series of interviews they conducted with Zapatista cultural promoter and artist Gustavo Chávez Pavón; considers how the murals speak to Indigenous solidarity between Mexico and Palestine, and to similarities across the Global South.
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Alex Cywink Interview #1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Max Ireland
Alex Cywink
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he tells of legends concerning the arrival of white men in North America; Parallels to the Norse (Viking) sagas -- (Is this possibly an example of the oral tradition presenting the Indian view early Viking settlement?). He tells of prophecies concerning the arrival of white men and the eventual return of Indian ways; describes the role of women in pre-Columbian America; and gives accounts of native medical practices and the linguistic evolution.
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Alex Janvier

Web Sites » Personal
Description
Highlights painting and gives a short biography of the Dene Suline and Saulteaux artist.
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Alex Janvier: Negotiating the Land. Mendel Art Gallery. Saskatoon

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann Newdigate
Canadian Art, vol. 11, no. 4, Winter, 1994, p. 79
Description
Exhibition was part of the Mendel Art Gallery's Post-Colonial Landscape series, featured 60 paintings from 1960-1990 selected from the Thunder Bay Art Gallery's retrospective The Art of Alex Janvier: His First Thirty Years, 1960-1990.
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Alex Janvier: Reflections

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Dewar
Alex Janvier
West Coast Line #74, vol. 46, no. 2, Reconcile This!, Summer, 2012, pp. 12-21
Description
Portion of transcript from artists' discussion on truth, reconciliation and healing, followed by interview. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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Alex Janvier's Morning Star: A Metaphor for Canada’s Competing Cultures

Alternate Title
Belonging and Cultural Survival
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Elaine Radman
Capstone Seminar Series, vol. 2, no. 1, Belonging in Canada: Questions and Challenges, April 2012, pp. 2-19
Description
Discusses the four sections of the mural which form a circular timeline representing Aboriginal history and the nature of Aboriginal and Euro-Canadian relations.
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Alfredo Rodriguez

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Alfredo Rodriguez
Description
Website contains images of paintings, biography, publications and upcoming events by the noted artist of the American West.
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All My Relations: A Work of Art

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Barb Nahwegahbow
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 10, January 2013, p. 22
Description

Looks at an enormous art mural featuring five themed paintings including a memorial for missing and murdered Aboriginal women.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.

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Allen Sapp

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, December 1985, p. 53
Description
Artist Allen Sapp of the Red Pheasant First Nation honoured at the Saskatchewan Award of Merit ceremony.
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Almost 50 Years of Inuit Art Exhibitions

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria von Finckenstein
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 4, Winter, 1997, pp. 3-9
Description
Contends that while the past 50 years of exhibits have been molded by collectors, promoters and merchants, the next 50 years will benefit from the involvement of Inuit artists and others. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 3.
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Alootook Ipellie: The Voice of an Inuk Artist

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael P. Kennedy
Alootook Ipellie
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 21, no. 2, 1996, pp. [155]-164
Description
Interview with Alootook Ipellie about shamanism, his works, and walking an invisible border.
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[American Eyes on Aboriginal Art]

Alternate Title
Crossing Cultures
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Will Owen
Description
Art collector speaks about his collection, Crossing Cultures, exhibited at the Hood Museum of Art and his trek discovering the art and culture of Indigenous Australia. Duration: 1:02:30.
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American Indian Painters [vol. 2]

E-Books
Author/Creator
O. B. Jacobson
Jeanne D'Ucel
Description
Dated, but useful, list of Pueblo, Navajo and Apache artists; consists of short biographies which mention specific works by the artists.
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Andrew Qappik: Pangnirtung Memories

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darlene Coward Wight
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 22-26
Description
Curatorial notes for exhibition of same name mounted at the Winnipeg Art Gallery from April 29 to August 1, 2010. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 22.
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Andrew Qappik's Contemporary Arctic Visions

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jane Sproull Thomson
Luke Ratzlaff
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 10-16
Description
Analysis of elements in works by the prominent Inuit graphic designer. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 10.
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[Anishinabee Colouring Sheets]

Alternate Title
[Anishinaabe Colouring Sheets]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jackie Traverse
Description

Six pages are images from Sacred Feminine and IKWE colouring books.

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Anthropology, Art and Contest

Alternate Title
Contesting Art: Art, Politics, and Identity in the Modern World
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeremy MacClancy
Description
Introduction to themes in the volume which include: anti-colonialism, anti-racism; painting propaganda, picturing power; individuals, groups, categories; art as property; concepts and objects; and the marketing of art. Chapter 1 from Contesting Art: Art, Politics, and Identity in the Modern World edited by Jeremy MacClancy.
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Apache Art

Theses
Author/Creator
Dorothy Frances Gay
Description
Letters, Arts, and Sciences Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1933.
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Arches and Awnings: Architecture in the Arctic

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Norman Verano
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 2, Summer, 2004, pp. 29-[31]
Description
Exhibition centers around Inuit artists' depictions of scenes which almost exclusively feature tents or igloos, rather than modern structures. Curated by Melanie Evtushenko. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 29.
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