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Inuit Prints From Cape Dorset: An Online Exhibition

Alternate Title
Our Shared Legacy: Cape Dorset Prints at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Canadian Museum of History
Norman Vorano
Scott Black
Chuck Gilhuly
Description
Online exhibit of 63 Inuit prints originally from the Canadian Museum of Civilization, exploring history, technique, and themes. Includes learning resources for grades K-12 and audio interviews.
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Inuit Women Artists: Voices from Cape Dorset

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Janet Catherine Berlo
Museum Anthropology, vol. 19, no. 1, March 1995, pp. 85-87
Description
Book review of: Inuit Women Artists edited by Odette Leroux, Marion E. Jackson and Minnie Aodla Freeman.
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The Invented Indian/The Imagined Emily

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas Cole
BC Studies, no. 125/126, Spring/Summer, 2000, pp. 147-162
Description
Discusses how Emily Carr's idealized view of First Nations glossed over many of the social problems they faced; and how she chose to share images of what she viewed was the "vanishing" or "disappearing" Indian.
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Iqqaipaa: Celebrating Inuit Art 1948-1970

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Maria von Finckenstein
James Houston
Christina Delguste
Danièle Goulet
Description
Website includes links to general information, exhibition, history, artists, and art making.
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Is Canada Postcolonial?: Re-Asking through "The Forgotten" Project

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Moss
TOPIA, no. 27, [Spring], [2012], pp. 47-65
Description
Discusses the controversy over exhibiting a series of paintings by artist Pamela Masik depicting women missing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Sparked debate about artistic freedom and social commentary versus the question of who is allowed to speak for victims and issues of exploitation.
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Jack Crow Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jack Crow
Albert Yellowhorn
Indian History Film Project
Description
A discussion of Treaty #7 as remembered by Mr. Jack Crow from information given to him by his parents.
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James Henderson of the Qu’Appelle Valley

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Arthur Hayworth
Saskatchewan History, vol. 11, no. 2, Spring, 1958, pp. 59-66
Description
Describes the life and paintings of artist known for his paintings of Indigenous peoples. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 59.
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James Simon

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
James Simon
Tony Snowsill
Christine Welsh
Ernest Debassigae
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview with James Simon who talks about some of his paintings and his sources of inspiration which include Indian religion and legends. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood ; interpreter : Ernest Debassigae.
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Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Alternate Title
[Montana Connections: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carolyn Kastner
Description
Brief biographical essay on the artist.
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Jennifer Murphy

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Terence Dick
Canadian Art, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2004, p. 96
Description
Discusses the exhibition at Greener Pastures Contemporary Art by the artist Jennifer Murphy.
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Jocelyn Reekie

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Blair McDaid
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 34, no. 1, Summer, 2003, pp. 5-6
Description
Introduces Jocelyn Reekie and highlights her successes as a single mother, outreach worker, acceptance into the Alberta College of Art and Design, and winning a national monetary award.
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Joe Gambler

Alternate Title
Function and Significance of Medicine Pipe Painted Bison Skull
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Gambler
John Hellson
Diane Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview describing the significance of painting buffalo skulls.
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Joe Gambler 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Gambler
John Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Description
Lists the contents of the Lighter Staff Bundle and tells how paint is made.
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Joseph Sanchez's Soft Light

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Sanchez
Matthew Ryan Smith
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, 2020, pp. 159-164
Description

Examines the paintings of Joseph Sanchez and how they reflect different conceptions of time and space. 

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K. C. Adams

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
K. C. Adams
Description
Includes press, publications, magazine articles about her visual artwork as well as a short biography and her curriculum vitae.
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Kalvak (1901-1984)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo Bushman
Arctic, vol. 41, no. 1, March 1988, pp. 72-84
Description
Biography of the artist Kalvak and discusses the inspirations for her drawings.
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Kenojuak Ashevak

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darlene Coward Wight
Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 1, February/March 2016, p. 28
Description
Brief biographical article on a pioneering female Inuit artist who began her career in the late 1950s at Cape Dorset.
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Kenojuak Ashevak

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Library and Archives Canada
Description
Brief biography of the Inuit sculptor/draughtswoman and a list of suggested readings.
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Kent Monkman: Miss Chief's Return

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Liss
Canadian Art, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2005, pp. 78-82
Description
Discussion of the artist's paintings and performance art in which he presents alternate perceptions of history.
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Kent Monkman's Trappers of Men: (De/Re) Constructing Identity, Gender and Sexuality

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Daniel Saenz
CUJAH, vol. 10, 2014, pp. 140-157
Description
Discusses a painting that appears to be a nineteenth-century Romantic landscape but is in fact a critique of that style of painting which deconstructs both colonial representations of Native Americans and colonialism’s westernization of Native gender and sexuality.
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Kiowa Drawings

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Museum of Natural History
Description
Displays drawings produced by men imprisoned at Fort Marion in the 1870s, and also displays the work of the Kiowa Five, a group of twentieth century artists who studied at the University of Oklahoma.
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A Kiowa's Odyssey: A Sketchbook From Fort Marion

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Holly Ristau
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 4, Tribal College Leadership and Vision, Summer, 2009
Description
Book review of: A Kiowa's Odyssey: A Sketchbook From Fort Marion by Phillip Earenfight, Janet Catherine Berlo, Brad D. Lookinghill and George Miles.
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"Kitsipimi Otunna (Sarcee Squaw)"

Images » Photographs
Description
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. An image of an Aboriginal woman sitting on a horse in front of a teepee. There is a drying rack, circular corral structure and two horses grazing on the prairie in the background. Colours have been added to the image in a chromolithograph process.
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Kwa'nu'te': Micmac and Maliseet Artists

Alternate Title
Kwa'nu'te': Micmak and Maliseet Artists
Kwa'nu'te': Micmaq and Maliseet Artists
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Catherine Anne Martin
Kimberlee McTaggart
Description
Film profiles similarities and differences of artists by looking at sources of inspiration. Duration: 41:11. Accompanying material: Study Guide.
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Lady Oracle: Jane Ash Poitras and the First Nations Phenomenon

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gillian MacKay
Canadian Art, vol. 11, no. 3, Fall, 1994, p. 74
Description
Poitras, once labeled an angry artist, believes anger is foreign to Indigenous philosophies and traditions, instead dictates forgiveness. Her works have display evils done to First Nations people by the church, Western materialism, residential schools and alcohol, but her own worldview is that trials and suffering lead to redemption.
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The Language of Art: Deborah Spears Moorehead

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hannah Ellman
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discussion about Deborah Spears Moorehead's art, and her views on sovereignty and cultural sustainability of Indigenous peoples.
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Last Good Sundance on the Blood Reserve

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
Dave Melting Tallow
Joanne Greenwood
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he describes the ceremonies associated with a Holy Lodge. Note: Dave Melting Tallow, interpreter. Joanne Greenwood, transcriber.
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Lauralee K. Harris

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Bradley J. Harris
Description
Presents various galleries, poetry, and a biography of the artist.
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Lawrence Abbott Interview with Alfred Young Man

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence Abbott
Alfred Young Man
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 16, no. 2, 1996, pp. 315-362
Description
Alfred Young Man speaks about his art, education, life experiences and artistic influences.
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Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun

Web Sites » Personal
Description
Artist's website features his bio, video, interdisciplinary work and retrospective work from 1984- 2006.
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The Leadership of Allan Houser

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Camilla Shelton
Undergraduate Leadership Review, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 25-35
Description
Discusses how artist's work helped Native American artists restore their identity and culture.
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Ledger Art: Looking Between the Lines

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gussie Fauntleroy
Native Peoples, September-October 2011, p. [?]
Description
Discusses three contemporary artists' continuation of the historical practice of using scrap paper for recording pictographs.
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