Painting, Drawing

Consists of an interview about various aspects of the Pigeon Society; the role of various members; women in the society; competing for wives; the Crow Carriers Society; the Brave Society including a story of a fight against the Cree when the enemy was scared away by the dancing of the Braves; and the Scaping dance.

Consists of an interview about the acquisition of the Pigeon Society by the Blood Indians; the ceremonials of the Pigeon Society, including the transfer of bundles.

Interview took place in 1985. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

2nd edition.

Discusses the challenges associated with displaying historical objects in a gallery, such as the presentation of works from a non-Indigenous conception of artistic value.

Website presents digital images of an ever expanding collection of ledger art.

Describes the significance of some ledger-type Assiniboine drawings by an unknown artist and how they record a lifestyle that has disappeared from the Canadian Plains.

Sketch of location of the Battle of Batoche.

Author provides a historical analysis of “the returned gaze” in art by examining different images of Pocahontas beginning with Simon van de Passe's 1616 engraving Matoaka als Lady Rebecca; discusses how “the returned gaze” is used in contemporary works.

Analyzes the kinds of art that are deemed acceptable as Aboriginal and discusses the ways the Barkindji people in Wilcannia deal with issues pertaining to the politics of culture, cultural subjectivity and identity.

Looks at the disappointment felt by the artist, Mildred Valley Thornton, when the Government of Canada refused to buy her collection of paintings in its entirety.

Argues that Inuit and Plains graphic arts have expanded the knowledge of others, and looking carefully reveals both Aboriginal and hegemonic cultures.

Portrait sketches of key figures in the Northwest Resistance. Sketch subjects are Lieut.-Col. Landry, Lieut.-Col. Montizambert, and Capt. Clark.

Portrait sketches of key figures in the Northwest Resistance. Sketch subjects include Lieut. A.Y. Scott, Bugler Foulkes, and Lieut-Colonel Bond.

Catalogue of exhibition of works relating to portraits of Aboriginals at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, AB. Works of artists from around the world include Paul Kane, Frederick Verner, Karl Bodmer, Henry Cross, James Henderson and Nicholas de Grandmaison. Exhibition organized by Andrew Oko.

Poster entitled "Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography", featuring sample of artwork.

Surveys works of contemporary artists including: Gerald McMaster, Lawrence Paul, Shelley Niro, Bill Powless, Jane Ash Poitras, and Joanne Cardinal-Schubert.

Negative of an artists representation of Chief Poundmaker, in traditional costume.

Discusses work of Pitseolak, Kenojuak, and Jessie Oonark. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Listed alphabetically by author. Also includes title and publication information.

A series of 31 sketches of Indigenous [dancers] in various poses; done in ink on paper. Some titled sketches are: Iroquois; New Mexico; Canadian; Alaskan.

Historical note:

Image depicts two women walking outside of a settlement. Both wear blankets, one with beadwork and the other holding a buffalo horn (?).

Historical note:

Mr. Shepherd was a farmer, author and curator of the Western Development Museum, Saskatoon. His papers consist of personal correspondence, 1938-1977, subject files, 1933-1977; books, 1961-1977 and newspapers. Among the subject files are ones on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Cypress Hills area, Sioux Indians, and the Western Development Museum. The Books section is mainly about books he wrote.

Negative of an artist's representation of the killing of priests at Frog Lake by Indigenous men with guns.

Reviews the ethnological expedition of Prince Maximilian of Wied, and artist Karl Bodmer, and discusses how both men were crucial to preserving the Mandan tribe’s history, culture, and customs.

Curatorial notes for an exhibition of the same name mounted at the Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, November 5, 2001 to January 27, 2002. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 36.

Short article about the artist Henry Beaudry of the Mosquito First Nation, Saskatchewan.

Brief discussion of the Inuit artist's drawing.

Discusses retrospective exhibition of artist's drawings mounted at the National Gallery of Canada. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Discusses Pueblo culture's central role in the establishment of the internationally known artist and writer colony established in the area.

Artists view of her work and thoughts on creativity and identity.

Reflections on the creative style and influences found in the Salish artist's works.

Curatorial notes for exhibition by the same name organized by Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, 2000. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 38.

Review of exhibition curated by Marie Routledge with work from 1960's to 1980's by Baker Lake's best known and innovative artists. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 19.

Exhibition review at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario, 1995. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 30.

Book review of Quarantine Zone by Daniel H. Wilson

Fine Arts Thesis (M.F.A.)--York University, 2011.

Sketch of a group of teamsters and sled in foreground, with soldiers in background.

Discusses the metaphorical surrealism in Jim Denomie paintings showing historical and contemporary events in American and Native American history, as well as aspects of pop-culture, art history and Anglo-Indian relations.

Interprets cowboy art form from the western United States and suggests why these paintings continue to have loyal audiences for the past century.

Reprint of George Catlin oil on paper showing a Mandan male, standing on a circular house structure, holding a drum and pointing a bow at the sky. He is surrounded by a group of onlookers.

Historical note:

George Catlin (b. 26 July 1796 - d. 23 December 1872) was an American painter, author and traveler who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West.

Exhibition features works by 33 artists which were drawn from the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada Indigenous Art Collection.

Book review of: Rance Hood: Mystic Painter by James J. Hester and Rance Hood.

Comments on the return of a pictograph to Pasqua First Nation after 124 years and the possibility of its interpretation strengthening Treaty 4. Article located by scrolling to page 11.

Article considers the early work of Nathan Jackson and discusses the ways that his paintings, prints, and textile works blend traditional Tlingit designs, patterns, and colour schemes with modernist elements.

Curatorial notes from exhibition of the same name mounted at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology/Tozzer Library, Massachusetts, 2001. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 30.

This story illustrates the importance of respecting and protecting the environment and wild life.

Discusses the work of a painter/sculptor who blends ancient Hopi symbols and contemporary Western visual styling.

Examines cultural and historical contexts of particular images and questions romanticization and appropriation.