Painting, Drawing

History of Art and Architecture Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 2006.

Looks at Peterson Yazzie and an exhibition of his work at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA).

Discusses the artist's exhibition, Winnipeg Hydro, mounted at the Urban Shaman Gallery.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Colorado, 2014.

Focuses on images created by engraver Theodore De Bry, painter Albert Bierstadt, and photographer Edward S. Curtis. Art Honors Thesis (B.A.), Appalachian State University, 2019.

Comments on media perceptions of contemporary First Nations art which impacts the activities of museums and galleries.

Discusses the cultural practice of tattooing among Inuit women and the way that Indigenous artists preserved knowledge of the practice post-contact through an appropriation of Western materials and drawing practices.

An illustration of Louis Riel on trial in Regina, Saskatchewan in November, 1885. No further description accompanied this record, source unknown.

Exhibition review from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, 1996. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 36.

Discusses Finnish art works depicting Sami people as romanticized without any true cultural representation.

Brief article outlines common themes represented in Inuit art and cites articles found in the magazine which deal with the topic. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 14.

Exhibit divided into four sections: Landscape, Removal, and Native American Homelands, Revisiting the "Indian Princess", Repositioning Native Bodies, and Representing Indigenous People on a National Stage.

Argues that negative, stereotypical depictions are significant because they both reflect and influence public opinion and that artistic interpretation failed to evolve at the same pace as historical literature.

Exhibition review from the National Gallery of Canada, 1995-1996 curated by Marie Routledge. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 44.

Book review of: Imprisoned Art, Complex Patronage by Joyce M. Szabo.

Art and Visual Culture Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 2013.

Review essay of art exhibition held at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, December 15, 1991 to March 29, 1992 featuring 100,00 drawings and prints from West Baffin Cooperative. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 38.

Includes brief answers to questions often posed by teachers, activity snapshots, and classroom units. Revised version of the original published in 2012.

Discusses the educational experiences of the artists. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 45.

Book review of: In the Presence of the Sun and The Journey of Tai-me by N. Scott Momaday.

Documentary inspired by the non-fiction book of the same name by Thomas King explores historical attitudes and efforts to colonize Indigenous peoples and contemporary expressions of resistance.

Duration: 1h, 29 min.

A photograph of a non-Aboriginal couple in a buggy, perhaps Indian agent W. Sibbald and wife, in front of the Onion Lake Indian Agency buildings in the early 1900s. A Union Jack flies from the roof of the agency house.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2005.

Five images (one scanned here) of the same Aboriginal art on display at undisclosed location in Saskatoon. Shown is a painting, fur, leather and woodwork pieces.

File contains 14 negatives of Aboriginal art displayed at the Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on January 17, 1981. Negatives show a range of artwork; mainly paintings with some other mediums.

Describes career of a Regina artist who graduated from the Art Program at the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College (SICC).

Describes and illustrates work of many artists.

Reproduction of engraving from Harper's Weekly, showing three Aboriginal male youths seated in various stages of snowshoe construction. Indoor scene at Lorette, MB; sketch by E.R. Morse.

Historical note:

Published from 1857 to 1916, the original Harper's Weekly ("Journal of Civilization"), distinguished itself by criticizing New York's corrupt Tammany Hall (via the cartoons of Thomas Nast) and by publishing numerous lithographs that documented the progress of the Civil War. Revived briefly as a granola-scented broadsheet in the 1970s, the Weekly was more successfully relaunched in 2000.

An image of two Aboriginal men in a side profile studio photograph. They are dressed in ceremonial clothing and each is holding a fur pelt. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process.

A sketch of a First Nations encampment at Springside, SK. Unknown date and artist.

One postcard with Mountie in a canoe, shoreline and buildings along harbor in background.

An image of an Aboriginal man seated on a hill side overlooking a valley covered with many tipis. An embossed Union Jack flag is superimposed on the image. Photographed by Norman Caple in Southern Alberta circa 1890's. "Sitting figure at Great Indian Sun Dance, Blackfoot Reserve, Gleichen, N.W.T."

Postcard of painting done by Canadian artist Paul Kane (1810-1871) showing an Aboriginal camp on Lake Huron, ON. Canoes and people working in foreground; tipis and Lake Huron in background.

Art and Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Central Arkansas, 2007.

A colour illustration of the Brandon Indian Industrial School. It is on a hill and depicted in the summer.

Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Numerous articles on various topics including notes on the nation of the Mistassini and a report on a visit to a Chert quarry.

Includes brief article, podcast (7:39) discussing the artist's work, and 17 images of paintings from the exhibitions Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian and Fritz Scholder: An Intimate Look.

"National publications 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 policies of the time.

"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 policies of the time.

Analyzes art works from the Plains ledger drawings produced at Fort Marian between 1875 and 1978, carved wooden figures by a Hopi artist, and contemporary paintings by a Navajo artist.

File contains 2 negatives of a painting behind a Church Altar at a school (presumably All Saints Residential School), Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, December 14, (year illegible, presumably 1950s-1960s).

Discusses the work of visual artist Summer Zah; highlights the way in which the artist engages with media stereotypes and representations, and the effects they can have on individual identities as well as on mainstream perceptions of Indigenous peoples.

Reproduction of engraving from the 2 January 1875 issue of Harper's Weekly. The sun dance, performed by Sioux members, is held in June in honour of the sun. The engraving shows male Sioux at centre, surrounded by onlookers in a outdoor scene. The artist's name appears to be Jules Tavernier Frenseny; location unknown.

Historical note:

A photograph of a sketch of an Indian (Cree?) Sundance ceremony.

Sketch of four aboriginal trappers walking through snow in a wooded area carrying guns; in winter gear and wearing snowshoes.

[History of Art and Architecture] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 2005.

Looks at a variety of "painter-reporters" who made invaluable contributions to history by capturing life on the frontier in the 19th century.