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Notes on the Snanaimuq

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
American Anthropologist, vol. 2, no. 4, October 1889, pp. 321-328
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Notes on the Sun Dance of the Sarsi ; The Sun Dance of the Plains-Cree ; Notes on the Sun Dance of the Cree in Alberta ; The Sun Dance of the Plains-Ojibway ; The Sun Dance of the Canadian Dakota ; Notes on the Sun Dance of the Sisseton Dakota

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v.16 pt.4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pliny Earle Goddard
Alanson Skinner
W. D. Wallis
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 16 (p.273-385).
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Notes on the Tillamook

Alternate Title
Phoebe Apperson Hearst Memorial Volume
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.20
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frank Boas
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 20 (pp1-16).
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La Nuit Inuit: Éléments de Réflexion

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Guy Bordin
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, Inuit and Qallunaaq Perspectives: Interacting points of view, 2002, pp. [45]-70
Description
Compares historical writings about the Inuit and the effect of the long periods of darkness and the actual Inuit attitudes and perceptions. Text in French.
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Nunalleq: Archaeology, Climate Change, and Community Engagement in a Yup'ik Village

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlotta Hillerdal
Rick Knecht
Warren Jones
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 56, no. 1, The Archaeology of Northern Coasts, 2019, pp. 4-17
Description
Article presents an overview of the most recent results of research on the Nunalleq site in Southwestern Alaska. Stresses the need for community engagement and community centered archaeology in arctic regions.
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Object (To) Sanctity: The Politics of the Object

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald McMaster
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 12, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 1995, pp. [11]-29
Description
Investigates contemporary issues and reasons surrounding displaced Aboriginal material culture and future exhibition and collecting procedures. Scroll down to page 11 to read article.
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Objectified: The Story of an Inuinnait Parka from the Canadian Museum of Civilization

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christina Williamson
Description
Traces the history of a one-hundred-year-old caribou skin men's dancing garment (kapitaq) from the moment the caribou was killed, through construction of the garment by an Inuinnait woman, its acquisition by the museum, loan to Juliette Gaultier de la Verendrye for use in her stage performances, and finally back to the museum's cold storage. History research essay towards a Master of Arts.
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Of Boundaries and Borders: First Nations' History in Museums

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Moira McLoughlin
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [365-385]
Description
Reviews museums' traditional approach to native culture and contends that the division between "white" and aboriginal history is artificial and reinforces the idea that European culture being superior to that of indigenous peoples.
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On Cross-Cultural Interpretations of Aboriginal Art

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darren Jorgensen
Journal of Intercultural Studies, vol. 29, no. 4, 2008, pp. 413-426
Description
Looks at three schools of international art scholarship and their relevance to Australian Aboriginal art from remote communities: primitivism, histories of ornament, and aesthetic theory.
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On Revision and Revisionism: American Indian Representations in New Mexico

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theodore S. Jojola
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Writing about (Writing about) American Indians, Winter, 1996, pp. 41-47
Description
Article examines, compares, and critiques different stereotypes of Indigenous peoples that were promoted by social scientists and the tourism and film industries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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On the Biological Affinities of People of the "Lappish Parishes". A Craniometric Analysis of the 17th-Early 19th Century Population of Alozero, Karelia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
V. I. Khartanovich
I. G. Shirobokow
Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia , vol. 40, no. 2, June 2012, pp. 141-152
Description
Uses cranial traits to examine immigration from central Finland, predecessors of Karelians, and possible links to modern Sami.
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On the Haida Indians of the Queen Charlotte Islands

Alternate Title
Report on the Queen Charlotte Islands
Vocabulary of the Haida Indians of the Queen Charlotte Islands
E-Books
Author/Creator
George M. Dawson
Description
Appendix A and B from Report on the Queen Charlotte Islands published as part of the Geologic Survey of Canada.
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On the Indian Tribes Inhabiting the North-West Coast of America

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Scouler
Journal of the Ethnological Society of London (1848-1856), vol. 1, 1848, pp. 228-252
Description
Examines the classification of the tribes between the Behring's Straits and the Columbia River and the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
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