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File contains 14 negatives of Aboriginal art displayed for Vincent Massey Students May 25, 1989. The art displayed includes a variety of traditional items such as snowshoes, mukluks, beadwork, and minature totem poles. In eight of the negatives an unidentified man is shown holding up a minature tipi. In the other negatives art is displayed on tables.

Presents archival material, essays and images centred around themes of totems, residential schools, mentors, community, migration and modernism.

Discusses attitudes toward the dead and traditional medicine.

Brief overview of First Nations people in British Columbia including totem poles, glossary of terms related to school programs, and terms related to First Nations issues.

Indigenous flutist and flute maker discusses how music can be used to create a space where people from diverse cultural and spiritual backgrounds can engage in meaningful dialogue.

Discusses the debate about whether works produced by Aboriginal artists can only be viewed in cultural context, or whether they are autonomous.

Discussion of the life and body of work of the 1986 recipient of the Saidye Bronfman Award for excellence in the fine crafts.

Comments on an artist and his work that speaks to commercialism, greed, overindulgence and more.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 24, (pp343-360).

Looks at seventh grade students involved in an experience-based education project to built a traditional cedar canoe under the direction of Saaduuts Peele, Director of Carving Cultural Connections. Duration: 8:01.

Website contains information on the destruction of Aboriginal heritage trees by industrial logging and it impact on First Nations identity and culture. Includes links to resources on totem poles and European trees,and related stories, digital media, and galleries.

Book review: Cedar by Hilary Stewart. Scroll down to page 59 to read review.

Brief interview provides some insight into artist's work that pushes the boundaries of contemporary art by challenging the perceptions of Indigenous art.

Presents works by Troy Roberts including ceremonial masks, totem poles, paddles, talking sticks, plaques and headdresses, as well as brief biography

Native American Studies (M.A.)--Montana State University, 2011.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2013.

Comments on a wood carver who carves caribou from birch wood. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 20.

Artists speak about their life and work in context of form, image and consequences. Duration:1.33.17.

Examines turn-of-the-century culture using missionary correspondence, archival photographers and Native accounts to show assimilation as an envisioning process.

A photograph of the creator of a totem pole given to the City of Prince Albert receiving an award from what is likely a City official, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia.

Argues that the totem poles displayed at the New York World's Fair in 1939 indicated that the production of Northwest coast art had not stopped, as is usually stated, and therefore the "revival" was not as dramatic as it appeared.

Focuses on two objects from the exhibition (Wasco argillite platter and totem pole) to demonstrate the artist's execution of two-dimensional and three-dimensional design. Excerpt from Charles Edenshaw curated by Robin K. Wright and Daina Augaitis.

A photograph of First Nations dancers in traditional garb at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.

Forms part of Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, v.9 (p. 123-176).

Book review of Discovering Totem Poles by Aldona Jonaitis. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 170.

General reminiscences of her life.

A photograph of two First Nations men in traditional garb at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.

Speaker discusses the program of preservation and conservation undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the New Deal era. Also features screening of newsreel, Timber and Totem Poles by the Forest Service. Duration: 45:34.

American Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2012.

Discusses the work of artists who express Aboriginal identity in unconventional ways.

Discusses the architecture of houses and design styles of totems poles in the villages of Kaigani, Klinkwan, Kassan. Part 1: Duration: 34:20. Access to Part 2.

Looks at architecture of the houses and carving styles on totem poles in the villages of Howkan, Hydaburg, Sukkwan and Kygani. Part 2: Duration: 31:06. Access to Part 1.

Discusses the architecture of houses and design style of totem Poles in the villages of Skidegate, Xaina, Skedans, Tanu, Skungwai and Chaatl Haida. Part 1 duration: 25:08. Part 2 duration: 32:08.

Book review of: Haida Monumental Art by George F. MacDonald and graphics by Bill Reid. Commentary by Richard Huyda. Ninstints by George F. MacDonald. Scroll down to page 71 to read review.

Looks at aesthetic philosophies, techniques and personal styles of four Aboriginal female artists; Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras, Joane Cardinal-Schubert. Duration: 51:49.

Coast Salish totem pole carver discusses his art. Duration: 26:26.

Highlights the carving and design work of the native of Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island.

Looks at Haida artwork, specifically on houses of the village of Skidegate, and the hunt to uncover the mystery of the Chicago Settee. Duration: 56.27.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1973.

Explores social, religious, ceremonial and traditions of masking and shamanism of the Haida and Kwakwakawak (Kwakiutl).

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.

1 file containing various correspondence, clippings and press releases for activities during Pion-Era. One release describes Chief Bill Eagle's totem pole project and the various indigenous people from the surrounding area. Another article in the Western Farm Scene: "Sun Dance was Important to Indians Spiritual Life". Transcript of "An Address of the Saskatchewan Minister of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation" (5 pages)

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. 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 polices 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 polices of the time.