Clothing & Regalia

Article describes the social and political factors and events that influenced and were a part of the extended process of repatriating potlatch artifacts that had been confiscated in 1922 under an amendment to the Indian Act prohibiting the potlatch ceremony.

History and Philosophy and English, Media and Performance Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New South Wales, 2007.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 1999.

Looks at the Pueblo Clowning groups and similar behavior.

Religious Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Ottawa, 1996.

Looks at changes in head wear with the availability of trade goods from turban style to hats and caps. Includes photographs.

Looks at how the Taquilean culture has adjusted to a monetary economy by selling textiles on the island of Taquile.

Series of color lithograph printed post-cards of Oglala Sioux Wild West show performers with accompanying descriptions.

Blog uses a discussion of the "skirt protocol" (the practice which, in some Indigenous communities, requires women wear long skirts to participate in spiritual ceremonies) as starting point to explore how clothing is related to culture, religion, tradition, gender, colonialism, and identity. Includes links to lesson plan, backgrounder, activities, teaching resources, and consolidated materials.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 1 (p.19-53 , 7 plates).

Book review of: Spirit of Siberia by Jill Oakes and Rick Riewe. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 50.

Consists of a description of a contemporary Sundance.

Theology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Marquette University, 1978.

Consists of an interview that describes the various Blood Societies.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.1 (p.3-17 , 4 plates).

Provides links to documentation about Copper and Caribou Inuit, NLaka'pamux and Dene peoples. Explores changes in materials, methods used, styles, and decoration of traditional and contemporary garments.

Report on marine-shell masks excavated from the Mississippi River Valley in Pike County, Illinois.

Interview by Larry Abbott with the Osage artist; also itemizes several exhibitions of her work.

Explores the Nuu-chah-nulth Wolf Ritual of The Northwest Coast Native nation.

Investigates traditional Zulu attire, whether it confers status, differentiates between clans, and serves particular purposes. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.

Looks at paintings by George Winter of the Potawatomi and Miami Indians of Wabash Valley.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Université Laval, 2004.

Discusses wooden objects: platforms, idols and sacred trees from three sacrificial sites from three different time periods.

Waanatan II, son of Yanktonai Chief Waneta, presented his pipe and bag to Major Israel McCreight, manager at Fort Totten, Dakota Territory. Includes photos.

Studies Lakota mythology, ritual and beliefs by examining a shirt only worn by men of high rank.

Looks at warrior fraternities invented by the Plains Indians of the mid-west.

Book review of: The Way of the Masks by Claude Lévi-Strauss. Translated from the French by Sylvia Modelski. Scroll down to page 69 to read review.

Looks at the Wuikinuxv culture and history from a modern perspective using archival photographs.

Analyzes a narrative performance by Gros Ventre elder to establish cultural identity.

Looks at an Amaknak whalebone mask which offers a look at prehistoric Aleutian ritual and spiritual life.

Virtual exhibition features portrayals of traditional cultures of the Tlingit, Tsimshian, Haida, Nuxalk, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth, and Salish peoples.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.

Used as costume accents or sun shades, to emphasize the rhythm of the drum or to point in a direction as dancers turn.

Describes the regalia and the origin of the dance.

Book review of: Women's Work, Women's Art by Judy Thompson.

Book review of: Women's Work Women's Art by Judy Thompson.

Comments on the Math in a Cultural Context curriculum which effectively brings together cultural knowledge and challenging mathematics.