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Cultural appropriation / by Hudak, Heather C.,1975-;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.Explores how non-Indigenous people have taken aspects of Indigenous culture -- clothing, music, art, food, symbols, and more -- and used them differently than their original purpose. Often these uses are seen as offensive or disrespectful to Indigenous people.LSC
Subjects: Cultural appropriation; Native peoples; Native peoples;
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Unreconciled : family, truth, and Indigenous resistance / by Wente, Jesse,author.;
In 'Unreconciled', a prominent Indigenous voice uncovers the lies and myths that affect relations between white and Indigenous peoples and the power of narrative to emphasize truth over comfort. Jesse Wente is an Ojibwe writer, broadcaster, producer, and chairperson of the Canada Council for the Arts. Born and raised in Toronto, ON, he is a member of the Serpent River First Nation.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Wente, Jesse.; Indigenous peoples.; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Reconciliation.;
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Maya, Incas, and Aztecs / by Williams, Brian,1943-;
Presents facts about the Mayan, Incan, and Aztec civilizations, covering daily life, religion, art and technology, and where they are now.LSC
Subjects: Aztecs; Mayas; Incas; Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America; Indians of South America; Maya; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples;
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Haida modern [videorecording] / by Davidson, Robert,1946-on-screen participant.; Schliessler, Tina,director of photography,film producer,editor of moving image work.; Wilkinson, Charles,film director,director of photography,film producer,editor of moving image work.; Knowledge Network (B.C.),production company.; Optic Nerve Productions,production company.; Shore Films,distributor.;
Cinematography and picture editing, Charles Wilkinson, Tina Schliessler ; music and sound design, Charles Wilkinson.Featuring, Robert Davidson.Haida artist Robert Davidson is one of the foremost cultural icons of the age. This film features candid and revealing conversations with the artist himself, along with commentary from art historians, politicians, musicians and family members detailing the importance and impact of Davidson's work. We see how indigenous and non-indigenous citizens alike--inspired by Davidson's art--are coming together to forge political movements led by indigenous activists and artists, fighting the critical environmental battles of our time.E.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Biographical films.; Nonfiction films.; Davidson, Robert, 1946-; Environmentalism; Haida artists;
For private home use only.
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The night wanderer [graphic novel] : a graphic novel / by Kooistra, Alison,1979-author.; Taylor, Drew Hayden,1962-; Wyatt, Michael.;
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Indigenous peoples;
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From the forest to the sea : Emily Carr in British Columbia / by Carr, Emily,1871-1945.Paintings.Selections.; Dejardin, Ian,writer of added commentary,editor.; Milroy, Sarah,writer of added commentary,editor.; Art Gallery of Ontario,issuing body,host institution.; Dulwich Picture Gallery,issuing body,host institution.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Carr, Emily, 1871-1945; Native art;
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Muskoka / by Samuel, Julian,author.;
"A man down on his luck meets the woman of his dreams in an adult education course. But this is no ordinary male fantasy: the man is a Pakistani-Canadian artist with a treatable recurrent cancer; the young lady is an Indigenous princess just returned from art school in Europe to her father's glass summer palace in Muskoka. This Romance Comedy, set in mid-Toronto and on Lake Rosseau, plays with the intersection of Indigenous, settler, and immigrant success stories against the background of mortality and the stars"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Cancer; Indigenous women; Man-woman relationships;
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Uninvited : Canadian women artists in the modern movement / by Milroy, Sarah,editor.; McMichael Canadian Art Collection,host institution.;
Includes bibliographical references.A monument to the talent of Canadian women artists in the interwar period, 'Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment' provides a full and diverse cross-country survey of the art made by women during this pivotal time, incorporating the work of both settler and Indigenous visual artists in a stirring affirmation of the female creative voice. Sarah Milroy is Chief Curator of McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Vaughan, ON.
Subjects: Women artists; Art, Modern; Art, Canadian;
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Sonny Assu : a selective history / by Assu, Sonny,author.; Hopkins, Candice,1977-author.;
"Stunning retrospective highlighting the playfulness, power, and subversive spirit of Northwest Coast Indigenous artist Sonny Assu. Through large-scale installation, sculpture, photography, printmaking, and painting, Sonny Assu merges the aesthetics of Indigenous iconography with a pop-art sensibility. This stunning retrospective spans over a decade of Assu's career, highlighting more than 120 full-colour works, including several never-before-exhibited pieces. Through analytical essays and personal narratives, Richard Van Camp, Marianne Nicolson, Candice Hopkins, and Ellyn Walker provide brilliant commentary on Assu's practice, its meaning in the context of contemporary art, and its wider significance in the struggle for Indigenous cultural and political autonomy. Exploring themes of Indigenous rights, consumerism, branding, humour, and the ways in which history informs contemporary ideas and identities, Sonny Assu: a selective history is the first major full-scale book to pay tribute to this important, prolific, and vibrant figure in the Canadian contemporary art world"--
Subjects: Assu, Sonny; Indian artists; Indian art; Art, Canadian.;
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If I go missing / by Jonnie, Brianna.; Shingoose, Nahanni.;
A graphic novel about the subject of missing and murdered Indigenous people. Combining fiction and non-fiction, this young adult graphic novel looks into one of the unique dangers of being an Indigenous teen in Canada today. The text of the book is derived from excerpts of a letter written to the Winnipeg Chief of Police by fourteen-year-old Brianna Jonnie--a letter that went viral and in which, Jonnie calls out the authorities for neglecting to immediately investigate and involve the public in the search for missing Indigenous people, and urges them to "not treat me as the Indigenous person I am proud to be" if she were to be reported missing.LSC
Subjects: Native women; Native women; Indigenous women; Indigenous women;
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