Indigenous Art Practices: Further Learning

The eagle flies the highest in the sky, and in a coast salish story people would seek guidance from the eagle to gain knowledge of faraway places. This representational eagle wing relief was created to bring the knowledge to students as they seek guidance in their studies. -- Marissa Nahanee

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General

Bill Reid Centre. (2023). Indigenous art practices: A professional development series [Videos].
Four videos to compliment the topics addressed in this series; Northwest Coast Art [10:16 minutes], Style Provinces [8:43 minutes], Colonialism [10:30 minutes], and Cultural Appropriation [6:20 minutes]. 

Cultural appropriation

Gray, R. R. R. (2013). Appropriation (?) of the month: First Nation Totem Poles. Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage Project.

Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage Project. (2015). Think before you appropriate: Things to know and questions to ask in order to avoid misappropriating Indigenous cultural heritage. 

Indigenous protocols

Canadian Artists’ Representation / Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC). (2021). Indigenous Protocols for the visual arts: A practical guide for navigating the complex world of Indigenous Protocols for cultural expressions in the visual arts sector.

Robertson, C. (2012). Utilising PEARL to teach Indigenous art history: A Canadian example. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 41(1), 60–66. https://doi.org/10.1017/jie.2012.9 

LGBTQIA2+ inclusivity

Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies. (n.d.). 2SLGTBQ+ identities and child welfare.

Red River College Polytechnic. (2023). Gender and sexual diversity. 

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