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Braided learning : illuminating indigenous presence through art and story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25539
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Dion, Susan D.
- Publisher
- Vancouver, B.C. : Purich Books
- Call Number
- 07.2 D62b
- Author
- Dion, Susan D.
- Publisher
- Vancouver, B.C. : Purich Books
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- 275 pages
- Abstract
- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Indigenous activism have made many Canadians uncomfortably aware of how little they know about First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. In Braided Learning, Lenape-Potawatomi scholar and educator Susan Dion shares her approach to learning and teaching about Indigenous histories and perspectives. Métis leader Louis Riel illuminated the connection between creativity and identity in his declaration, “My people will sleep for a hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirits back.” Using the power of stories and artwork, Dion offers respectful ways to address challenging topics including treaties, the Indian Act, the Sixties Scoop, land claims, resurgence, the drive for self-determination, and government policies that undermine language, culture, and traditional knowledge systems. Braided Learning draws on Indigenous knowledge and world views to explain perspectives that are often missing from the national narrative. This generous work is an invaluable resource for Canadians trying to make sense of a difficult past, decode unjust conditions in the present, and work toward a more equitable future. -- Provided by publisher
- Contents
- Introduction: Indigenous Presence ; Requisites for Reconciliation ; Seeing Yourself in Relationship with Settler Colonialism ; The Historical Timeline: Refusing Absence, Knowing Presence, and Being Indigenous ; Learning from Contemporary Indigenous Artists ; The Braiding Histories Stories ; Conclusion: Wuleelham - Make Good Tracks ; Glossary and Additional Resources: Making Connections, Extending Learning
- ISBN
- 9780774880794
- Accession Number
- P2022.04
- Call Number
- 07.2 D62b
- Collection
- Archives Library
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New studies of Canadian folklore
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25556
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1904
- Author
- Beaugrand, H.
- Publisher
- Montreal : E. M. Renouf
- Call Number
- 08.1 B38n
- Author
- Beaugrand, H.
- Responsibility
- Illustrations by Raoul Barrett
- Publisher
- Montreal : E. M. Renouf
- Published Date
- 1904
- Physical Description
- 130 pages
- Subjects
- Folklore
- Canada
- Storytelling
- Colonialism
- Contents
- The Goblin Lore of French Canada ; Macloune ; Indian Picture and Symbol Writing ; Legend of the North Pacific
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 08.1 B38n
- Collection
- Archives Library
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telling them about once upon a time
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.05.10
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.05.10
- Description
- A watercolour and charcoal illustration. The illustration is of a blonde-haired woman in a yellow dress, with black stripes, leaning back in a black blanket hammock that two birds, the moon and a star are holding up by its corners. The woman’s head is leaning back on a pillow and she is holding a b…
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- Title
- telling them about once upon a time
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.2 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- A watercolour and charcoal illustration. The illustration is of a blonde-haired woman in a yellow dress, with black stripes, leaning back in a black blanket hammock that two birds, the moon and a star are holding up by its corners. The woman’s head is leaning back on a pillow and she is holding a book with a picture of a red house with the sun shining behind it. Sitting on the top corner of the book is a green frog wearing a yellow crown. At the feet of the lady reading is a group of animals listening to the story. There are four birds, a lizard, a snake and a mouse that is sitting on the head of the tallest bird. There are two mice at the bottom edge of the black blanket, one poking its head out and the other hanging off the edge. Above the storyteller and the animals are six yellow stars in a semi-circle. The first star on the left has a string tied to it attached to the blanket and the crescent moon on the right, just above the head of the storyteller, also has a string tied to it attaching to the blanket. There is a black charcoal line border around the image with a star with a blue background in each corner except the top left corner which is just blue with no star. Underneath the image is writing in pencil, in the bottom left corner, “a.p.”, the title in the centre, “telling them about once upon a time” and the artist signature and date in the bottom rhc, “patricia askren dec/76”.
- Subject
- storytelling
- fantastical
- Patricia Askren
- Credit
- Gift of Joanne Thomas , Vancouver, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.05.10
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- wood; paper; ink; fibre; plastic on wood; paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.11.01 a,b
- Description
- Two small Japanese six panel folding screens with depictions of various scenes. Each piece features a black border around the outer edge, followed by a blue-greyish 1 cm border which features floral/branch design in black and gold, there is also a thinner red border around outer edge of the depicte…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- wood; paper; ink; fibre; plastic on wood; paper
- Dimensions
- 22.3 x 56.1 cm
- Description
- Two small Japanese six panel folding screens with depictions of various scenes. Each piece features a black border around the outer edge, followed by a blue-greyish 1 cm border which features floral/branch design in black and gold, there is also a thinner red border around outer edge of the depicted scene. Within the scenes the use of gold is prevalent, along with deep blues, greens and reds. a) In this six panel folding screen, reading from right to left, is a scene of a group of people walking alongside a cart, an ornate and protected cart, being pulled by an ox/bull (?) through the landscape of shrubs, trees, and an edge of a lake (?). On 2nd and 3rd panels from the left is a group of 3 women (possibly 4) seated. The figures within the scene are dressed in what appears to be traditional styles. b) In this six panel folding screen, reading from right to left, is a scene of a group of four figures dressed traditionally with what appears to be wings and tail-like textiles in front of steps of a white lined porch to a building. Each figure appears to be holding a vase with a plant. The two farthest right figures have orange coloured tails and the farther left figures have red tails of fabric. There is depictions of trees, shrubs, a deep blue pool. In the pool appears to be the head of a green dragon and wing and head of a bird, coloured the same as the figures, in the LRC. In the LBC appears to be a structure of red and black panels with gold inscriptions. Some of the trees have white and grey dots for leaves (?). 22.3 x 56.3 cm. Third image is of a) folding together for reference.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.11.01 a,b
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