Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region of Canada that achieved self-government in 2005, produces art that is distinct within the world of Canadian and circumpolar Inuit art. The world's most southerly population of Inuit, the coastal people of Nunatsiavut have always lived both above and below the tree line, and Inuit artists and craftspeople from Nunatsiavut have had access to a diverse range of Arctic and Subarctic flora and fauna, from which they have produced a stunningly diverse range of work. (from Goose Lane Editions website)
Contents
Foreword / Vicky Chainey Gagnon -- Tending the Kudlik: four generations of tradition and innovation on the Labrador Coast / Heather Igloliorte -- InutuKait = Elders / introduction by Jenna Joyce Broomfield -- AkKusiuttet = Trailblazers / introduction by Aimee Chaulk -- Ikualattisjet = Fire keepers / introduction by Christine Lalonde -- Kingullet Kinguva^tsait = The next generation / introduction by Barry Pottle.
Artists cited in index (page 183): Chantelle Andersen -- Dinah Andersen -- James Andersen -- Peggy Andersen -- Michelle Baikie -- Sarah Baikie -- Fanny Broomfield -- Heather Campbell -- Andrea Flowers -- Chesley Flowers -- Emily Flowers -- Vanessa Flowers -- Violet Flowers -- Billy Gauthier -- Gilbert Hay -- Mark Igloliorte -- Susannah Igloliorte -- Jason Jacque -- Josephine Jacque -- Samantha Jacque -- Ephraim Jararuse -- Sarah Jensen -- Josephina Kalleo -- Michael Massie -- Maria Merkuratsuk -- Shirley Moorhouse -- Tabea Murphy -- Davidee Ningeok -- Sophie Pamak -- Jacko Pijogge -- Sem Pijogge -- Barry Pottle -- Derrick Pottle -- Druscilla Rich -- Garmel Rich -- George Rich -- Chris P. Sampson -- Doris Saunders -- Elias Semigak -- Inez Shiwak -- Jane Shiwak -- Jason Shiwak -- John Terriak -- Rhoda Voisey -- Jennie Williams -- Nellie Winters -- Ryan Winters.
Before his death in 2019, cultural anthropologist, author, and radio producer Richard K. Nelson's work focused primarily on the indigenous cultures of Alaska and, more generally, on the relationships between people and nature. Nelson lived for extended periods in Athabaskan and Alaskan Eskimo villages, experiences which inspired his earliest written works, including "Hunters of the Northern Ice." In "Raven's Witness," Lentfer tells Nelson's story--from his midwestern childhood to his first experiences with Native culture in Alaska through his own lifelong passion for the land where he so belonged
(From publisher's website)
Contents
Foreword / Barry Lopez -- Prologue: Solid Ground -- Part I: Niglik -- Part II: Making Prayers -- Part III: Island Years -- Part IV: True Wealth -- Afterword: Wings
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2020 Banff Mountain Book Award Winner - Grand Prize
2020 Banff Mountain Book Award Winner - Mountain Literature
To commemorate the official opening of the Inuit Art Centre, now named Qaumajuq, Winnipeg Art Gallery Director and CEO, Dr. Stephen Borys, set out to share the story of this extraordinary museum and building project. His book, Journey North: The Inuit Art Centre Project, traces the history of the centre beginning with the establishment of the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1912, when the foundation was laid to support a diverse and far-reaching mission that could embrace both historical and contemporary artmaking on national and international levels. By the time director Dr. Ferdinand Eckhardt arrived at the gallery in 1953, and discovered Inuit stone carving at the Hudson's Bay Company department store located across the street from the WAG, the idea of assembling a collection to celebrate this Indigenous art form moved closer to reality. This account of the development of the Inuit Art Centre includes different historical and contemporary perspectives and voices through a compilation of texts and images. In addition to the key essay by the book's author Stephen Borys, several writers from across the country have shared their stories about the gallery, the Inuit art collection, and the building project. In addition to the essays and the architectural renderings of the Inuit Art Centre by Michael Maltzan, the book also includes: a selection of Arctic photographs taken by Hazel Mouzon Borys and Iwan Baan, a series of construction images by Winnipeg Free Press photographers Mike Sudoma and Mike Deal, and finished building photographs by Jacqueline Young. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Message from the title sponsor / Ernest Cholakis -- Foreword / Natan Obed -- Message from the Chair / Ernest Cholakis -- Acknowledgements / Stephen Borys -- Qaumajuq: a name for the Inuit Art Centre / Julia LaFreniere -- Introduction / Stephen Borys -- A journey north / Stephen Borys -- Midnight sunlight / Iwan Baan -- Reflections on a curatorial journey / Darlene Coward Wight -- Origins / Abraham Anghik Ruben -- Multiple visions, magnificent reality / Patricia Bovey -- A vault into visibility : personal reflections / Richard Yaffe -- Museum encounters of another kind : indigenous methodologies of collaboration lead the charge / Julie Nagam -- Selecting an architect for the Inuit Art Centre / George Baird -- Characteristics and context / Michael Malitzan -- Biindigin Biwaasaeyaah and Qaumajuq : conversations and collaborations towards a new Winnipeg Art Gallery / Heather Igloliorte and Julie Nagam -- Winnipeg : a new cultural capital for Inuit art / Pat Feheley -- Moments of kindness and reconciliation : a new understanding for Inuit culture / Barry Appleton -- Building photography -- Contributors.
Based on papers presented at the conference: The West and Beyond : Historians Past, Present and Future, held at the University of Alberta, 19-21 June, 2008. --Includes bibliographical references and index
Partial contents:
Cree intellectual traditions in history / Winona Wheeler, pp. 47-61;
Visual space race and history in the North: photographic narratives of the Athabasca-Mackenzie River Basin / Matt Dyce and James Opp, pp.65-93. - Pertains to photographers Charles W. Mathers and Ernest Brown;
The kaleidoscope of madness: perceptions of insanity in British Columbia aboriginal populations, 1872-1950 / Kathryn McKay, pp.94-111;
The expectations of a queen: identity and race politics in the Calgary Stampede / Susan L. Joudrey, pp.153-155. - Pertains to controversy regarding 1954 Stampede Queen Evelyn Eagle Speaker known in the competition as "Princess Wapiti", pp.133-155
The Banff photographic exchange: albums, youth, skiing and memory making in the 1920s / Lauren Wheeler, pp.34-374. -- Pertains to photograph albums of Fulton Dunsmore, Cyril Paris, Peter Whyte and Fern Brewster
Eric Harvie: without and within Robert Kroetsch's Alibi / Robyn Read, pp. 375-397
