Asato Ikeda

Ming Tiampo

Canadian Museum of Civilization

Norman David Vorano

"This book was released in conjunction with the travelling exhibition ... which was produced by the Canadian Museum of Civilization and opened at the Embassy of Canada's Prince Takamado Gallery, Tokyo, Japan on January 21, 2011--Title page verso.

Japanese Inspiration : Early Printmaking in the Canadian Arctic

Inuit Prints

Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies

Institute for Contemporary Canadian Craft

During the past 30 years, Canadian craft has grown dramatically. However, public perception and mainstream academic study of craft have yet to catch up. This multidisciplinary collection of 18 essays, presented at the symposium "Making and metaphor: a discussion of meaning in contemporary craft", illustrates the complex and significant role of contemporary craft in society. Historical analysis highlights how the fields of education, architecture and industrial design have influenced craft products and our perceptions of them.

A Discussion of Meaning in Contemporary Craft

Making and Metaphor

Canadian Ethnology Service

This collection of papers on the Nootka Indians of the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, includes descriptions and oral history of the Nootka, Aht, West Coast, Nuu-chah-nulth, Tseshaht, Ohiaht, Ditidaht and Pacheedaht peoples, together with tables and maps of place names and territories in the Barkley Sound and Alberni Inlet areas.

Notes on West Coast Peoples

Between Ports Alberni and Renfrew

Reservation X was the name of a stunning exhibition that opened in the First Peoples' Hall of the Canadian Museum of Civilization. It consisted of installations by seven of North America's foremost native artists: Mary Longman, Shelly Niro, Marianne Nicolson, C. Maxx Stevens, Nora Naranjo-Morse, Mateo Romero, and Jolene Rickard. The book includes 8 full pages of colour photographs of each artist's work, essays inspired by the thesis of the exhibition and illustrated with archival photos, critical biographies of the artists, and statements by and photos of the artists themselves. Both the exhibition and book explore the concept of community and the many contradictions and dislocations between life on and off the reserve.

Reservation X

Harlan I. Smith

During the 1920s Harlan I. Smith, an archaeologist with the National Museum of Canada, documented plant and animal knowledge and use among the Gitksan, Nuxalk and Ulkatcho Carrier of British COlumbia. This volume is an edited version of a manuscript by Smith, which contains information on 112 botanical species and their traditional cultural roles among the Gitksan. Prepared between 1925 and 1927, Smith's work is the earliest, relatively comprehensive ethnobotanical study for any Tsimshianic group, the first record of a clearly ethnobotanical investigation undertaken in British Columbia, and the first to include the term "ethnobotany" in its title. This thoroughly revised version of the manuscript also offers additional introductory text, ethnobotanical and linguistic commentary, and concluding remarks not found in the original.

Ethnobotany of the Gitksan Indians of British Columbia

Harlan Ingersoll Smith

Koozma J. Tarasoff

Robert Bogdan Klymasz

The centenary of Doukhobor settlement in Canada (1899-1999) marks a unique chapter in the story of this country and its peoples. In Spirit Wrestlers, twenty-six contributors from Canada, Russia, Japan, and the United States offer important insights into the legacy of the Doukhobors. The discussion ranges from Doukhobor philosophy and spirituality, song traditions, and history, to aspects of material culture - textile arts, dress, and furnishings - and museological concerns. Two submissions highlight findings of archival and bibliographical relevance. With its illustrations of Doukhobor artifacts from the collections of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the book provides a useful survey of the Doukhobor experience.

Centennial Papers in Honour of Canada's Doukhobor Heritage

Spirit Wrestlers

Ian Dyck

Christy Vodden

"In the 1850s, Canada's national museum was little more than a piece of legislation governing the Geological Survey of Canada's small collection of First People's artifacts in Montreal. Despite decades of wars and worldwide economic depression, funding and staff shortages, and a struggle for a permanent home, it has emerged as a renowned human history and cultural institution. This 150th anniversary history profiles the institution as well as the people who tirelessly championed it to ensure a lasting legacy for generations of Canadians."--BOOK JACKET.

A 150-year History of the Canadian Museum of Civilization

A World Inside

McGill-Queen's University Press

Co-published with the Canadian Museum of Civilization and McGill- Queen's U. Press, this handsome volume catalogs the tapestries created by Canadian Inuit weavers in the village of Pangnirtung after tapestry weaving was introduced as a cottage industry in 1969. Four lengthy essays precede the catalog. The catalog entries include a biography of the artist, their own words on the work reproduced (in quality full-page color plates), and a short description. Three of the volume's four authors have worked in Pangnirtung, the editor is a curator at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Place Where We Weave

Nuvisavik

Magnús Einarsson

This selection of one hundred and seventy five Icelandic-Canadian oral narratives contains folktales, legends, memorates, humorous anecdotes, tall tales, and simple accounts of daily events. The first fifty one narratives are grounded in the Old Country experience with the remainder reflecting Icelandic immigrant life in Canada.

Icelandic-Canadian Oral Narratives

Catharine McClellan

An Ethnographic Survey of Southern Yukon Territory

My Old People Say

Marius Barbeau

Totem Poles: According to location

The year 2000, a bench-mark date in Christian civilization, prompted researchers to offer a scholarly look at the significance of religion in our civilization, past and present. The religious factor is examined from various scientific viewpoints--ethnological, historical, sociological, archaeological. It is seen that God, or whatever one might prefer to call him, or her, has historically assumed many different shapes and sizes in our civilization and that his cultural presence has impacted significantly upon our culture, art, and way of thinking.

Bi-millenial Papers from the Canadian Museum of Civilization

Revelations

Artistic expression as a fundamental aspect of Ukrainian-Canadian ethnicity is explored in this publication. The essays provide an informative introduction to the subject and cover such topics as the history, folk arts and religious iconography of Ukrainians in Canada. The book is richly illustrated with an array of artworks and artifacts from the collections of the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

The Ukrainian Tradition in Canada

Art and Ethnicity

Archaeological Survey of Canada

Jerome S. Cybulski

Darlene Balkwill

Gregory S. Young

Patricia D. Sutherland

Description and analysis of a midden excavation in the modern Nisga'a village in west-central British Columbia.

Human Remains and Mortuary Elements in British Columbia Coast Prehistory

A Greenville Burial Ground

John Hewson

This proto-language dictionary contains over 4,000 entries and an extensive index of English glosses, and was produced from computer programmes that reconstructed the sound systems of four Algonquian languages, from some 30,000 lexical items recorded by Leonard Bloomfield.

A Computer-generated Dictionary of Proto-Algonquian

David Alan Taylor

This revised edition of a classic work covers the history, design, construction, and use of traditional wooden inshore fishing boats in the small town of Winterton, on the shore of Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Boatbuilding lore, especially the dynamics of boat design and construction, are seen from the perspective of the boat builders themselves, and are discussed within the context of the community's social, economic, and natural environments. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, archival images, drawings, and line plans, this book is a practical guide for boatbuilding enthusiasts and a valuable resource for scholars.

Boat Building in Winterton, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland

Gary Graham Coupland

A study which investigates prehistoric transition from egalitarian to ranked social structure at Kitselas Canyon, Skeena River, British Columbia.

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