First Nations Arts

(Checked: 20-March-10, Updated: 12-Sept-09)

Media | Writers | Performance Arts | Visual Arts | Arts Education Programs

Media

Aboriginal History Media Arts Lab (UBC)
Native American Public Telecommunications Supporting tribal sovereignty through educational and public telecommunications programs and services
The Black Book (Australian Film Commission) Over 2,700 listings of Indigenous organizations working in the arts and media. Includes contact information and organizational profiles.
Native Americans in the Movies: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Library
Gender, Race & Ethnicity in the Media - Indigenous Peoples University of Iowa, Department of Communication Studies
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
Native American Journalists' Association
American Indian Radio on Satellite AIROS and Native American Public Telecommunications

Writers
American Native Press Archives Digital Library Sequoyah Research Center. Native Writers Digital Text Project is a collection of fiction and poetry written by American Indian, Inuit and Canadian First Nations writers.
Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures (ASAIL)
Native American Authors Internet Public Library biographies and works. Search by author, title or nation.
Native American Writers and their Writings Rochester Institute of Technology
All Native Books Index by subject, age-level, tribe, title and individual reviews
Native American Poetry Collection Books at the Beinecke Library from the personal library of Abenaki poet Joseph Bruchac

Women Writers
A Celebration of First Nations Women Writers
Finding Out About Native Canadian Women Writers Library and Archives Canada Includes: Bibliographies | Interviews | Anthologies | Selected periodicals & publishers | Writers | E-Links
Native American Women Playwrights Archive collection of materials by Native women playwrights of the Americas, includes a directory and bibliography of works.
Recommended books about Native American women Smithsonian Institution

Speeches
American Orations 1761-1837, includes speeches by Joseph Brant, Tecumseh and Pushmataha
Chief Joseph Selected Statements and Speeches, 1874-1877
Chief Red Horse Minniconjou Lakota, an eyewitness account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1881
Chief Seattle 1854 Oration

Performance Arts

Native Drums (Carleton University) First Nations music explored through games, images, videos, interviews, and teacher resource kits.
'Ksan Performing Arts

Visual Arts

First Nations Art in British Columbia British Columbia Archives
Getty - Union List of Artists Names Biographical and bibliographical information about artists and architects (over 293000 names).
Index of American Indian Artists on the Internet
see also: First Nations Filmmaking

Education
Aboriginal Arts Work Study Program Arts at the Banff Centre
Institute of American Indian Arts
The Centre for Indigenous Theatre Theatre training institution for Aboriginal professionals
The Indian and Inuit Art Centre Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Pueblos of New Mexico

Last modified: Mar 20, 10

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