February 4th, 2013
Dear Students,
Today we'll be looking at some of the artefacts from the Museum of Civilizations in Ottawa. Please click on the link below to make sure you have the weblinks for your handout:
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/tresors/ethno/docs/ety0200/ete505se.pdf
Look to this site for helpful links as you move forward in your native studies project.
Here is a document filled with links to support research on First Nations, separated into regions (adapted from Exploring Native Art in Canada, © Larry Maenpaa and Clarice Kloezeman, 2006):
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B05cSlKXf-JGUFhWbEhvTkpVZ1k/edit?usp=sharing
I've also uploaded the powerpoint I showed the class with some of my personal images of Native Masks, taken from the Museum of Civilizations, Cleveland Natural History Museum and the Peabody Museum, among other places. You can access that here:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B05cSlKXf-JGZTE3RnFmdC1TSnM/edit?usp=sharing
Speaking of the Peabody Museum, it remains one of the best museums collections I've managed to see. Some highlights from their collection are online here:
https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/node/362
I'll continue to add to this post as we collect more resources.
Regards,
Ms. G
P.S.
Canadian Museum of Civilizations Haida Mask Collection:
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/haida/haama01e.shtml
Two good Inuit mask overviews:
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_inuit5.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masks_among_Eskimo_peoples
