Alfred Waugh. Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Center. 2017. Vancouver. Photographer, Andrew Latreille.
Resources from the Catalog
The Māori Meeting House: Introducing the Whare Whakairo by
Enter and explore the powerful, ancestral world of the whare whakairo, or decorated Māori meeting house, with this engaging guide. Richly illustrated with more than 100 historical and contemporary photographs and original watercolour illustrations, The Māori Meeting House celebrates every aspect of these magnificent taonga (treasures) - their history and art forms, symbolism and cultural significance. In a clear, informative and personal narrative, Damian Skinner brings together existing scholarship on whare whakairo and his own reflections as a Pākehā art historian and curator, with reference to meeting houses from all over Aotearoa New Zealand and the world. The voices of carvers, artists, architects, writers, experts and iwi are woven into the text, to give every reader new ways of seeing these taonga - whether it is your first view or your hundredth. Equal parts history, personal essay and illustrated guidebook, The Māori Meeting House is an important contribution to contemporary discussions about Māori art and art history.
Call Number: DU423.M42 S56 2016ISBN: 9780824868000Publication Date: 2016-08-31
New Architecture on Indigenous Lands by
Black Elk speaks of the "square boxes" his people were forced into, and Winona LaDuke of the "boxes of mints" on Native lands. As long as the government was deciding what tribal buildings should look like, Native custom and culture were bound to be boxed in--or boxed out. But in the post-1996 era of more flexible housing policies, Native peoples have assumed a key role in the design of buildings on tribal lands. The result is an architecture that finally accords with the traditions and ideas of the people who inhabit it. A virtual tour of recent Native building projects in Canada and the western and midwestern United States, New Architecture on Indigenous Lands conducts readers through cultural centers and schools, clinics and housing, and even a sugar camp, all while showing how tribal identity is manifested in various distinctive ways. Focusing on such sites as the Tribal Council Chambers of the Pojoaque Pueblo; the Zuni Eagle Sanctuary in New Mexico; the Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre in Osoyoos, British Columbia; and the T'lisalagi'lakw Elementary School, Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka offer wide-ranging insights into the sensory, symbolic, cultural, and environmental contexts of this new architecture. With close attention to details of design, questions of tradition, and cultural issues, and through interviews with designers and their Native clients, the authors provide an in-depth introduction to the new Native architecture in its many guises--and a rare chance to appreciate its aesthetic power.
Call Number: NA2543.A58 M35 2013ISBN: 9780816677443Publication Date: 2013-07-12
Voices of the Land: Indigenous Design and Planning from the Prairies by
An open resource created by the Indigenous Design and Planning Students’ Association at the University of Manitoba. "This is the first publication produced by IDPSA. Voices of the Land features 16 Indigenous students, representing a range of nations across Turtle Island, and spanning all four departments (Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, and City Planning) from the Faculty of Architecture. In it, you will read profiles of our members, along with their artistic visions and designs. There are profiles of our esteemed faculty members and alumni. We trust that you will be inspired by the conversations we had with several leading Indigenous designers."
Call Number: Open access onlinePublication Date: 2021
- Indigenous Architectural Design Guides in ChileEliseo Huencho. E-Flux Architecture.
- Indigenous Futurity and Architecture: Rewriting the Urban Narrative.Dalla Costa, Wanda. 2020. “Indigenous Futurity and Architecture : Rewriting the Urban Narrative.” Architecture Australia 109 (2): 56–58.
- Just What is Indigenous Architecture?Querengesser, Tim. 2018. “Just What Is Indigenous Architecture? Canada’s Contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale Is an Exhibit That Has No Precedent - the Coming Together of First Nations Firms from across Turtle Island (a.k.a. North America).” Azure 34 (264): 94–97.
- Learning from Indigenous Consultants: How can Indigenous Design Thinking Inform Architecture?Wahpasiw, Omeasoo, Wanda Dalla Costa, Patrick Stewart, Harriet Burdett-Moulton, Brian Porter, Alfred Waugh, and David Fortin. 2020. “Learning from Indigenous Consultants : How Can Indigenous Design Thinking Inform Architecture? Six of Canada’s Indigenous Architects Describe the Past, Present and Future of Indigenous Architecture in the Country.” Canadian Architect, no. 6 (September): 36–38
- Thinking the Other: Towards Cultural Diversity in Architecture.Martin, Tania, and André Casault. 2005. “Thinking the Other: Towards Cultural Diversity in Architecture.” Journal of Architectural Education 59 (1): 3–16. doi:10.1111/j.1531-314X.2005.00001.x.