I have been doing research in the area of The Arts as a medium of cross-
cultural communication, perhaps some of these references will be of some use:
Vastokas, J. 1992. Beyond the Artifact: Native Art as Performance. Robarts
Centre for Canadian Studies: York University, North York
Luke, T. 1992. Shows of Force: Power, Politics, and Ideology in Art Exhibitions
Duke University Press: Durham
Phillips, R. B. 1984. Patterns of Power. The McMichael Canadian Collection:
Kleinburg, Ontario
University Art Gallery. 1990. Our Land/Ourselves: American Indian Contemporary
Artists. University of Albany: New York
National Gallery of Canada. 1992. Land Spirit Power: First Nations at the
National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa.
There are also several journals which often publish articles by Native artists
writing on issues involved in producing art: appropriation, privilege,
marginalization, where their art is exhibited, etc. The names of these two
magazines are FUSE and C Magazine, both of which are Canadian publications.
McMaster, G. and L. Martin. 1992. Indigena: Contemporary Native Perspectives.
Canadian Museum of Civilization: Hull, Quebec.
Hope this is useful in providing a perpsective that perhaps you may not have
been considering. Good luck!!
Caroline Theriault, Toronto (es051162@orion.yorku.ca)