This federal legislation instituted in 1876 controlled virtually all aspects of "Indian" life
What is the Indian Act?
100
Indians of Canada Pavilion
What is the name of the most well attended exhibition at Expo 67 in Montreal?
100
In 1981, this group reorganized from its initial grouping as the National Indian Brotherhood to ensure their rights and status would be included in the 1982 Canadian Constitution
What is the Assembly of First Nations?
100
During the Meech Lake Accord, this individual famously held up an eagle feather and said NO, thus halting the federal government's plan to acknowledge only Quebeckers as a "distinct" people
Who is Elijah Harper?
100
Artists who received the Governor General's Award in 2007 for their contributions to visual and media arts
Who are Daphne Odjig and Norval Morriseau?
200
1960
What is the year that status Indians were given Canadian citizenship and the right to vote?
200
Vancouver Art Gallery held one-person art-show in 1974 for the first time for this artist
Who is Bill Reid?
200
This is the first "serious" exhibition to be held in a Canadian art museum that also worked to "correct the pattern of neglect" around Native art and artists in 1982
What is "New Work by a New Generation" exhibition?
200
The name of the "crisis" that followed the Mohawks stand against the development of a golf course extension on their traditional lands
What is Oka?
200
Norval Morrisseau is also known by this name
What is the "Shaman Artist"?
300
Norval Morrisseau
Who is often referred to as the father of contemporary Aboriginal art and who hails from northern Ontario?
300
Raising the first totem pole in almost 50 years in Haida Gwaii in his home village of Masset
What is Robert Davidson famous for?
300
This group organized in 1985 to help increase the recognition of contemporary First Nations artists across Canada
What is SCANA (Society of Canadian Artists of Native Ancestry)?
300
The names of two touring exhibitions by Aboriginal artists that "un-celebrated" the 500th year anniversary of Columbus's discovery (or arrival) in the Americas
What is INDIGENA, or Land, Spirit, Power?
300
Ironic matter-of-factness rather than anger
What is the approach taken by contemporary Aboriginal artists to their work?
400
Revitalization and contemporary expression of Haida art
What is Northwest Coast artist Bill Reid most famous for?
400
A group of professional Native Indian artists who opposed the government marketing strategies focused on crafts production rather than contemporary artforms in 1970s
What is the Indian Group of Seven?
400
This exhibition, held in 1989, at the Vancouver Art Gallery featured emerging Native artists such as Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Jane Ash Poitras and Carl Beam
What is the "Beyond History" exhibition?
400
The first collective of Indian artists that provided an alternative venue for showcasing Aboriginal art beyond the standard galleries and museums
What is the Native Indian/Inuit Photographers' Association?
400
Appointment of Aboriginal people to these positions has led to a re-positioning of Aboriginal representation within museums
What is a curator?
500
(Currently) Alberta College of Art & Design
What is the current name of the formal arts training institution that Alex Janvier attended?
500
An Aboriginal curator for the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and other large museums, in 1970s
Who was Gerald McMaster?
500
This museum exhibition held in tandem with the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary sparked much controversy around the world for its focus on romantic and historical stereotypes of Natives rather than contemporary issues
What is the "Spirit Sings" exhibition?
500
A performance artist who used staged performances to protest museum representations and later used her "Fountain" performance to show that she had "nothing more to lose"
Who is Rebecca Belmore?
500
The combination of a familiarity with the vocabulary and idioms of contemporary arts discourses with richness of lived experiences
What is the "new poetics of identity" expressed by contemporary Aboriginal artists?