At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research

At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research presents interviews with researchers about their work with Aboriginal peoples. The objective is to assist people in better understanding Indigenous people, our issues and the often asked Google term “what is aboriginal.” It is originally produced as a radio broadcast on UMFM 101.5 FM in Winnipeg Manitoba and hosted by Dr Robert-Falcon Ouellette while working at University of Manitoba. He is now an Member of Parliament in Ottawa. Ekosani.

Friday, 17 February 2012

Dr Jessica Metcalfe and American Indian fashion

This is a discussion with Dr Metcalfe about her work in Indigenous fashion and the fashion world.

Dr Metcalfe is a Turtle Mountain Chippewa from North Dakota, and recently earned her Ph.D. in American Indian Studies (focusing on art, literature, and education) from the University of Arizona. Currently based out of Tempe, she is working to create a book from her dissertation on Native American designers of high fashion.

She talks about Lloyd Kiva New (1950's), the Savage Primitif of Virgil Ortiz, Tradition as innovation, fashion as a form of expression and communication, art as contributing to the cultural continuity, and sacred images.

She is also the host of a popular and controversial blog called http://www.beyondbuckskin.blogspot.com/

To learn more (Interview podcast):
http://archive.org/download/DrJessicaMetcalfeAndAmericanIndianFashion/20120216-341.mp3

http://archive.org/details/DrJessicaMetcalfeAndAmericanIndianFashion