Transformations in Material Culture: John Blueboy and the Tamarack Goose

• Main Author: Cull, Shaelagh
• Other Authors: Vorano, Norman, Art History
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Tamarack Goose; James Bay; Cree; Material Culture; John Blueboy; Moosonee; Moose Factory; Expo 67; Indian Art 74; From Our Hands; Old Fields/New Paths; Canadian craft; Artisan’78; Canada; Indian; New Zealand; Tamarack
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/29418

In 1965, tamarack goose sculptures were introduced in the southern James Bay Cree community of Moose Factory, Ontario. Taking inspiration from decoys used for hunting, John Blueboy, a Cree artist from Rupert’s House, Québec, constructed the sculptures by arranging and tying the twigs of the tamarack...