During the Edit-a-thon for Indigenous Artists Biographies held at the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) on March 5th 2020, the participants received a list of Canadian Indigenous Artists for who the biographies need enhancement. In parallel of this work, we decided to check if these artists were also well documented on Wikidata.
Here is the list of artists provided by the NGC that we are aiming to document properly:
- Barry Ace
- Joi T Arcand
- Shuvinai Ashoona
- Pierre Aupilardjuk
- Christi Belcourt
- Michael Belmore
- Rebecca Belmore
- Jordan Bennett
- Catherine Blackburn
- Dempsey Bob
- Bob Boyer
- Hannah Claus
- Ruth Cuthand
- Thirza Cuthand
- Dayna Danger
- Beau Dick
- Jeneen Frei Njootli
- Faye HeavyShield
- Robert Houle
- Terrance Houle
- Maria Hupfield
- Ursula Johnson
- Brian Jungen
- Ruben Komangapik
- Meryl McMaster
- Kent Monkman
- Peter Morin
- Marianne Nicolson
- Skeena Reece
- Nicotye Samayualie
- Henry Speck
- Ningiukulu Teevee
- Jeffery Thomas
- Joseph Tisiga
- Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
- The checklist in csv format is available here on GitHub
- The checklist is also available in a Google spreadsheet ("can comment" access) The yellow cells in this document represent the data that we have contributed.