Sweat Lodge

Elders stress the importance of tradition and, in particular, the religious and medical traditions of the Indian people.Accounts of two visits to the world of the dead.

A conference discussing comparison of Indian and Christian religions and religious ceremonies, traditional songs and dances, and history of Europeans in North America from the Indian viewpoint.

Return to traditional ceremonies ; traditional vs. non-Indian education ; story of a trickster (Woojy Panaquad) ; electoral attitudes and responsibilities.

Talks about the traditional teacher in the University setting ; proposal for friendship ceremony between Iroquois and Ojibway ; the Iroquois confederacy ; Kootenay plains initiative to return to traditional lifestyles ; reflections on past and future wars ; and the importance of elders in recovery of traditional values.

Identifies and assesses all the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing programs that address psychosocial issues among Australia's Indigenous peoples.

Resource guide includes information on: Aboriginal Communities and Services, Spirituality, Aboriginal Culture, Cultural Beliefs and Practices, Mi'kmaq Language, Mi'kmaq History and Band Governance and Identity.

Education project towards Master of Education (M.Ed.)--University of Lethbridge, 1998.

Consists of an interview with Pones where he briefly describes a sweat lodge and shares some general reminiscences.

Consists of an interview that describes a sweat lodge.

Comments on practical ways to address the physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental health of Indigenous peoples.

Twelve Elders who participated project were asked questions about men's traditional roles and responsibilities, changes which occurred due to colonization, and what is needed to see men achieve the good life.

Book review of: The Way of the Pipe: Aboriginal Spirituality and Symbolic Healing in Canadian Prisons by James B. Waldram.

Book review of: The Iroquois in the War of 1812 by Carl Benn. The Lakota Ritual and the Sweat Lodge: History and Contemporary Practice by Raymond Bucko. The Legacy of Shingwaukonse: A Century of Native Leadership by Janet E. Chute. The Social Life of Stories: Narrative and Knowledge in the Yukon Territory by Julie Cruikshank. Looking North: Art from the University of Alaska Museum by Aldona Jonaitis (Editor).

Details of the Cheyenne sweatlodge ceremony as witnessed by the author.

Consists of an interview where he gives a description of naming ceremonies, explains the significance of "grandfathers" in Indian sprituality, and recounts several ghost stories.

Relates how a cultural awareness workshop for staff initiated by chaplain Leonard Bananish has changed attitudes about Aboriginal inmates of the Thunder Bay district jail.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

Consists of an interview where he shares a story of the origin of death. He also gives an account of healing practices.

Elders discuss concerns regarding: loss of Indian culture and traditions; failure to educate young Indians in traditionalways; young well-educated chiefs who will not take advice from elders.

Discussion of Indian ceremonies: how these are passed on from generation to generation; the role of women. Tipis: particular kinds of tipis; decorated tipis; tipis inrelation to death customs. No date given but probably January 1974, same as the others in this series.

Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2004.

Educational Policy and Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1999.

Consists of an interview with Fine Day where he describes the experience of a man who returns from the dead. He also gives a general description of a sweat lodge.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 1999.

Indigenous Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Trent University, 2013.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2000.

Secondary Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2006.

Consists of an interview on the origins of the Holy Lodge; the story of the Holy Turnip (same story as IH-AA.020); the story of the elk woman and her jealous husband; the story of the widows who offered themselves to the sun and how these events led to the offering ceremony and then to the Holy Lodge (This account continues on IH-AA.112)

Consists of an interview whereby George First Rider describes a sweat lodge.

An account of George First Rider's initiation into the Horn Society. (this is the conclusion of the account given on IH-AA.081).

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he gives an account of the original Holy Lodge. (It is a follow-up to IH-AA.112)Note: Dave Melting Tallow, interpreter. Joanne Greenwood, transcriber.

Focuses on the hunger strike of three female Aboriginal prisoners being held at the men's penitentiary in Springhill, Nova Scotia in February 2003.

Results from a study measuring the impact of the sweat lodge ceremony on the spiritual and emotional well-being of individuals who participated, showed a marked positive increase.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2006.

Research focuses on inter-tribal transmission of traditional knowledge and amalgamation with Mi’kmaq identity.

Story of UBC professors taking a cultural tour of a sweat lodge and home of Seepeetza on the Joeyaska Indian Reserve #2 near Merritt.

Tells something of life before the taking of treaty, and his interpretation of Treaty #6.

Consists of an interview about the origin myth of the Horn Society as well as a description of the construction of a sweat lodge.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Victoria, 2017.

Book review of: The Lakota Ritual of the Sweat Lodge: History and Contemporary Practice by Raymond A. Bucko.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he describes the ceremonies associated with a Holy Lodge. Note: Dave Melting Tallow, interpreter. Joanne Greenwood, transcriber.

Comments on unprosecuted sexual assaults. Podcast and transcript, Duration: 12:51. Part 2 of 2.

Interview with an author at the Words Aloud 4 Spoken Word Festival in Durham, Ontario, November 2007. Duration: 9:37.

Art and Art History and Religious Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2008.

Interview describes a sweat lodge.

Explores the relationship between Nêhiyaw ceremony and Nêhiyaw laws and uses the sweat lodge ceremony to demonstrate the nature of Cree law and how it is rooted in the sacred.

Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2009.