Music & Song

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio State University, 1995.

Originally published as the Forty-Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology. This edition published with a new introduction by David Reed Miller.

History of the White Bear Reserve at Moose Mountain. No date given, probably in the early 1970's.

Shows traditional nomadic life of the Netsilik Inuit. In a community igloo, women and men gamble at spear-the-peg game. The day ends with drumming and singing. Duration: 34:40.

Audio reviews of: "Une Chanson de vérité": Folksongs of the Prairie Métis by Linda Clemons; Dakota Hotain Singers by Dakota Hotain Singers; Old Time O'odham Fiddle Music by Gu-Achi Fiddlers; Changes, Cycles, Journeys, Carry the Gift by R. Carlos Nakai and Traditional Mesuqakie Songs by The Woodland Singers.

Portrait of a wise Shuswap woman and her views of the world. Accompanying study guide entitled, Exploring Likenesses and Differences with Film. Duration:16:33.

Talks about government policies that have an effect on the economic development and cultural heritage practiced in Aboriginal tourist industry focusing on the Didgeridoo.

Using still photographs from the nineteenth century, Willie Dunn sings a ballad about the Blackfoot Chief of the Canadian West. Duration: 10:18.

Film focuses on the importance of using talents and skills to help others specifically with which raises money for food banks. Duration: 7:02.

Looks at a dance theatre piece, staged at Batoche National Park, based on the romance of Gabriel and Madeleine Dumont. Article located by scrolling to page 2 and 14.

Indigenous flutist and flute maker discusses how music can be used to create a space where people from diverse cultural and spiritual backgrounds can engage in meaningful dialogue.

Comments on what it is like to be an Inuit artist working in the North today including the challenges and opportunities. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 8.

Website of virtual exhibition. Contains links to: curatorial statements, music, artists, writers, and a blog.

Discusses award-winning program used in an Edmonton inner-city school which is designed to re-engage students who are at risk for dropping out.

Consists of an interview on the origin of the Beaver Bundle and its transferal.

Music Thesis (M.Mus)--University of British Columbia, 1977.

Originally published: 1948.

Examines the historical interplay and influences between different powwow groups and styles and how this changed the traditions.

Review of the installation exhibition Relations: Indigenous Dialogue.

Leadership, Higher and Adult Education (PhD.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2013.

Comments on a movement that has influenced mainstream attitudes towards the body, fashion, and personal aesthetics.

Comments on some significant differences between Aboriginal , African-American inspired hip hop and Australian hip hop.

Drum group from Sweetgrass First Nation in Saskatchewan wins 1996 championship in Hartford, Connecticut.

Describes the use of song and music as an effective method of healing and assistance in preventing Aboriginal women from reoffending.

Focuses on two Australian myths: terra nullius and the 'noble savage'.

Book review of: Northern Haida Songs by John Enrico and Wendy Bross Stuart.

Book review of: Visions of Sound: Musical Instruments of First Nations Communities in Northeastern America by Beverley Diamond, M. Sam Cronk and Franziska von Rosen.

Book reviews of 6 books: Urban Indians: The Strangers in Canada's Cities by Larry Krotz. Report of the Indian Child Welfare Sub-Committee Manitoba. Inuit Songs from Eskimo Point [edited] by Ramon Pellinski, Luk Suluk and Lucy Amarook. Song of Sedna by Robert D. San Souci. Gathering What the Great Nature Provided: Food Traditions of the Gitksan by the People of 'Ksan. Pitseolak, A Canadian Tragedy by David F. Raine.

Book reviews of 7 books: A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhood by Kim Anderson. Harvest of Souls: The Jesuit Missions and Colonialism in North America by Carol Blackbum. Aboriginal Education: Fulfilling the Promise edited by Marlene Brant Castellano, Lynne Davis, and Louise Lahache. In the Words of Elders: Aboriginal Cultures in Transition edited by Peter Kulchyski, Don McCaskill, and David Newhouse. Suicide in Canada edited by Antoon A. Leenaars, Susanne Wenckstern, Isaac Sakinofsky, Ronald J. Dyck, Michael J. Kral, and Roger C.

Book reviews of 20 books: Being and Place Among the Tlingit by Thomas F. Thornton. The Cultivation of Resentment: Treaty Rights and the New Right by Jeffery R. Dudas. Diabetes Among the Pima: Stories of Survival by Carolyn Smith-Morris. Essential Song: Three Decades of Northern Cree Music by Lynn Whidden. First Families: A Photographic History of California Indians by L. Frank and Kim Hogeland. Households and Hegemony: Early Creek Prestige Goods, Symbolic Capital and Social Power by Cameron B.

Examines how traditional Native American music has been incorporated into contemporary musical works.

Discusses the musical collaboration between Tanya Tagaq Gillis, of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut and Icelandic pop singer Björk on two of her CDs.

Music Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio State University, 2014.

Film of songwriter, singer, Buffy Sainte-Marie, discusses her inspirations and hopes. Duration: 06:16.

Features the award-winning Aboriginal singer/songwriter/visual artist. Includes biography, recordings, interview, photos, artwork, and audio clips....

Artist discusses her creative process, career and advocacy role. Duration: 12:21.

Interview with Buffy Sainte-Marie on her music and her life of promoting traditional Aboriginal values.

Comments on the 2007 Sâkêwêwak Artists' Collective's Storytellers Festival noting that the audience wasn't as large as past years but included more non-Aboriginal people than ever before. Article located by scrolling to page 16 and 18.

Inaugural edition of the Building Aboriginal Economies magazine, which features short articles dealing with individuals and groups in the arts field.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he describes the ceremonies involved in the construction of a Holy Lodge.

Describes colleagues' reactions during a visit to the Octagon Earthworks, which were built by the Hopewell people between 11 BC and 400 AD. Special combined issue of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 237.

Book review of: Burst of Breath edited by Jonathan D. Hill and Jean-Pierre Chaumeil.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2015.

Looks at context of the tour, how collaboration between the musician and Indigenous communities was carried out, and outcomes of the project.

Highlights two Métis shows featured by the CBC, ê-miywahkamikahk and Wahkootowin, to celebrate the year after the year of the Métis. Article found by scrolling to page 7.

This interactive Google Earth project is a guided tour that introduces the user to over 80 Indigenous languages from around the globe. At each point on the map the user can view a photo and bio of an Indigenous language speaker from that region and listen to clips of them speaking their language.

Book review of: Celebration: Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian Dancing on the Land by Rosita Worl. Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 137.