Traditional Stories
The Beginning of the Cree World
Alternate Title
Native Voices
E-Books » Chapters
Description
The traditional story of how Wisakedjak caused the great flood and how, with the help of Muskrat, he was able to remake the world.
Extract from Native Voices edited by Freda Ahenakew, Breanda Gardipy, and Barbara Lafond.
Behind the Scenes: The Real Story of the Quileute Wolves
Alternate Title
Seattle Art Museum Educator Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Regan Doody
Description
Teachers' guide developed in conjunction with exhibition mounted to dispel the misrepresentations of cultural beliefs created by Stephanie Myer's Twilight books.
"The Belly of This Story": Storytelling and Symbolic Birth
in Native American Fiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Chapman
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 3-16
Description
Looks at how the traditional myths of creation takes place through language and song rather than sexual reproduction. The article also discusses how gender is less important than language.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Birch Bark Legends of Niagara Founded on Traditions Among the Iroquois or Six Nations; A Story of the Lunar-Bow, (Which Brilliantly Adorns Niagara Falls by Moonlight), or, Origin of the Totem of the Wolf
Alternate Title
A Story of the Lunar-Bow, (Which Brilliantly Adorns Niagara Falls by Moonlight), or, Origin of the Totem of the Wolf
E-Books
Author/Creator
Owahyah
Description
"Dedicated to the memory of Joinstaga, from whom many legends of the almost forgotten past were obtained by the author."
Blackfoot Mythology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Maclean
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 6, no. 22, July-September 1893, pp. 165-172
Description
Describes legends told by Elders, including the creation story, origin of the wind, the Old Man, and the story of Kutoyis, the blood-clot boy.
Book Review
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter Bakker
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 161-164
Description
Book review of: âtalôhkâna nêsta tipâcimôwina. Cree Legends and Narratives from the West Coast of James Bay told by Simeon Scott and translated by C. Douglas Ellis.
Book Review Essay: From Stories to Material Culture: European Scholars in the Arctic
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Claire Alix
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka / Chukotka, 2007, pp. 365-374
Description
Essay containing reviews of: Where the Echo Began: and Other Oral Traditions From Southwestern Alaska by Hans Himmelheber.
Deering: A Men's House From Seward Peninsula, Alaska by Helge Larsen.
Nunguvik et Saatut: Sites Paléoeskimaux de Navy Board Inlet, île de Baffin by Guy Mary-Rousselière.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kristin Herzog
Ron Welburn
Gretchen Ronnow
Helen Jaskoski
Robert M. Nelson
Hertha Wong
Roger Dunsmore
Robley Evans
Marie Annharte Baker
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1990, pp. 23-49
Description
Books review of:
Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women edited by Paula Gunn Allen.
Blood Salt by Doris Seale.
Coyote's Journal edited by James Koller, Carroll Arnett, Steve Nemirow, and Peter Blue Cloud.
American Indian Autobiography by H. David Brumble.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Stephanie Wheeler
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. [81]-85
Description
Book review of: Do You See What I Mean? Plains Indian Sign Talk and the Embodiment of Action by Brenda Farnell.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 81.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Various authors
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 1988, pp. 303-328
Description
Book reviews of 13 books:
Kishinahamwakan-acimowinisa - Student Stories edited and translated by Freda Ahenakew.
waskahikaniwiyiniw-acimowina - Stories of the House People edited by Freda Ahenakew.
Kinship and the Drum Dance in a Northern Dene Community by Michael Asch.
Pisiskiwak kâ-pîkiskwêcik Talking Animals. Memoir 5. Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics edited and translated by H. C.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Various authors
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 16, no. 1, 1996, pp. 181-210
Description
Book review of 12 books:
Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian: Small Shoes for Feet Too Large by Clarence Bolt.
A Study of Omaha Indian Music by Alice C. Fletcher.
Earth is My Mother, Sky is My Father: Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting by Trudy Griffin-Pierce.
Taking Control: Power and Contradiction in First Nations Adult Education by Celia Haig-Brown.
Applied Anthropology in Canada: Understanding Aboriginal Issues by Edward J.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Various authors
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, 1998, pp. 375-385
Description
Book reviews of 5 books:
Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest edited by Katharine Berry Judson.
Trading Beyond the Mountains: The British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843 by Richard S. Mackie.
Tribal Boundaries in the Nass Watershed by Neil J. Sterrit et al.
The Spirit of the Land: Statements of the Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en Chiefs in the Supreme Court of British Columbia 1987-1990 by Wa Gisday and Elgam Uukw.
Flowers on My Grave: How an Ojibwa Boy's Death Helped Break the Silence on Child Abuse by Ruth Teichroeb.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Patricia A. McCormack
Ken Hanly
Guy Lanoue
Ron Nestor
David J. Norton
et al.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, 1994, pp. 395-434
Description
Book review of 14 books:
Drum Songs: Glimpses of Dene History by Kerry Abel.
Names, Numbers, and Northern Policy by Valerie Alia.
Sacred Stories of the Sweet Grass Cree by Leonard Bloomfield.
Guide to Oral History Collections in Canada/Guide des fonds d'histoire orale au Canada by Normand Fortier.
The Mohicans of Stockbridge by Patrick Frazier.
500 Jahre danach: Zur heutigen Lage der indigenen Volker beider Amerika (500 Years Thereafter: The Present Day Situation of the Indigenous Peoples of Both Americas) edited by Peter R.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, 2000, pp. 487-516
Description
Book reviews of:
Living Relationships: The Treaty of Waitangi in the New Millennium by Ken S. Coates and P. G. McHugh.
Aboriginal Rights and Self-Government: The Canadian and Mexican Experience in North American Perspective edited by Curtis Cook and Juan D. Lindau.
Tribal Honors: A History of the Kainai Chieftainship by Hugh A. Dempsey.
The Myth of the Savage, and the Beginning of French Colonialism in the Americas by Olive Patricia Dickason.
The Pawnee Mythology by George Dorsey.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Furniss
Barry McGrory
Jeremy Hull
E. Paul Morrissy
Rosanne Gasse
et al.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, 1990, pp. 307-341
Description
Book reviews of 15 books:
Metaphors of Interpretation: Essays in Honour of W.E.H. Stanner edited by Diane E. Barwick, Jeremy Beckett and Marie Reay.
Convertir Les Fils de Cain, Jesuites et Amerindiens Nomades en Nouvelle-France by Alain Beaulieu.
The Alaska Highway: Papers of the 40th Anniversary Symposium edited by Kenneth Coates.
Catlin and His Contemporaries: The Politics of Patronage by Brain W.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Various authors
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 11, no. 2, 1991, pp. 351-395
Description
Book reviews of 17 books:
wanisinwak iskwesisak; awasisasinahikanis/Two Little Girls Lost in the Bush; A Cree Story for Children told by Nehiyaw/Glecia Bear, edited and translated by Freda Ahenakew and H. C. Wolfart.
The Geography of the Canadian North by Robert Bone.
The Queen's People: A Study of Hegemony, Coercion, and Accommodation Among the Okanagan of Canada by Peter Carstens.
Being and Becoming Indian: Biographical Studies of North American Frontiers by James A.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Various authors
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 13, no. 1, 1993, pp. 145-170
Description
Book reviews of 11 books:
Kwakuitl String Figures by Julie Averkieva and Mark A. Sherman.
Food and Spirits by Beth Brant.
Aboriginal Governments and Power Sharing in Canada by Douglas Brown.
A First Nations Province by Thomas J. Cochene and Lisa M. Powell.
Victims of Benevolence: Discipline and Death at the Williams Lake Indian Residential School, 1891-1920 by Elizabeth Furniss.
The Ojibwa of Berens River, Manitoba: Ethnography into History by A. Irving Hallowell.
Tales of the Anishnaubaek by Basil H.
Books in Review
Book Reviews
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125, Native Writers & Canadian Literature, Spring/Summer, 1990, pp. 307-316
Description
Entire review section on one pdf. To access specific review scroll down to appropriate page.
Imaging Native by Coral Ann Howells. (p. 307-308)
Book reviewed: The Native in Literature: Canadian and Comparative Perspectives edited by Thomas King,Cheryl Calver & Helen Hoy.
Anishoni Play by Robin McGrath. (p. 308-310)
Books reviewed: Renewal: Teoni's Giveaway by Barbara Smith.
Renewal: The Prophecy of Manu by Barbara Smith.
Tripartite by Patricia Keeney. (p.
Bridging the Gap: The Need for First Nations Libraries
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James K. Bartleman
Feliciter, vol. 49, no. 5, [Information Resources for Aboriginal Peoples], 2003, pp. 248-249
Description
Discusses that more must be done to ensure First Nations peoples have access to library and information services.
Bringing Back the Tobacco
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Virginia Drywater-Whitekiller
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Living in Two Worlds, Fall, 2011
Description
Looks at two Cherokee stories, one modern, one traditional, in which tobacco is at the center of the story.
British Columbia Indian Languages: A Crisis of Silence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan Haig-Brown
BC Studies, no. 57, British Columbia a Place For Aboriginal Peoples?, Spring, 1983, pp. 57-67
Description
Discusses the importance of preserving and maintaining the remaining Indian languages for cultural continuity and survival.
"The Buffaloes Are Gone" or "Return: Buffalo"? - The Relationship of the Buffalo to Indigenous Creative Expression
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tasha Hubbard
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 29, no. 1/2, 2009, pp. 65-85
Description
Discusses the symbiotic relationship between the animal world and Indigenous people, and describes how the relationship can contribute to the rebirth of Indigenous creative expression.
Building Bridges of Understanding Between Nations: Grade Four
Alternate Title
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Focuses on the values of respect, responsibility and seeing others people's points of view.
Chapter Four from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Building Bridges of Understanding Between Nations: Grade One
Alternate Title
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
Grade One: Growing and Learning
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Focuses on respect of self and others.
Chapter One from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Note: Page after title page is placed out of order in error. Scroll past page 83 and chapter begins with page i.
Building Bridges of Understanding Between Nations: Grade Six
Alternate Title
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Overview of how the court system operates in British Columbia.
Chapter Six from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Building Bridges of Understanding Between Nations: Grade Three
Alternate Title
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Focuses on the rules that must be followed in order to achieve certain goals in life.
Chapter 3 from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.