Ceremonies

Bob Black Plume talks about the various Blood Societies.

Interview includes stories about the power of the medicine man and the abilities to foretell the future. It also includes information regarding traditional attitudes toward education, marriage and lifestyle.

Book review of: ah-ayitaw isi e-ki-kikeyihtahkik maskihkiy They Knew Both Sides of Medicine Cree Tales of Curing and Cursing, Told by Alice Ahenakew edited and translated by H.C. Wolfart and Freda Ahenakew.

Book review of: Âh-âyîtaw isi ê-kî-kiskêyihtahkik maskihkiy stories from Alice Ahenakew, edited, translated and with a glossary by H.C. Wolfart and Freda Ahenakew.

"This document describes the importance of traditional Blackfoot health services and their foundation in age-old ceremonies."

Consists of an interview where he tells of legends concerning the arrival of white men in North America; Parallels to the Norse (Viking) sagas -- (Is this possibly an example of the oral tradition presenting the Indian view early Viking settlement?). He tells of prophecies concerning the arrival of white men and the eventual return of Indian ways; describes the role of women in pre-Columbian America; and gives accounts of native medical practices and the linguistic evolution.

A discussion on ritual in James Welch's Winter in the Blood and its a representation of Indigenous Americans fighting their own cultural alienation in society.

Examines ceremonies of the Kwakiutl people of British Columbia.

Discusses how the resurgence of the Stomp dance, a Native American religious and social dance, is keeping the Eastern Woodlands tribes alive and well. Access through table of contents.

Description of the role this ancient group plays in ceremonies and symbolism observed at the time of publication.

Looks at a Teton Sioux knowledge tradition, heyoka and connections to Indigenous healing practices and how it differs from western therapeutic knowledge in psychology.

Master's Thesis submitted in 1993 to the Institut Charles V of the University of Paris VII. Content includes: "War as a Civilizer" and Impact on the Life of Native Americans

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1994.

Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 1998.

Editorial piece in which the author offers an Indigenous perspective on and criticism of the practices of archaeologists and physical anthropologists in relation to the physical remains and funerary artifacts of Indigenous peoples.

Discusses data gathered from field work on Kwakiutl life and examines Boas' account of winter dances and potlatches between 1895-1896.

Explores the historical relationship between a variety of dances and games and fertility rites belonging to the Iroquoian and Muskogean linguistic families.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2005.

Book review of: Ancestral Mounds by Jay Miller.

Book review of: Ancestral Power by Lynne Hume. Review located by scrolling to page 254.

Website contains links to map, photographs of villages, ways of life, activities (includes video clips with transcripts), and teacher resources.

A congregation posing at an Anglican outdoor service in the Lac La Ronge area, probably in the first half of the twentieth century.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1980.

Looks at the role animals play in Leslie Silko's story and its reflections on Indigenous people needing to learn what to accept and what to resist in order to survive.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Minnesota, 1999.

Discussion on restoring pedagogies of wholeness in Aboriginal education.

Interview includes stories of traditional life including ceremonies, dances, burials, hunting, and spirits.

An interview where they give general reminiscences of their lives. There is also mention of a legend concerning the creation of the sun and moon.

Brief stories from various First Nations about the origin and discovery of tobacco, and descriptions of the beliefs and traditions surrounding its use.

The interview includes the story of a Cree boy who becomes a Blackfoot Chief.

Interview includes two stories: the first about a boy who saves a boy and wins a wife in the process; a second about a boy who upon returning to his band with a wife becomes chief.

Antoine Lonesinger discusses different methods of earning a living that included making charcoal and lime. Also included is the story of a boy saved a camp from starvation with the help of the raven spirit.

Interview includes stories about a ghost priest and a non-existent camp. Also included is a story of how a lame boy's skill as a medicine man won him a chieftainship and a wife.

Interview includes stories about a Cree band who avenged the killing of a young boy by the Blackfoot. He tells of his grandfather who helped a Cree raiding party find food.

Interview with Antoine Lonesinger, who tells stories of escapes from Blackfoot and the use of spirits and evil powers.

Interview with Mr Lonesinger who tells stories of Indian agents both good and bad. He also tells of the Battle of the Cut Knife Hill and the banning of the Sundance.

Interview includes stories of attacks on women by Blackfoot and Cree raiders. It also includes the story of the acquisition of the Sioux Dance (or Grass Dance) from the bone grass spirits.

Interview includes the stories of a raid on the Blackfoot and the struggle for supremacy between two medicine men. (Transcribed by J. Greenwood)

Looks at medicine feasts conducted by an Apache woman from the Pueblo of San Ildefonso for Jicarilla Apaches.

Authors offer a critical commentary of Bejamin R. Kracht’s application of a “communitas” model to the Kiowa Gourd Dance in his article, “Kiowa Powwows: Continuity in Ritual Practice.”

Explains how educators of Native American or First Nations language can successfully use recorded songs and stories in the classroom. Good examples of explicit teaching practices, modeled by Upper Skagit Elders, are also shared. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 52.

American Indian Studies Program Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 1996.

Image of group of Aboriginals from Manitoba receiving their annual treaty money. Items in tubs and barrels in foreground; men, women and children posing for camera in background. Summer scene.

Author examines the rites historically practiced by walrus hunters living on islands in the Bering Sea and their families. Argues that these rites and the multi-species history of Alaskans, Yupiget and Chukchi all require further scholarly attention.

Article describes an Archaeological field school project for graduate students in which the authors provided instruction on methods and practices; discusses how the project promotes a framework of decolonization through community collaboration and cultural integration.