Ceremonies

John Diefenbaker and two unidentified men standing at a microphone. Diefenbaker is being named Honourary Chief Eagle.

Examines the self-determination, governance, and development issues facing Indian Country, including building effective governments, developing strong economies, solving difficult social problems, and balancing cultural integrity and change. Duration: 1:02:39. Includes textual transcript. Requires creation of free account to access materials.

Gives Indian words for a variety of English terms. Explains significance of dance cycles.

Discussion about fishing, trapping, settlements and celebrations.

Brief article describes the first baptism of Aboriginals ceremony which took place June 24, 1610 in Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia). Scroll down page to access article.

Story of the Head Chief of all the Crees on the north central Plains during the mid 1800's.

Interview discusses spirituality and ceremonies. Duration: 1:02:04.

Describes the preparations for the ceremonial and casual consumption of kava.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 35, (pp49-80).

Clinical Psychology Thesis (ClinPsyD)--Massey University, 2009.

Author shares the Indigenous research methodology that she has created and named “sweetgrass story weaving,” and some of the stories that have been recorded through this process. Includes information on moontime stories, berry fasts, and other women’s rites of passage.

Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2003.

Covers topics such as supporting students, terminology, history, treaty rights, and Aboriginal worldview.

Describes the public address by Iroquoian leader Kiotsaeton to a council of French, Iroquois, and Huron people at Three Rivers, Quebec on July 12, 1645. Examines each groups goals and how Kiotsaeton used his oratory skills to speak to all the groups involved.

Author works to describe the Kiowa belief system in terms of four different eras, to examine the emotionality of the people who practice it, and to articulate contemporary practices.

Translation of German publication of 1859 focusing on the writer's perception the Anishinnabe (Ojibwa, Ojibbeway) peoples.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bryn Mawr College, 1993.

Forms part of the Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 10 (p. [1]-382).

Documentary looks at the healing journey of the survivors of Kuper Island residential school 20 years after its closure. Duration: 43:33.

Guide to accompany film, Kwa'nu'te': Micmac and Maliseet Artists. Contains questions for discussion, section on the Micmac Petroglyph's, importance of spiritual influence and artists of Native ancestry.

Lesson plan for students in Grades 6-8 focusing on traditions and values.

Compares films using Kwakwaka’wakw ceremonies made by white filmmakers and the U'mista Cultural Society to discuss how culture is represented in film through different view points. Chapter from Walking a Tightrope: Aboriginal People and Their Representations edited by David McNab and Ute Lischke.

A description of the Indigenous origins of the sport of Lacrosse across Eastern North America.

Looks at the journey spiritual of Leslie Silko's protagonist Tayo through a Laguna symbolic world created by the Spider Women character. Laguna Pueblo is located in northwestern New Mexico.

Discusses how the myth and ideas it embodies are foundational to a worldview which informs all relationships, codes of behavior, and ways of governing.

Book review of: Landscape Travelled by Coyote and Crane: The World of the Schitsu'umsh (Coeur d'Alene Indians) by Rodney Frey in collaboration with the Schitsu'umsh.

A photograph of a large number Native people seated and standing in circle. Non-native on-lookers and tipi in background. Probably taken in Carlton at a Treaty celebration.

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.

An adventurous short story.

A photograph of an honour guard of First Nations men during a parade featuring Sir Wilfrid Laurier in Prince Albert (date unknown).

The back of a postcard (See Laurier's Indian Guard) depicting First Nations men on parade with Sir Wilfrid Laurier in Prince Albert, SK.

Early American Culture Thesis (M.A.)--University of Delaware, Winterthur Program 2003.

Short story.

Looks at how the Aboriginal research process and the Learning Circle, with the use of the trickster and windigo, affects the community experiences and perceptions of emotional issues. The article also examines the questions emanating from the medicine wheel.

Describes ceremony regarding the loss of a forest due to construction of a four lane highway.

Examines the history and cultural significance of the traditional Chickasaw food dish.

Looks at the main character's fight against the evils of imperialism and racism and search for identify.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2012.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1997.

Explores the influence and the impact of the arrival of Europeans on the Sioux traditional culture and life. Thesis towards an undergraduate degree in Education--University of West Bohemia, 2014.

Book review of: Life's Journey-Zuya by Albert White Hat Sr. Compiled and edited by John Cunningham.

Looks at the symbolic and stylistic meanings of particular Tlingit iconography through Shaman artwork used in curing ceremonies.