Supernatural Beings

Indigenous Australian Studies Thesis (Ed.D.)--James Cook University, 2009.

Discussion of two strains of oral history and how the combination relates to tribal territory and political association among tribes.

Explores the behaviours and morality of tricksters. English Thesis (Honors)--Colby College, 2007.

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.

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.

Discusses the Sámi poem, Beaivi, Áhčážan (The Sun, My Father) by poet Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (Áillohaš).

Argues that it is necessary to look at Tomson Highway's play from a perspective that draws on Cree understandings of the Spirit World.

Essay on Charles H. Long's book, Alpha: The Myths of Creation focuses on the link between contemporary matters including Mi'kmaq knowledge, rights, the Treaty relationship and understandings about Kluskap (alt. sp. Koluskap, Glooskap).

Asserts that spirituality is central to Aboriginal approaches to social work and discusses four aspects of the relevance of other-than-human animals in spirituality: as part of kinship systems, sources of wisdom and protection, ceremonial significance and historical importance. Considers the Judeo-Christian focus of most scholarship on spirituality in social work and calls for a more decolonial, anti-oppressive practice.

Foreign Languages Thesis (M.A.)--University of Bergen, 2018 Abstract in Norwegian, thesis in English.

Looks at differences in beadwork between the Cheyenne thunderbird moccasins and the Arapahoe moccasins. Includes photographs.

Book review of: Art of the Northern Tlingit by Aldona Jonaitis.

This article examines the autobiography,The Seven Visions of Bull Lodge, as Told by His Daughter, Garter Snake. In the book, Bull Lodge narrates his life story about his youth who becomes a warrior.

Book review of: At the Font of the Marvelous: Exploring Oral Narrative and Mythic Imagery of the Iroquois and Their Neighbors by Anthony Wonderley.

Looks at the characters in Gerald Vizenor`s short story Bad Breath.

Advice given to an elderly Inuit woman long ago about spirituality and the pre-contact era.

Discusses the origin story of the irö and how to identify and tally migrating raptors.

Looks at the history of iron-making in Aboriginal Australia.

Focuses on the guardian spirit and its importance in winter dances and religion among the Salish.

Book review of: Body and Soul by Anthony Rex Peile ; edited by Peter Bindon. Review located by scrolling to page 284.

Curatorial notes for an exhibition of the same name mounted at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2002. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 40.

Book review of: The Bear-Walker and Other Stories by Basil H. Johnston.

Book reviews of: Windigo: An Anthology of Fact and Fantastic Fiction edited by John Robert Columbo. The Inuit: Life As It Was by Richard Harrington. Dance Me Outside by W. P. Kinsella.

Book review of 2 books: The Power of Horses and Other Stories by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn. Beyond Values and Ideology: Tales from Six North American Indian Peoples by Guy Lanoue.

An examination of the historical development of the Inuit religious belief of Sila.

Critical essay in which the author argues that Coups’s autobiography, originally published in 1930 as American: The Life Story of a Great Indian, Plenty- coups, Chief of the Crows is best read as multivocal text that presents both human and more-than-human voices and perspectives.

Examines the complex Anishnaabeg system of beliefs associated with thunderstorms.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2016.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1974.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saybrook University, 2011.

Book review of: Chair of Tears by Gerald Vizenor. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 101.

Sociology and Equity Studies in Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2000.

Questions about the legendary little people are raised by the author after someone tugged on a house guest's hair.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.

Looks at a unique pair of men's moccasins that uses 16/o faceted (cut) beads. Includes photographs.

First part in series on Cheyenne use of the Thunderbird symbol in the beadwork of men's moccasins. Contains photographs of moccasins from the Bata Shoe Museum, displaying typical toe designs and other examples of Thunderbird use.

Looks at the Cheyenne use of the Thunderbird symbol in the beadwork of men's moccasins. Photographs of moccasins from the Bata Shoe Museum.

Looks at the Cheyenne use of the Thunderbird symbol in the beadwork of men's moccasins. Photographs of moccasins from the Bata Shoe Museum.

Looks at the Cheyenne use of the Thunderbird symbols in the beadwork of men's moccasins. Photographs of moccasins from the Bata Shoe Museum.

Looks at the Cheyenne use of the Thunderbird symbol in the beadwork of men's moccasins. Photograph of moccasin from the Bata Shoe Museum.

Looks at the Cheyenne use of the Thunderbird symbol in the beadwork of men's moccasins. Photographs of moccasins from the Bata Shoe Museum.

Looks at the Cheyenne use of the Thunderbird symbol in the beadwork of men's moccasins. Photographs of moccasins from the Bata Shoe Museum.

Comments on a pilot project, among 52 youth, that looks into their fascination with the horror genre in movies, literature and social encounters. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.

Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 11 (p. 277-536).

Comments on the tension between native spirituality and Christianity and its impact on the people living on the reservation in Tracks and The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse. English Language and Literature Thesis (B.A.)--Masaryk University, 2012.

Discusses the serious and religious aspects of clowns. Chapter 7 in the book: Teachings From the American Earth: Indian Religion and Philosophy edited by Dennis Tedlock and Barbara Tedlock.

Book review of: Coast Salish Spirit Dancing by Pamela Amoss.

Author considers the way that worldviews are constructed; examines the way that humour and comedy contribute to the Anishinaabe worldview, and to the resilience of the Anishinaabe people.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 1953