The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.
Duration: 54:55
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) ; May 18, 2010
Legends Project
Max'inuxw the Killer Whale Stalks Its Prey
Peace Treaty with the Mi'max'inuxw - The Killer Whales
The Gwich'in Legends
The Little Wren
The Origin of Dances and the Potlatch
The Path of Our Ancestors
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Lalakanis
Pauline Alfred
Henry "Teen" Hunt
Helen "Teen" Hunt
Maxwayalis Charlie Matilpi
Namgis Chief Wawi'igesu
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends, and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This segment created in Alert Bay, British Columbia.
Duration: 53.59
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017Focusess on experiences of Madelaine McCallum, Mike Dengeli, Mique'l Dangeli, Leela Gilday, and Ronnie Dean Harris.
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 118, no. 470, Fall, 2005
Description
Viewpoint of the author is to infuse new life into a British Columbia historiography that until now has not paid enough attention to Aboriginal interpretations of the past.
Book reviews of five books:
Making Salmon: An Environmental History of the Northwest Fisheries Crisis by Joseph E. Taylor III.
To Fish in Common: The Ethnohistory of Lummi Indian Salmon Fishing by Daniel L. Boxberger.
Messages from Frank's Landing: A Story of Salmon, Treaties, and the Indian Way by Charles Wilkinson.
Fishing Places, Fishing People: Traditions and Issues in Canadian Small-Scale Fisheries edited by Dianne Newell and Rosemary E. Ommer.