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The Noble Savage and Ecological Indian: Cultural Dissonance and Representations of Native Americans in Literature
Numerology as the Base of the Myth of Creation, According to the Mayas, Aztecs, and Some Contemporary American Indians
One with the Watershed: A Story-based Curriculum for Primary Environmental Education
Uses traditional stories about the Salmon people as a starting point to talk about environmental health and caretaking.
"A Salmon Homecoming Production."
Other Than the Interpretation of Dreams: The Dane-Zaa Indians and the Vision Quest
Our Ice Is Vanishing = Sikuvut Nunguliqtuq: A History of Inuit, Newcomers, and Climate Change
Our Mother Corn
Looks at the central role of corn in the cultures of the Hopi, Pawnee and Seneca peoples.
"Our Mountains Are Our Pillows": An Ethnographic Overview of Glacier Nations Park
Focuses on the K'tunaxa and Piikáni, and draws on documentary research and consultation with Piikáni Elders.
People Before the Park: The Kootenai and Blackfeet Before Glacier National Park
Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do is Ask: Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings
Preserving Aboriginal Heritage: Technical and Traditional Approaches: Proceedings of Symposium 2007
Preserving Tradition and Understanding the Past: Papers From the Conference on Iroquois Research, 2001-2005
Reading Sheet: Coyote Places the Stars
Retelling of traditional story.
A Review of The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Reviews
The Road to ANCSA: The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Grade 6
Salmon Watch: Unit 3: Native American Indian Storytelling
Includes information for teachers and ten student handouts.
Seeing the Skies through Navajo Eyes: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Astronomy
Designed as a resource for planetariums, for middle school teachers, and a book that families can read together.
Shadow of the Salmon
Shadow of the Salmon: Respect the Salmon, Respect Yourself : A Resource Guide for Eighth Grade Teachers
Skunk
Children's book retells the Muckleshoot traditional story. Suitable for use with Grades K-3.
Related Material: Lesson Plan.
Sky Stories
Skylark Meets Meadowlark: Reimagining the Bird in British Romantic and Contemporary Native American Literature
Speaking of Place: Contemporary Iñupiat Storytelling and Place-Making in the Time of Climate Change
Star Legends among the American Indians
Blackfoot traditional stories.
Star Lore of the Ojibway
Brief description of stories associated with stars and constellations such as Ajiijaak (Cygnus), Biboonkeonini the Winter Maker, Jiibay Ziibi (Milky Way), Maang (Ursa Minor), and Ojiig (Big Dipper).
Related resources: Ojibwe Constellation Guide + Ojibwe Gizhig Anung Masinaaigan; Ojibwe Star Map.
Star Stories
Series of nine short animated videos which tell traditional Ankara, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Chipewyan, Ho-Chunk, Chippewa, Cree, Mohawk, and Paiute stories about how certain stars and constellations came to be.
Stare Lore of the Dakota and Lakota
Brief description of stories associated with stars and constellations such as Agleoeka (Cygnus), Chanśáśa ipúsye (dried or red willow), Gleœka Wakaŋ (Sacred Hoop), Keya (Pegasus), and Wanagi Tacanku (Milky Way).
Related resources: Constellation Guide; Dakota and Lakota Star Map
Tales From the Totems of the Hidery
Tales Of Coyote and Other Legends
Children's book retells five traditional stories. Suitable for use with elementary school students.
Talking Rocks: Geology and 10,000 Years of Native American Tradition in the Lake Superior Region
Telling New Myths: Contemporary Native American Animal Narratives From Michigan
They Sang for Horses: A Study of the Impact of the Horse on Navajo and Apache Folklore
Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-'92
Thirtieth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1908-1909
Tlingit Moon and Tide Teaching Resource: Elementary Level
Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the Lake Superior Region: Explorations to Engage Students in Culture, Scientific Inquiry, and Wellness Activities
Tsunamis and Floods in the Coos Bay Mythology
Under Mount Saint Elias: The History and Culture of the Yakutat Tlingit: Part One
Under Mount Saint Elias: the History and Culture of the Yakutat Tlingit: Part Two
Underwater Panthers, Thunderbirds, and Anishinaabe Star Knowledge
Speaker relates seven star stories: Ojiig - The Fisher which encompasses the Big Dipper; Maang - The Loon, the inverted Little Dipper; Bishi Bizhiw - the Great Underwater Panther whose tail is the head of the Leo and its head which is the head of Hydra; Animikii Binesii - Thunderbird, the constellation Cignus; Nanboozhoo or Nanabush, the constellation Orion; Gwiingwa'aage "The One who Came from a Falling Star" - Wolverine which refers to a meteor striking the Earth and creating a lake; and No'aachige'anang - the Prophecy Star which refers to Halley's Comet.
Duration: 26:20.
The Valley Nisenan
When the Mountain Dwarfs Danced: Aboriginal Traditions of Paleoseismic Events along the Cascadia Subduction Zone of Western North America
Whirlwind Woman: Native American Tornado Mythology and Global Parallels
Yaakwx': Canoes
Focuses on Tlingit language and culture. Lesson plan is for Grades 2-3.
Related Material: Teacher Resources.