The Bearer of this Letter: Language, Ideologies, Literary Practices, and the Fort Belknap Indian Community
Book review of: The Bearer of this Letter by Mindy J. Morgan.
Book review of: The Bearer of this Letter by Mindy J. Morgan.
Uses the Madison Buffalo Jump State Park as a starting point to discuss the buffalo's importance in the economies, cosmologies, social organization, and spiritual life of Indigenous peoples of the plains. Recommended for use with Grade 9-12 students.
Highlights Gerald Okanee, lead singer of Saskatchewan's Big Bear Singers, who shares his knowledge about the drum and how the beat pits the powwow dancer's style against that of the the drummer's, sometimes "bucking off" the dancer.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.19.
Profiles 20 women leaders past and present.
Looks at the results of an educational program created through a collaboration between Indigenous communities and education officials.