Aboriginal Elders: A Grade 12 Unit Lesson Plan
Discusses the importance of respect for Elders, their role as sources of knowledge, community leaders and carriers of culture, and the value of orality and learning through stories and conversation.
Discusses the importance of respect for Elders, their role as sources of knowledge, community leaders and carriers of culture, and the value of orality and learning through stories and conversation.
Looks at a project that encourages Inuit people to begin writing their stories and, in this way, pass on Inuit culture and language to the next generation.
Discussion on the problem of discourse in the Dunne-za/Cree trial, which pitted written documents against knowledge gained from the oral tradition of First Nations peoples.
Discusses the period in Christine Quintasket's life when her health improved and she regained the strength to pursue her ambitions as a writer.
Discussion on the death of tribal languages.
Looks at a fictional visionary's dream about the horrors that await the First Nations of the Americas.
An historical perspective on gender in relation to waniyetu wowakapi (winter counts) or hekta yawap. reveals evidence of women's roles; author suggests further historical research.