American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 71-91
Description
Uses correspondence to and from Joseph Brown to explore his personal philosophy and his process of transcribing and editing The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk’s Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux
Looks at design on memorial give away from the Nez Perce reservation. General discussion about bags using elk and flora patterns. Includes photographs.
Virtual exhibition divided into six sections: how we lived with the buffalo; how we lived with the land; how we lived with other people; our world; and traditional stories.
Includes link to teacher toolkit.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, 1981, pp. 47-48
Description
Discusses why the description of torture activity performed as part of the Mandan ceremony, which was published in the Early Western Travels series, is inaccurate.
Collection of K-12 thematic units and lesson plans which focus on Aboriginal culture and perspectives on water and water quality issues faced by reserves.
Towards 2012, Part III: Culture and Language, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Discusses different characteristics of Clowns in different tribes from the Oglala and Lakota to the Salish and Hopis and the importance of the Clowns to the community spirit.
Documents life of the Native people in northern British Columbia. "Archival film reflects the social and cultural values and beliefs prevalent at the time of production."
Durations: 21:00.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 63-108
Description
Looks at the Kwakwaka'wakw potlatch participants' perpspectives and Nez Perce dancers' roles and experience and finds commonalities amid the differences.
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
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Author/Creator
Gerald D. Waite
Description
Examines the effects of cultural theft that infringes upon religious rituals and ceremonies within Native American cultures.