INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
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Author/Creator
Guy Bordin
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Examines relationship between dreams and collective oral discourse and the attempts to re-invigorate the practice.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Discusses the impact that both culture and perspective have on Indigenous research methodologies within the interdisciplinary context of social work and education.
Legends told by Aboriginal people living in British Columbia: Legend of the First Man and Women; Legend of the Mask; Legend of the Killer Whales; Legend of Chief Wat-Salk; Legend of the Wolf; Legend of the Carved Stone; Legend of the Great Flood; Legend of the Seh-Wolf of Tsla-a-wat; Legend of the Giant Serpent; Legend of Scnoki; Legend of the Sea-Serpent of Burrard Inlet; Legend of the Wolf; Legend of Quai-Quai; Legend of Chief Sisba-qo-chatun; Legend of The Great Flood and the Great Snowfall; Legend of the Te Smailetl; Legend of the Lost Island.
Sources are divided by two areas, "Chipewyan" (Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, North West Territories) and British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon and Northwest Territories, grouped together. Each area is then divided into a social and cultural section and a language section. Bibliography includes citations from the Hearne Bibliography. The article is current as of 1998.
Looks at the New Interpretations Project involving Native artists who used their traditional perspectives in the creation of works about the Grand Canyon.
Explores topics such as locating self and practice, Indigenous worldviews and pedagogies, ethical approach and relational protocols, colonization framework in Canada, and building an Indigenous practice.
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Ephanie’s Vision Quest: Blending Native American and Feminist Elements
Life Stories by a Cherokee Dreamer: John Oskison’s Historical Writings
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
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Author/Creator
Barbara Jean Cook
Melissa Hearn
Description
Ephanie’s Vision Quest: Blending Native American and Feminist Elements by Barbara Jean Cook examines the differences between Indian feminism and "mainstream theoretical feminism" for Indian women.
Life Stories by a Cherokee Dreamer: John Oskison’s Historical Writings by Melissa Hearn discusses the cultural complexity of the Cherokee Nation.
Discusses opportunities to redefine writings in ways that allow for Aboriginal students to engage their own oral discourse with the traditional print paradigm.
Paper prepared for the Eighth Annual Conference of the Indigenous Women’s Conference “Celebrating Our Diversity” Trent University, Peterborough, ON, March 15-17, 2007.
Guide to accompany film, The Living Stone. Suggested uses in Social Studies, English and senior high schools.Contains concepts, directive questions and suggested follow-up activities.