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The Anguish of Snails: Native American Folklore in the West
Chief Felix Musqua Honoured at Pow-Wow
The Eskimo Songs of Northwestern Alaska
Follow the Drum
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.
Hilda Smith Interview #1
Hilda Smith Interview #2
The Indian Role in the 1876 Centennial Celebration
Discusses the Indian exhibition held in during the exposition in Philadelphia and how, despite attempts to have actual members of cultural groups participate, organizers were left with static displays from ethnographic collections which failed to engage the public or increase understanding of Native Americans.
Intangible Property within Coast Salish First Nations Communities, British Columbia: Presented at the WIPO [World Intellectual Property Organization] North American Workshop on Intellectual Property and Traditional
Knowledge, Ottawa, September 9, 2003
John Thompson Interview #2
Kainayssini Imanistaisiwa: The People Go On
Layers of Meaning in a Kwakiutl Potlatch Figure
The Mask Dance
Peter Chamberlain Interview #3
Roy Hanuse Interview #2
The Spirit of the Drum
Drummer, Gerald Okanee, teaches traditional knowledge about the drum. He discusses the drum's use in prayer and healing, to lift spirits of individuals, and bring listeners closer to the Creators, spirits and God.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.57.