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Indigenous Storytelling with Elder Hazel
Alternate Title
How the Dreamcatcher Came to Be
How the Months Came to Be
How the Porcupine Git Its Quills
How the Tipi Got Its Shape
How the Turtle Got Its Shell
I'm a Snake. What Did You Expect?
People of the Buffalo Nation
The Beaver's Tail
The Moose's Loose Coat
The Seven Sisters at Devil's Rock
The Turtle and the Ground Squirrel
Turtle Goes South
Why the Owl Looks the Way It Does
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hazel Dixon
Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Description
Elder Hazel Dixon tells 12 traditional stories. Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway from the Buffalo People Arts Institute explains the origins of the "Pile of Bones" name, the history of the buffalo and its importance in the culture of Indigenous peoples.
Indigenous Worldviews in Digital Games: Sami Perspectives in
Gufihtara eallu (2018) and Rievssat (2018)
Alternate Title
FDG'21: The 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2021
International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games ; 16th, 2021
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Elizabeth “Biz” Nijdam
Description
Looks at the themes and game mechanics of two of the games created during the 2018 Sami Game Jam and demonstrates how new media development can recenter Indigenous Indigenous knowledge systems and cultural practices.
Chapter from FDG'21: The 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2021 edited by Allan Fowler and Johanna Pirker.
Marie Lemaigre Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marie Lemaigre
Ray Marnoch
Indian History Film Project
Description
Marie Lemaigre gives a general account of her life. (Very little detail given to individual topics).
New Interpretations of Native American Literature: A Survival Technique
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Galen Buller
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 1-2, 1980, pp. 165-177
Description
Discusses the attributes and attitudes that make this literature unique and argues that because of this it requires a different approach to literary criticism. Focuses on works by N. Scott Momaday and Leslie Silko.
The Sarcee Indian Prophet
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Katie Dodginghorse
Indian History Film Project
Description
A vague account of an unidentified Sarcee prophet.
Story of Starboy
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of a storytelling of the legend of a girl who marries a star. A variation of the Natoas Bundle and origin of the Holy Turnip.
The Uses of Oral Tradition in Six Contemporary Native American Poets
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Ruppert
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 4, no. 4, 1980, pp. 87-110
Description
Looks at works by Maurice Kenny, Peter Blue Cloud, Wendy Rose, Liz Sohappy Bahe, Ray Young Bear, and Elizabeth Cook-Lynn.