Alternate Title
Interviewing Inuit Elders ; vol. 1
Introduction to the Oral Traditions
[Oral Traditions Project ; vol. 1]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Saullu Nakasuk
Hervé Paniaq
Elisapee Ootoova
Pauloosie Angmaalik
It Sometimes Speaks to Us: Decolonizing Education by Utilizing Our Elders' Knowledge
Theses
Author/Creator
Joshua Manitowabi
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2017.
Killing the Weendigo with Maple Syrup: Anishnaabe Pedagogy and Post-Secondary Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lana Ray
Paul Nicolas Cormier
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 35, no. 1, Indigenous Pedagogies: Resurgence and Restoration, 2012, pp. 163-176, 221, 224
Description
Discusses how an Anishnaabe approach to teaching and learning is useful at the post-secondary level and also in Indigenous research.
Kinaaldá: Diné Women Knowledge
Theses
Author/Creator
Eulynda Toledo-Benalli
Description
Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2003.
Language, Legends, and Lore of the Carrier Indians
Theses
Author/Creator
J. B. Munro
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 1944.
Lesson Plan: Sky Wolf's Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge by Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Annick Press
Lessons from the Earth and Beyond: Bringing Indigenous Knowledge Systems into the Classroom: Educator Resources
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education Association of Ontario]
Description
Website includes curriculum connections, lesson plans and inquiry-based activities for primary, junior and intermediate grades for three topics: lessons from the earth, lessons from the water, and lessons from beyond.
Loon: Memory, Meaning, and Reality in a Northern Dene Community
E-Books
Author/Creator
Henry S. Sharp
Mi'kmaq Night Sky Stories; Patterns of Interconnectiveness, Vitality and Nourishment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Prune Harris
Cheryl Bartlett
Murdena Marshall
Albert Marshall
Communicating Astronomy with the Public Journal, no. 9, October 2010, pp. 14-17
Description
Discusses involvement of the integrative science team on the Mi'kmaq night sky story Muin and the Seven Hunters linking astronomy and legend.
Micmac Customs and Traditions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stansbury Hager
American Anthropologist, vol. 8, no. 1, January 1895, pp. 31-42
Description
Description of some games, legends and dances of the Mi'kmaq.
"Monster Slayer" among the Upland Yumans: A Folk Theory on the Evolution of Hunting Cultures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. Patrick Morris
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 3, Summer, 1986, pp. 199-211
Description
Looks into the mythical hero of the "Monster Slayer" from Athabascan folklore and how it reflect the evolution of Indigenous hunting culture.
'More Real than the Indians Themselves': The Early Years of the Indian Lore Movement in the United States
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clyde Ellis
Mabel F. Knight
Montana: The Magazine of Western History, vol. 58, no. 3, Autumn, 2008, pp. 3-22, 92-94
Description
Examines how Native communities maintained their social and cultural identities amidst the attempt of middle class whites to preserve their own version of Indian culture.
Myth, Metaphor, and Meaning in The Boy Who Could Not Understand: A Study of Seneca Auto-Criticism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jay Hansford C. Vest
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, 2006, pp. 41-62
Description
Contends that Native Americans do not lack an historic tradition of philosophy, that wisdom is apparent in American Indian oral tradition, and that what they do have is often misunderstood or rejected by the Western culture.
Nametau Innu: Memory and Knowledge of Nitassinan
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Nametau Innu
Description
Website about the Innu nation containing links to information on skills and knowledge passed on by the Elders. Site split into four sections: First Steps, Innu Daily Life, Innu World, and Glossary.
National Experiences With the Protection of Expressions of Folklore/Traditional Cultural Expressions: India, Indonesia and the Philippines
Alternate Title
Study (World Intellectual Property Organization) no. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
P. V. Valsala G. Kutty
Description
Study on the protection of rights for folklore holders.
[Native Achievers Series: Donald L. Fixico]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Donald L. Fixico
Description
Donald L. Fixico, policy historian, speaks about relationships, places of reference, stories and legends and his latest book, Inside the Lodge: American Indian Oral Tradition, Myth, and Oral History.
Duration: 1:01:47.
Native Drums
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Carleton University
Sumner Group
Description
Website committed to First Nations culture and music with games, images, interviews, articles and teacher resources.
[Native Storytelling Festival: The Real Story of the Quileute Wolves]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Chris Morganroth
Description
Quileute Elder relates traditional stories and discusses the way Quileute culture has been presented in the Twilight books and movies.
Duration: 1:10:03.
Native Tales and Traditions in Books for Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jon C. Stott
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Summer, 1992, pp. 373-380
Description
Literary criticism article: non-Indigenous author reviews several children’s books and through the reviews proposes an approach for the evaluation of books by both non-Indigenous and Indigenous authors.
Nga Reanga: Youth Development Māori Styles
E-Books
Author/Creator
Teorongonui Josie Keelan
The Northern Lights
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alan Booth
Description
Examines the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) from an Aboriginal perspecitve and a scientific one.
Duration:47:40.
Numbers in American Indian Mythology
Alternate Title
Native American Leadership: Past, Present and Future
Native American Symposium; 11th, 2015
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Oksana Y. Danchevskaya
Description
Considers the meaning and significance of numbers between one and ten in Indigenous North American philosophies and beliefs.
Oceanal Man: An Aboriginal View of Himself
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Burrumarra
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 3, September 1, pp. 52-54
Description
Presents an Australian Aboriginal view of the creation of the human species.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Oral Tradition is Alive and Well: Living Literature in the Siksika (Blackfoot) Community
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John W. Friesen
Virginia Lyons Friesen
Description
Paper on oral traditions prepared for the Indigenous Literature in Native Studies Panel.
The Origin of the Wolf Ritual: The Whaling Indians, West Coast Legends and Stories
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Regna Darnell
BC Studies, no. 160, The Middle Fraser, Winter, 2008/2009, pp. 127-128
Description
Book review of: The Origin of the Wolf Ritual: The Whaling Indians, West Coast Legends and Stories by Edward Sapir.
Scroll down to page 127 to read review.
Our Ice Is Vanishing = Sikuvut Nunguliqtuq: A History of Inuit, Newcomers, and Climate Change
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 75
E-Books
Author/Creator
Shelly Wright
People of a Feather
Alternate Title
People of a Feather: Educational Package
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
The Arctic Eider Society
Sanikiluaq Running Pictures
Joel Heath
Community of Sanikiluaq
Description
Documentary about the unique relationship between the Inuit of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut and the Hudson Bay Common Eider and how changing sea ice and ocean currents caused by massive hydroelectric dams are threatening both the bird and the traditional way of life. Duration:
Related material: Educational Package by Global Environmental Justice Documentaries.
The Poetics of Self, Body and World: A Phenomenological Reinterpretation of B.C. Ethnography of Aboriginal Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
J. Christine Elsey
Description
Sociological and Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2001.
Preserving Aboriginal Heritage: Technical and Traditional Approaches: Proceedings of Symposium 2007
E-Books
Author/Creator
Stephen J. Augustine
Winnie Owingayak
Sherry Farrell Racette
John Moses
Miriam Clavir ... [et al.]
Description
Symposium held September 24-28, 2007 in Ottawa.
Protecting Creation: The Twilight Series, Creation Stories, and the Conversion of Intangible Cultural Property
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Leidy
Southwestern Law Review, vol. 41, no. 3, Spring, 2012, pp. 509-532
Description
Discusses the unauthorized use of the the Quileute Tribe name and creation story in the movie and the lack of copyright protection for creation stories.
Re-inscribing Mythopoetic Vision in Native American Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelley E. Rowley
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Summer, 2002, pp. 491-500
Description
Article describes different frameworks for the study of traditional Indigenous stories as "myths."
[Reclaiming Native American Cultures: Proceedings of the Native American Symposium], Part Four: Native American Languages
Alternate Title
Language in Mari Sandoz’s Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Sam Kenoi’s “Coyote and the Whitemen”: Contact in and out of a Chiricahua Narrative
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anthony K. Webster
Kimberli Lee
Description
Sam Kenoi’s “Coyote and the Whitemen”: Contact in and out of a Chiricahua Narrative by Anthony K. Webster examines specific narration by placing it within the context of received standards for a Coyote narrative.
Language in Mari Sandoz’s Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas by Kimberli Lee discusses the Indian perspectives used in Mari Sandoz’s work.
Remember This! : Dakota Decolonization and the Eli Taylor Narratives
Alternate Title
Contemporary Indigenous Issues
E-Books
Author/Creator
Waziyatawin Angela Wilson
Eli Taylor
Respect for Grizzly Bear: An Aboriginal Approach for Co-existence and Resilience
Alternate Title
Article 42
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas A. Clark
D. Scott Slocombe
Ecology and Society, vol. 14, no. 1, 2009, p. Article 42
Description
Looks at the Aboriginal concept of respect by comparing the epistemological meaning of respect, storytelling, terminology, reciprocity and ritual.
A Review of The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Herman A. Peterson
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 74-76
Description
Book review of: The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology by Steve Pavlik.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Murray L. Wax
S. Carol Berg
John Richard Beery
Roberta Haines
Karen Wallace
Natchee Blu Barnd
Sioux Harvey
Paul Pasquaretta
Jerome Klinkowitz
Susan L. Rockwell
Anthony Webster
Manley Begay
Betty Booth Donohue
et. al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, 1999, pp. 195-238
Description
Book reviews of:
Beyond the Lodge of the Sun: Inner Mysteries of the Native American Way by Chokecherry Gall Eagle.
Chippewa Families: A Social Study of White Earth Reservation, 1938 by. M. Inez Hilger.
David Zeisberger: A Life Among the Indians by Earl P.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Douglas W. Veltre
Jeffrey D. Anderson
David Reed Miller
Katherine Beaty Chiste
Sean M. Rafferty
Carol Miller
Caskey Russell
Thomas W. Cowger
Hugh Shewell
Alfred Young Man
Michael A. Glassow
Karen J. Travers
Stephen Warren
Ken Coates
et.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 183-246
Description
Book reviews of:
An Aleutian Ethnography by Lucien M. Turner ; edited by Raymond L. Hudson.
The Arapaho Language by Andrew Cowell and Alonzo Moss Sr.
Broken Treaties: United States and Canadian Relations with the Lakotas and Plains Cree, 1868–1885 by Jill St. Germain.
Canada’s Indigenous Constitution by John Borrows.
Cave Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands: Essays in Honor of Patty Jo Watson edited by David H. Dye.
Cherokee Thoughts: Honest and Uncensored by Robert J.
Rough Knowledge and Radical Understanding: Sacred Silence in American Indian Literatures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David L. Moore
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 633-662
Description
Literary criticism article in which the author explores the different ways that knowledge is made, transferred, and protected in Indigenous literatures. Stresses the relational understandings of oral traditions and the resistance to colonial commodification by Indigenous writers.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Stoney Creek Elders Society
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary John
Ernie John
Celina John
Scott McIntosh
Description
File contains presentations by Mary John Sr., Ernie John, Celina John and Scott McIntosh focusing on working with the Aboriginal youth of the Stoney Creek area in teaching traditions and folklore. The Society has also attempted to encourage economic development with trapping and ranching on the First Nations but has encountered roadblocks due to a lack of funding from the federal government. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
Sacred Clowns and Fools
Alternate Title
The Sacred: Ways of Knowledge, Sources of Life
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Peggy V. Beck
Anna L. Walters
Description
Presents overview of several different clown societies.
Chapter 13 in book: The Sacred: Ways of Knowledge, Sources of Life by Peggy V. Beck.
The Seventh Fire: First Peoples and the Anglican Church
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Bird
Description
Video (30 min) explores the First Nations prophecy of spiritual rebirth for all North Americans. Includes historical background and interviews with residential school survivors.
Shadow of the Salmon
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Billy Frank
Steve Robinson
Michael Pearce
Description
Docu-drama about a young man from the Lakota Sioux Nation in South Dakota who travels to Washington State to live with his uncle to learn about his relatives, the coastal Salish. In the process he also learns about the environment and the salmon.
Duration: 43:59
See resource guide Shadow of the Salmon: Respect the Salmon, Respect Yourself.
Shadow of the Salmon: Respect the Salmon, Respect Yourself : A Resource Guide for Eighth Grade Teachers
Documents & Presentations
Description
Guide accompanies docu-drama, Shadow of the Salmon. Provides links for resources, suggestions for classroom activities, stories to read aloud in class and information about history and resource management in Washington State.
Sherman Alexie's Reservation: Relocating the Center of Indian Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Tracey L. Connette
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--East Carolina University, 2010.
Songs, Prayers Strengthen Diné Weaver
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Natasha Kaye Johnson
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Our Story, Our Way, Winter, 2007
Description
Story on Andrethia Bia, a Navajo weaver and workshop instructor.
Speaking In Circles: Indigenous Identity and White Privilege
Theses
Author/Creator
Adrian Downey
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017.
Special Problems in Teaching Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paula Gunn Allen
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 379-386
Description
Author discusses some of the difficulties raised by teaching pieces of Indigenous literature that contain information considered to be sacred, ceremonial, or confidential.
Staying the Course, Staying Alive: Coastal First Nations Fundamental Truths: Biodiversity, Stewardship and Sustainability
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Frank Brown
Y. Kathy Brown]
Stepping Outside the Box: Traditional Knowledge, Folklore, Indigenous Textiles and Cultural Appropriation---Is There Room for Folklore Protection Under Intellectual Property Law?
Theses
Author/Creator
Josephine Asmah
Description
Law Thesis (LL.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2010.