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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Dittmer
Soren Larsen
Historical Geography, vol. 38, 2010, pp. 52-69
Description
Looks at the emergence of the Canadian comic industry and the superhero genre. Discusses examples like Nelvana of the Northern Lights, Canada Jack, and Johnny Canuck.
Age of Iron: Adaptation and the Matter of Troy in Clements's Indigenous Urban Drama
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sheila Rabillard
Theatre Research in Canada, vol. 31, no. 2, 2010, pp. 118-142
Description
Discusses the adaptation, by Marie Clements, of Euripides's Trojan Women.
American Indian Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Hunter
MELUS, vol. 8, no. 2, Summer, 1981, pp. 82-85
Description
Overview of works produced during the 1980s, as well predictions for the future.
Apelles’s War: Transcending Stereotypes of American Indigenous Peoples in David Treuer’s The Translation of Dr. Apelles
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Yost
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 2, Summer, 2010, pp. 59-74
Description
Discusses the variety of styles used in two stories and how they are intertwined to achieve self-realization, not by adopting the styles but by transcending them.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 59.
As I Remember It: Teachings (ɂɘms taɂaw) from the Life of a Sliammon Elder
E-Books
Author/Creator
Elsie Paul
Autumn Reading with Fun Activities: How Coyote Gave Fire to the People: A Native American Story
Alternate Title
Club Chronicle
Houston Chronicle: Chronicle in Education
Documents & Presentations
Description
Traditional story about how coyote, with the help of other animals, stole fire from the Fire Protectors and gave it to humans so that they could stay warm during the winter months.
Bat Steals the Moon
Alternate Title
We Share the Same Moon
Documents & Presentations
Description
Retelling of traditional story.
Source: Man in the Moon: Sky Tales from Many Lands collected by Alta Jablow and Carl Withers.
Battle of the Northern Lights
Alternate Title
We Share the Same Moon
Documents & Presentations
Description
Traditional Sami story.
Source: The Storytelling Star by James Riordan.
Beaver Steals Fire
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 2, Issue 270, May/June 2010, p. 31
Description
Book review of: Beaver Steals Fire by Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
Behind the Scenes: The Real Story of the Quileute Wolves
Alternate Title
Seattle Art Museum Educator Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Regan Doody
Description
Teachers' guide developed in conjunction with exhibition mounted to dispel the misrepresentations of cultural beliefs created by Stephanie Myer's Twilight books.
Being Indigenous: Perspectives on Activism, Culture, Language and Identity
E-Books
Author/Creator
Neyooxet Greymorning
Anna Afanasyeva ...
Piita Irniq
Gunvor Guttorm
Arleen Adams
Moana Jackson
Henrietta Mann
James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson
Kauanoe Kamanā
Steven Newcomb
Sharon Venne
Jirota Kitahara
Robert Hall
Book Guide for How Raven Got His Crooked Nose: An Alaskan Dena'ina Fable Retold by Barbara J. Atwater and Ethan J. Atwater, Illustrated by Mindy Dwyer
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
West Margin Press
Description
Recommended for Grade 3 students.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Stephanie Wheeler
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. [81]-85
Description
Book review of: Do You See What I Mean? Plains Indian Sign Talk and the Embodiment of Action by Brenda Farnell.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 81.
Claims to Native Identity in Children’s Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debbie Reese
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 123-132
Description
Discusses successful children's writers that falsely claim Indigenous ancestry and the effect their success had on maintaining stereotypes that fit the popular conception of what constitutes an Indigenous person. The four of the writers profiled are: Jamake Highwater Anpao, Paul Goble, Sharon Creech, and Asa Carter.
Coyote and the Stars
Alternate Title
The Indian Reading Series: Stories and Legends of the Northwest ; Level 1, Book 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Members of the Warm Springs Reservation Committee
Description
Discursive and Mediatic Battles in Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water
Theses
Author/Creator
Carlos Eduardo Meneghetti Scholles
Description
Modern Foreign Literatures [?]--Universidade Federal do Grande do Sul, 2010.
Do You Recognize Who I Am? Decolonizing Rhetorics in Indigenous Rock Opera Something Inside is Broken
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shannon Claire Toll
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 2, December 5, 2019, pp. 1-22
Description
Article discusses the different ways that Something Inside is Broken brings attention decolonization and how the language and music in the piece are both made to serve this purpose.
The Earth Made New: Plains Indian Stories of Creation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter Durkin
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 2, Issue 270, May/June 2010, p. 30
Description
Book review of: The Earth Made New by Paul Goble with forward by Joe Medicine Crow.
Eastern Cherokee Creation and Subsistence Narratives: A Cherokee and Religious Interpretation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John D. Loftin
Benjamin E. Frey
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 83-98
Description
Article explores Eastern Cherokee epistemology; by examining sacred traditional-narratives the authors reveal the cultural meanings, purposes and values that are embodied in different characters and deities within those stories.
An Exploration of Collaboration In Indigenous Language Revitalization In A First Nation Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Sara General
Description
Education Thesis (EdD)--University of Western Ontario, 2019.
Exploring the Night Sky Indigenous Inquiry Kit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stacy Roblin
Description
Includes annotated bibliography, book critiques, and four lessons plans appropriate for sixth grade.
From Captors to Captives: American Indian Responses to Popular American Narrative Forms
Theses
Author/Creator
Theresa Lynn Gregor
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Southern California, 2010.
The Great Flood
Alternate Title
The Mishomis Book: The Voice of the Ojibway
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Eddie Benton Banai
Description
Traditional story suitable for use with Grade 4-7 students. Extract from the book The Mishomis Book: The Voice of the Ojibway.
Histories of Kanatha, Seen and Told: Essays and Discourses, 1991-2008
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Isabelle Auguste
Aboriginal History, vol. 34, 2010, pp. 297-298
Description
Book review of: Histories of Kanatha, Seen and Told by Georges Sioui.
Review located by scrolling to page 297.
How Coyote Created the Sun
Alternate Title
We Share the Same Moon
Documents & Presentations
Description
Retelling of a traditional story. Suggested age range 6-11 years.
How Coyote Made the Stars
Alternate Title
We Share the Same Moon
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cassandra Wye
Description
Retelling of a traditional story.
Indigenous Beliefs About Little People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Curtis Roman
ab-Original, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. 124-129
Description
Article explores the prevalence of content of the Indigenous-Australian people’s beliefs about little people. Findings show that many people believe in and encounter little people in contemporary contexts and that perceptions of their presence range from potentially frightening to seeing them as protectors of the land.
Indigenous Comics and Graphic Novels: An Annotated Bibliography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Taylor Daigneault
Amy Mazowita
Candida Rifkind
Camille Callison
Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, vol. 11, no. 1, Summer, 2019, pp. i-xxxvi
Description
Focuses on material with self-identified Indigenous creators and publishers published as of March 2019. Divided into anthologies, series, and individual works.
Indigenous (Re)Memory and Resistance: Video Works By Dana Claxton
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carla Taunton
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 44-[?]
Description
Explores how filmmaker indigenizes social memory through archival photographs and film, personal interviews, contemporary music and iconic images.
Indigenous Symbols and Practices in the Catholic Church: Visual Culture, Missionization and Appropriation
Alternate Title
Vitality of Indigenous Religions
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kathleen J. Martin
James J. Garrett
C. Kalani Beyer
Larry M. Taylor
David Toole ... [et al.]
Inuit Literature: The Odyssey, Pilgrim's Progress, Inuktitut, Inuit Today, Igalaaq
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Robin Gedalof McGrath
Description
Highlights both fiction and non-fiction, by and about the Inuit.
Inuit Shamanism and Christianity: Transitions and Transformations in the Twentieth Century
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 59
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Jarich G. Oosten
Joseph Bruchac's "Dark" Novels: Confronting the Terror of Adolescence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Pagni Stewart
Studies in the Novel, vol. 42, no. 1/2, The Young Adult Novel, Spring & Summer, 2010, pp. 84-98
Description
Discusses two young adult horror fiction novels.
Landscape as Narrative, Narrative as Landscape
Alternate Title
Landscape as Narrative: Traveling the Sacred Geography of the Anishinaabeg
Narrative as Landscape: A Home Beyond Boundaries in Linda Hogan's Solar Storms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theresa S. Smith
Jill M. Fiore
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. [58]-80
Description
Discusses the importance of environment, location and sense of place in Native American literature.
Two sub-articles: Landscape as Narrative: Traveling the Sacred Geography of the Anishinaabeg and Narrative as Landscape: A Home Beyond Boundaries in Linda Hogan's Solar Storms.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 58.
The Legends Project [Collection]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends, and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. Audios contain general information on the First Nations involved, recordings of Elders, explanation of the legends, and legends recorded in both English and the original First Nations language.
[Legends X]: Legends of the Kwak'wala
Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) ; May 18, 2010
Legends Project
Max'inuxw the Killer Whale Stalks Its Prey
Peace Treaty with the Mi'max'inuxw - The Killer Whales
The Gwich'in Legends
The Little Wren
The Origin of Dances and the Potlatch
The Path of Our Ancestors
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Lalakanis
Pauline Alfred
Henry "Teen" Hunt
Helen "Teen" Hunt
Maxwayalis Charlie Matilpi
Namgis Chief Wawi'igesu
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends, and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This segment created in Alert Bay, British Columbia.
Duration: 53.59
[Legends XI]: Legends from Ahtahkakoop
Alternate Title
Buffalo Child Stone (BC & CBC)
How the World Got Colour
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Legends Project
The Dancers
The Eagle and the Otter (EO & CEO)
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Barry Ahenakew
Arnold Isbister
Fred Sasakamoose
Description
Dramatization of Cree legends from community of Sandy Lake, Saskatchewan.
Duration: 53.58
A Lifetime of Native American Architecture: Building Towards the Indigenous Millennium
Alternate Title
Indigenous Architecture Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Sun Rhodes
Description
Presentation comes from 30 years of experience to preserve Indian culture. Architect discusses his roots, his design projects and use of graphics to come up with design guides.
Duration: 57:26.
Lumaajuuq
Alternate Title
Nunavut Animation Lab
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Description
Animated short tells story of a woman who blinds and mistreats her son, a loon that restores his vision, and the act of revenge which turns her into a narwahl. Part of a legend. Accompanying material: Lumaajuuq: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 7:36.
Lumaajuuq: Lesson Plan
Alternate Title
[Nunavut Animation Lab]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Guide to accompany film, Lumaajuuq. Target audience Grades three to six in the subject areas of First Nations, English, and Visual Arts.
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.
Mihumisang: Formosan Tribal Voices
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Amy Eisenberg
ab-Original, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. 81-108
Description
Article recounts the stories told by Bunun tribal elders when consulted by students of the Yushan Tribal College.
"The Muppets" Among the Cree of Manitoba
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gary Granzberg
Christopher Hanks
Prairie Forum, vol. 6, no. 2, Fall, 1981, pp. 207-210
Description
Looks at a study of Cree children showing their aversion to the television show The Muppets. Two reasons that the Cree dislike the program are their beliefs towards the shaman's relationship to certain animals and the tendency of First Nations to seek out practical applications instead of fantasy in dealing with issues.
Muskwa: Fearless Defender of Natural Law
Alternate Title
Bear Paw Legal Education and Resource Centre Comics; no. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Greg Miller
Description
Comic book tells the story of three youth encountering Muskwa the Bear and learning about natural laws and respect for the natural world.
My Old People's Stories: A Legacy for Yukon First Nations: Part I: Southern Tutchone Narrators
Alternate Title
Occasional Papers in Yukon History ; 5 (1)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Johnny Fraser
Susie Pringle
Frank Smith
Lily Hume
Jessie Allen
Catharine McClellan ... [et al.]
Occasional Papers in Yukon History
My Old People's Stories: A Legacy for Yukon First Nations: Part II: Tagish Narrators
Alternate Title
Occasional Papers in Yukon History ; 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Patsy Henderson
Billy Smith
Angela Sidney
Jimmy Scott James
Maria Johns
Catharine McClellan
Occasional Papers in Yukon History
My Old People's Stories: A Legacy for Yukon First Nations: Part III: Inland Tlingit Narrators
Alternate Title
Occasional Papers in Yukon History ; 5 (3)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jake Jackson
Mary Jackson
Danny Jackson
Jim Fox
Mabel Johnson
Catharine McClellan ... [et al.]
Occasional Papers in Yukon History
N. Scott Momaday's The Ancient Child and the American Dime Novel
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rachel Tudor
The Indian Review of World Literature in English, vol. 6, no. 2, July 2010, pp. 1-15
Description
Describes the Dime Novel genre and analyzes narrative techniques used by Momaday in the novel .
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.
[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.