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Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dell Hymes
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 179-180
Description
Book review of: Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians by Morris Edward Opler.
Boundary Breaking: Mestiza Writers and Innovations in Form
Theses
Author/Creator
Tamara Kay Thurston
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 1997.
A Change of Subject: Perspectivism and Multinaturalism in Inuit Depictions of Interspecies Transformation
Alternate Title
Un changement de sujet : Perspectivisme et multinaturalisme dans les représentations inuit des transformations interespèces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean P.A. Desjardins
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 101-124
Description
Article argues that two pre-contact Inuit artifacts, recovered from the Pingiqqalik site, depict interspecies transformation; author argues that this is evidence that interspecies relations were influenced by a cosmology rooted in multinaturalism.
The Clay We Are Made Of: Haudenosaunee Land Tenure on the Grand River
Alternate Title
Critical Studies in Native History ; 20
E-Books
Author/Creator
Susan M. Hill
Critical Studies in Native History
Collaboration and the Complex World of Literary Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alanna Kathleen Brown
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 595-603
Description
Author explores the complicated series of issues around the use of text composed by Indigenous authors and co-created or edited by Euro-American partners; article covers individual vs collective ownership, historical disregard for Indigenous ownership, and inheritance rights.
The Concept of Duality in Culture and Myths of Lakota Indians
Theses
Author/Creator
Klára Perlíková
Description
[Ethnology] Thesis (Ph.D)--Univerzita Karlova [Charles University], 2017
Cornus versus dentus et autres modalités d’association des animaux dans l’imaginaire inuit
Alternate Title
Horned versus Teethed and Other Modalities of Animal Association in the Inuit Imagination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vladimir Randa
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 51-71
Description
Author explores Inuit ontologies or knowledge systems around non-human members of their ecosystem; discuss how Inuit ways of knowing the animals are rooted in social and cultural factors of relationality.
Text in French.
Coyote Places the Stars [by] Harriet Peck Taylor
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erie District
Description
Designed to accompany retelling of traditional Wasco story about how stars came to be arranged in the shapes of animals. Recommended for use with Grade 3 students.
Creating Space for Historical Narratives through Indigenous Storywork and Unsettling the Settler
Theses
Author/Creator
Margaret J. A. Knickle
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017.
Cree Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses.children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Dàanì Tatsǫ̀ Weèhdà Dikǫdeèwò = How Raven Lost His Beak
E-Books
Author/Creator
David Chocolate
Description
Retelling of the Tłı̨chǫ traditional story. Text in Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib) and English.
L'écho des autres : l'analyse basique en anthropologie
E-Books
Author/Creator
Daniel Clément
An Essential Personal Journey Through Iroquois Myths, Legends, Icons and History
Theses
Author/Creator
Shelley Niro
Description
Visual Arts Thesis, (M.F.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 1997.
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Growth Chart Literacy Prompts: K-8
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
Description
Includes book summaries, literacy prompt questions, and enrichment activities for books appropriate to each grade. Revised Version.
Forging New Stories: The Intertextuality of Culture and Text
Theses
Author/Creator
Leanne S. Rowley
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alaska Anchorage, 1997.
From the Glittering World: A Navajo Story
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan B. Brill
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2; Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. [80]-89
Description
Book review of: From the Glittering World by Irvin Morris.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
How Raven Marked the Land When the Earth Was New
Alternate Title
Comment Corbeau a marqué le territoire alors que la Terre était nouvelle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann Fienup-Riordan
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 215-241
Description
Examines the role and actions of Raven in Yup’ik creation narratives and traditional stories; and how those stories are recorded in the place names and understandings of the land.
The Inuit Sky
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Virtualmuseum
Description
Discusses the short period of time each year that the Inuit have to study the sky and presents several legends in which the moon plays a central role.
Inuit Symbolism of the Bearded Seal
Alternate Title
Symbolisme inuit du phoque barbu
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgitte Sonne
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 29-50
Description
Examines traditional Inuit and Yupiit stories, rituals, and colloquial sayings to reveal different meanings associated with the bearded seal in these Indigenous cultures. Finds that bearded seals can impart multiple meanings ranging from monstrous to protection to renewal and reproduction.
It Consumes What It Forgets
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carter Meland
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 137-149
Description
Author discusses different incarnations of the wiindigo narrative ranging from those found in the Anishinaabe oral tradition to those found in the journals of fur traders; examines different potential meanings and teachings of the narrative.
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.
The Lynx in Time: Haudenosaunee Women's Traditions and History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara A. Mann
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 423-449
Description
Author explores the stories of the Jigonsaseh (Haudenosaunee Clan Mothers), how these women’s stories have been skewed through the Western lens of ethnography, and how reclamation of these narratives is important in the ongoing reevaluation of women’s social roles.
The Míkmaw Concordat
E-Books
Author/Creator
James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson
Myth, Folk Tale and Ritual in Anna Lee Walters's "The Warriors"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc Steinberg
Studies in Short Fiction, vol. 34, no. 1, Winter, 1997, pp. 55-60
Description
Looks at the use of Pawnee myths and the spiritual state of the character Uncle Ralph.
Narrative Forms: Modern American Short Story Cycles by Louise Erdrich and Amy Tan
Theses
Author/Creator
Margaret Peters Hiebert
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Fresno, 1997.
Native American Indian Art
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Paula Giese
Description
Includes links which highlight individuals in various artistic fields: photography, basketry, picture stories, resources, and museums as well as narratives, stories and legends.
Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.
Nick Sikkuark: "I Do Love the Carvings Themselves"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Simeonie Kunnuk
Nick Sikkuark
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Fall, 1997, pp. 12-15
Description
Brief interview with a Pelly Bay carver.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 12.
The Ojibwe Who Slew the Wiindigo
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 3, Indigenous Peoples History, Spring, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses colonization, historical trauma and historical loss symptoms.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Ten: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Out of the Sea: Sculpture and Graphics in the Inuit Art Collection
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christine Lalonde
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Fall, 1997, pp. 30-32
Description
Curatorial notes for the exhibition of the same name at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, April 18 to November 16, 1997.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to page 30.
Paula Gunn Allen's Grandmothers: Toward a Responsive Feminist-Tribal Reading of Two Old Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Genie Babb
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 299-320
Description
Author examines both the text and its reception to offer a critical analysis of factors that affect the interaction between dominant and marginalized cultures including acts of appropriation on the part of reviewers, and the devaluing of oral literatures.
Police Zones: Territory and Identity in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Piper
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 483-497
Description
Literary criticism article in which the author examines the Silko’s novel and its relevance to Laguna narratives of land, territory, resistance, and cultural survivance.
Pragmatism and American Indian Thought
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sidner Larson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1997, pp. [1]-10
Description
Contends that there are parallels between the Aboriginal philosophy of balancing the world as it is, and maintaining traditions, and the Western concept of pragmatism.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Prayers Shrieked to Heaven: Humor and Folklore in Contemporary American Indian Literature
Articles » General
Author/Creator
A. Joseph Ward
Western Folklore, vol. 56, no. 3/4, Summer-Autumn, 1997, pp. 267-280
Description
Author explores the intersection of humor and folklore.
Raven Tales: Traditional Quileute Stories of Bayak, the Trickster
Documents & Presentations
Description
Includes five stories: Raven and Bear; Raven and Fishduck; Raven and Mole; Raven and Skatefish; and Raven and Eagle.
Resisting Consumption: Exploring Pathways of Resistance to the Assimilative Nature of the Canadian Education System Through Tomson Highway's Kiss of the Fur Queen
Theses
Author/Creator
Blake Bilmer
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2016.
Revenge of the Pebble Town People: A Raid on the Tlingit as Told by Richard of the Middle-gîtî'ns to John R. Swanton
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles Lillard
BC Studies, no. 115/116, Native Peoples and Colonialism, Autumn/Winter, 1997/1998, pp. 83-104
Description
Discusses the reconstruction of a Haida myth within the history of the Northwest Coast.
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 [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 9, No. 4, Winter, 1997]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan B. Brill
Susan Castillo
Craig S. Womack
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. 80-100
Description
Book reviews of:
From the Glittering World: A Navajo Story by Irvin Morris.
The Blue Jay’s Dance: A Birth Year by Louise Erdrich.
Gerald Vizenor: Writing in the Oral Tradition by Kimberly M. Blaeser.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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.
The Saugeen Ojibway Nation and Canada: Historical Relationships, Settler Colonialism, and Stories of a Shared Space
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher James Wright
Description
History Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--King's College London, 2017.
Seeing the Skies through Navajo Eyes: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Astronomy
Alternate Title
Navajo Skies: An Introductory Guide to the Navajo Skies Planetarium Show
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy C. Maryboy
David H. Begay
Ashley C. Teren
Description
Designed as a resource for planetariums, for middle school teachers, and a book that families can read together.
The Sense of a Better Ending: Legal Pluralism and Performative Jurisprudence in Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian J. Macrae
Samantha Mackinnon
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. 547-570
Description
Author examines Igloolik Isuma's film as a formal and deliberate illustration of Inuit legal culture, legal practitioners, and legal principles; argues that Isuma places these elements of the Inuit legal system in conversation with the systems of contemporary justice in Canada.
The Sissauch Dance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fillip B. Jacobsen
Richard L. Bland
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 2, 1997, pp. 28-44
Description
Translation of Jacobsen's first hand account of a sacred Northwest coast ceremony with legends, masks, feasts and potlatch described; first published in Ymer in 1891.
Speaking In Circles: Indigenous Identity and White Privilege
Theses
Author/Creator
Adrian Downey
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017.