Sipapu: A Cultural Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Paula Gunn Allen
Description
American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 1975.
Geared toward Grades 10 to 12.
Series of nine short animated videos which tell traditional Ankara, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Chipewyan, Ho-Chunk, Chippewa, Cree, Mohawk, and Paiute stories about how certain stars and constellations came to be.
Geared toward Grades 7 to 10. The three stories are: :Nuliajuk, Kaugjagjuk, and Nanurluk.
Lesson involves having students create a story using coloured illustrations from books as inspiration.
The three books are The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, Those Who Run in the Sky by Aviaq Johnston, and Will I See? by David Alexander Robertson.
Turtle Island Reads Teacher's Guide: Introduction & Pre-Reading Activity