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 audio recording is from the Northwest Territories.
Duration: 53:58
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 audio recording is from Eskasoni, Cape Breton.
Duration: 54:32
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 audio recorded at the Blood Reserve in Alberta.
Duration: 54:05
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 audio recording is from Mashteuiatsh, Quebec.
Duration: 53:56
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 21, no. 4, Winter, 2009, pp. 97-99
Description
Book review of: Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony: The Recovery of Tradition by Robert M. Nelson.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 97.
A photocopy of a letter sent by Indian agent Thomas Quinn of Frog Lake to farm instructor George G. Mann of Onion Lake on 31 March 1885. It reads: "Dear Mann - Messenger [that] hand you this letter is sent by me to tell some of your Indians to come here to have a talk and try and keep all quiet here. If any wish to come give them grub enough to come with to here. All quiet here and no danger. I will be down on the 2nd. Faithfully T. T. Quinn."
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Thierry Rodon
Louis McComber
Description
Five narrators comment on the transformation to the way of life of Inuit people due to the arrival of government services.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Former reporter, host of the Sharing Circle, and president of her own production company discusses her experiences in the media industry.
Duration: 9:46.
Video of interview with former reporter, host of Sharing Circle, president of Eagle Vision, and manager of the National Screen Institute's New Voices program.
Duration: 10:52.
Former reporter, host of Sharing Circle, and filmmaker discusses the National Screen Institute's New Voices course which is aimed exclusively at Aboriginal people aged 18-35.
Duration: 7:38
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 169-199
Description
Analyzes the sociopolitical implications of disinterring bodies in order to put them on display, and discusses the responses of various writers to such issues. The article includes a comparison of display cases in museums, that house Native American bones, to that of zoos.
Author draws on Schmidt’s diary to create a biographical sketch of his life. Includes some details on Lois Riel, the Red River and North-West Resistances, St. Boniface, the Métis freighters, and other historical events and figures.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 1.
Reports on the course, Sustainability of Ecosystems taught at Brightsands Science and Environment Centre with a Traditional Knowledge Keeper in a tipi or on the open prairie.
Guide includes information about the book by Joseph Bruchac, discussion questions, research and activities, and how to start a book club. For grades 6-8.
English and Comparative Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Madurai Kamaraj University, 2009.
Focuses on the following works: In Search of April Raintree,Whispering in the Shadows,Slash, and Halfbreed.
Art Gallery of Ontario invited poets to create poems based on works of art. Hynes does a reading of the work she wrote in response to Belmore's installation piece Rising to the Occasion.
Duration: 6:01.
Discussion about the artist's use of mass produced goods to create sculpture. In conjunction with the Strange Comfort exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian.
Duration: 1:29:04.