The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 29, no. 1/2, 2009, pp. 165-182
Description
Examines how storytelling in theater, by the representation of past and present, history and myth and through the performance of the rituals of sacrifice, can perform a humanistic healing act.
The author describes the concept of Transmotion and how it relates to Indigenous literatures, worldviews and systems of knowledge. Discusses how the concept became central to his work and scholarship.
Survivors of the Thomas Indian School in New York state and the Mohawk Institute (The Mush Hole) of southern Ontario relate their experiences.
Duration: 29:50.
Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 2009, pp. [24]-57
Description
Looks at the importance of Indigenous stories for children, raises issues with the process of sharing cultural stories from around the world, comments on trickster stories, and critiques the book Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest.
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
Paul Berger
Description
Comments on the findings from interviews with 74 Inuit adults regarding what they like about schooling and what they would like to see change.
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.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 35, no. 1, 2015, pp. 83-100
Description
Describes how the Dene in the Northwest Territories uses storytelling to reaffirm their historical roots in relation to 3 significant historical events.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 1-32
Description
Looks at recognition of life within human remains and objects through the writings of Heid Erdrich, LeAnne Howe, and Allison Adelle Hedge Coke in the context of the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 34, no. 2, 2009, pp. [5]-21
Description
Comments on an award winning novel by Jacques Poulin that tells the story of a writer who takes a road trip to look for his brother and to overcome his writer's block.
Podcast of interview with author about his book The Reason You Walk, the story of his father Tobasonakwut Kinew, and their relationship.
Duration: 17:49.
Explains Wahkohtowin, the foundation of Cree Natural law passed down orally through language, song, prayer and storytelling from family to family.
Duration: 23:47.
'Walking between worlds': The Experiences of New Zealand Maori Cross-Cultural Adoptees
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Haenga-Collins
Anita Gibbs
Adoption & Fostering, vol. 39, no. 1, 2015, pp. 62-75
Description
Looks at the narratives of six adults who were part of the system of closed stranger adoption, which placed children with white families and denied access to birth records.
Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
Description
Reports findings from interviews with people who have worked in and with centres in four Ontario communities: Timmins, North Bay, Hamilton, and Sault Ste. Marie. Offers recommendations to support the centres' activities..
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 21, no. 4, Winter, 2009, pp. 90-93
Description
Book review of: The War in Words: Reading the Dakota Conflict through the Captivity Literature by Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 90.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Special Edition: 10th Anniversary of the Reconciliation: Touchstones of Hope for Indigenous Children, 2015, pp. [15]-17
Educational documentary which recounts the experiences of three survivors. One attended the Pelican Lake Indian Residential School, another attended the McIntosh Indian Residential School.
Duration: 48:45.
BC Studies, no. 185, Barkerville, Spring, 2015, pp. 226-227
Description
Book review of We Are Born with the Songs Inside of Us by Katherine Palmer Gordon.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 226.
Video of excerpts from interviews conducted as part of the exhibition "We Were So Far Away...": The Inuit Experience of Residential Schools.
Duration: 26:07.
MIKM 2701: Learning From Knowledge Keepers of Mi'kma'ki
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Stephen Augustine
Ashlee Cunsolo Willox
Clark Paul
Karen Burnard
Michael R. Denny
Description
Clark Paul shares his emotional and inspiring story of his experience at residential school. Stephen Augustine provides an overview of residential schools in Canada.
Presentations begin at 20:35.
Duration: 2:41:51.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 34, no. 1, 2009, pp. [204]-226
Description
Looks at the use of storytelling and humour to explore connections between the traumatic experience of Aboriginals' past and their problems in the present.
Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Conference ; 2015
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Paul Voudrach
Description
Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission discusses its unique mandate, problems with defining and contextualizing reconciliation, how schools affected children, and intergenerational trauma.
Duration: 1:03:16.