Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Oren Lyons
Description
This file contains a Wampum Belt Reading by Chief Oren Lyons that continues with the same topics discussed by Jake Thomas, the previous presenter who also did a Wampum Belt Reading. Lyons believes that the Commission's mandate should be focused on peace between all First Nations and non-Aboriginal people.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 171-185
Description
Author examines oral storytelling and the ways that meaning is made in and by the act. Discusses issues of context, timing, cross-cultural engagement, and resistance to colonialism and neocolonialism.