Interview with the respected storyteller and singer Antoine Lonesinger. Interview includes the Legend of Cut Knife Hill and stories of BlackRock and Chokecherry Wood.
Antoine Lonesinger discusses different methods of earning a living that included making charcoal and lime. Also included is the story of a boy saved a camp from starvation with the help of the raven spirit.
Interview includes stories about a ghost priest and a non-existent camp. Also included is a story of how a lame boy's skill as a medicine man won him a chieftainship and a wife.
Interview includes a story of a woman, who when captured by enemy warriors betrays her husband and brothers to her captors and so brings about her death.
Interview includes stories about a Cree band who avenged the killing of a young boy by the Blackfoot. He tells of his grandfather who helped a Cree raiding party find food.
Interview with Mr Lonesinger who tells stories of Indian agents both good and bad. He also tells of the Battle of the Cut Knife Hill and the banning of the Sundance.
Interview includes stories of attacks on women by Blackfoot and Cree raiders. It also includes the story of the acquisition of the Sioux Dance (or Grass Dance) from the bone grass spirits.
The English Journal , vol. 83, no. 2, February 1994, pp. 70-72
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Describes how author uses the story to help students gain an understanding of the Native American way of life in an introductory Native American culture class.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
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Anne Goodfellow
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Focuses on the values of respect, responsibility and seeing others people's points of view.
Chapter Four from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
Grade One: Growing and Learning
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Anne Goodfellow
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Focuses on respect of self and others.
Chapter One from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Note: Page after title page is placed out of order in error. Scroll past page 83 and chapter begins with page i.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
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Anne Goodfellow
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Overview of how the court system operates in British Columbia.
Chapter Six from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
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Anne Goodfellow
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Focuses on the rules that must be followed in order to achieve certain goals in life.
Chapter 3 from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
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[Anne Goodfellow]
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Focuses on rules within the home, school and community.
Chapter Two from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Interview of Charlie Chief who discusses the a Grass Dance, Round Dance and Sioux Dance (including songs). Also included are songs. The discusses the difference between old and new ways. Alphonse Littlepoplar is the intterpreter
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 1, Winter, 1994, pp. 61-70
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Discusses the role of reoccurring themes and metaphors in the traditional stories of the Yup’ik people by comparing two different narratives “The Boy Who Went to Live with the Seals” and “The Girl Who Returned from the Dead.”
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 1, Winter, 1994, pp. 43-59
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Article examines the records made by Jesuit missionaries of the oral literary traditions of the Algonquian-speaking First Nations; discusses how these texts have become foundational in the study of Indigenous literatures.
The interview includes stories about the animal world before humans. Flood and creation myths combine elements of Indian and Christian stories. Also included are tales of Wasakedjak.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Autumn, 1994, pp. 98-99
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Excerpt from a public lecture by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn commenting on the use of myths in the Native American story.
See also : Indian Newspapers, or "Say, Ain't You Some Kind of Indians?"
Examines links between oral tradition and contemporary written texts.
Originally published as essay in Traditionalism vs Modernism: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of New Literatures in English, June 1-14 1991.
Interview includes a description of life on the reserve that describes milking, sheep-shearing and fishing weirs. It also consists of stories about a woman whose husband turned into a lizard; a story of Wisakedjak; and how Thunder Blanket killed his wife and then himself.
Interview includes a story of an evil spirit which caused an epidemic that killed many people. She also tells of the sale of their reserve and the subsequent moves to Sweet Grass Reserve and then to Moosomin Reserve.
Mrs. Adams is a retired white schoolteacher and was 69 years old at the time of the interview. She tells of her induction as an honorary chief of the Blackfoot reserve and shares her experiences among the Blackfoot.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, Racism and Gender, Spring, 1994, p. 114
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Author discusses the influence of oral traditions, storytelling, and the "grandmother's voice" on her work, with emphasis on characters Coyote Girl and Rat Lady in the play Albeit Aboriginal.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Educating: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, Spring, 1994, pp. 182-192
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Looks at life histories of Maliseet and Micmac university students and Bolivian Aymara, Quechua, and Uru women to help students realize their own identity and potential.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 3, 1994, pp. 211-233
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Analysis of the political problems faced by Native American people in United States local government and the lack of consensus attained due to the complexity of some of the issues.