Wide-ranging discussion among elders touching on many topics including kinship; illegitimate children; ceremonialism; therole of the elder; financing the elder who incurs some costs associated with the organization of a ceremony.
Elders discuss a variety of matters relating to Indian culture and traditions and what can be done to retain or regain these. Most topics are touched on only briefly
Interview includes a discussion of the role of spirit powers in the traditional lifestyle. Also included is a description of inter-tribal interaction involving feats of bravery.
Discussion of several topics: taking of Treaty #7, boundaries of Peigan Reserve; permit system; traditional curing practices; obtaining paint forceremonials; significance of rocks in Blackfoot culture; how the Blackfoot learned from the rock spirit how to drivethe buffalo over a cliff.
Interview of the grandsons of Little Bear who discuss lifestyle. They tell stories about Cree raids on Blackfoot;the hanging of Little Bear and murder of a storekeeper's son by a medicine man. Interpreter by Alphonse Littlepoplar.
The interview includes a story of the Grandson of Little Bear who was hung for his part in the Frog Lake massacre. Other stories included the tale of Chuh Chuh,a warrior who scalped a Blackfoot Chief; stories of medicine men; a gambling tale involving a Cree and Blackfoot.
Mr. Belly tells four stories during the interview. He first describes the origins of his name. The following two stories are animal tales: the first is about the illegal killing of moose and the second describes how a coyote stole an axe. The last is a christian tale of a man who came to life in a coffin.
An interview with the grandson of Misihew and great-grandson of Seekaskootch, Mr. Lloyd Chief. During the interview, Mr. Chief discusses a variety of subjects including: leadership qualities; intertribal wars of the Cree and Blackfoot; the power of dreams; the significance of the Northern Lights; and the powers of Cannibals.
An interview that includes stories of hunting, trading and food gathering. Also included are stories about the Frog Lake massacre and Wihtiko (cannibal monster)
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 15-27
Description
Explores the inspiration of the symbols of water and the water god shown in Erdrich's Love Medicine and Tracks.
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File contains a presentation by Alex Skead that describes his personal experiences with learning from daily life: "So much things to learn in life." He recounts several legends relating to educating Aboriginal youth on his First Nations about living with nature, utilizing sweat lodges for healing and preserving Aboriginal languages.
Documentary about a Cree community in northern Alberta where the children are taught traditional stories and traditional ways by the old people.
Duration: 14:32.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 49-64
Description
Examines the character of Pauline in Tracks and how the reader discovers how she becomes Sister Leopolda of Love Medicine.
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