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Indigenous Storytelling with Elder Hazel
Alternate Title
How the Dreamcatcher Came to Be
How the Months Came to Be
How the Porcupine Git Its Quills
How the Tipi Got Its Shape
How the Turtle Got Its Shell
I'm a Snake. What Did You Expect?
People of the Buffalo Nation
The Beaver's Tail
The Moose's Loose Coat
The Seven Sisters at Devil's Rock
The Turtle and the Ground Squirrel
Turtle Goes South
Why the Owl Looks the Way It Does
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hazel Dixon
Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Description
Elder Hazel Dixon tells 12 traditional stories. Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway from the Buffalo People Arts Institute explains the origins of the "Pile of Bones" name, the history of the buffalo and its importance in the culture of Indigenous peoples.
Indigenous Worldviews in Digital Games: Sami Perspectives in
Gufihtara eallu (2018) and Rievssat (2018)
Alternate Title
FDG'21: The 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2021
International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games ; 16th, 2021
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Elizabeth “Biz” Nijdam
Description
Looks at the themes and game mechanics of two of the games created during the 2018 Sami Game Jam and demonstrates how new media development can recenter Indigenous Indigenous knowledge systems and cultural practices.
Chapter from FDG'21: The 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2021 edited by Allan Fowler and Johanna Pirker.
Review Articles: No Writing at All Here: Review Notes on Writing Native
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Laurie Ricou
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125, Native Writers & Canadian Literature, Spring/Summer, 1990, pp. 294-301
Description
Author reviews, in essay format, numerous books dealing with Aboriginal subject matter.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access review, scroll down to appropriate page.
Special Problems in Teaching Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paula Gunn Allen
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 379-386
Description
Author discusses some of the difficulties raised by teaching pieces of Indigenous literature that contain information considered to be sacred, ceremonial, or confidential.
Words for the Sun Dance: Pete Catches, 1969
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julian Rice
MELUS, vol. 16, no. 1, Folklore and Orature , Spring, 1990, pp. 59-76
Description
Explanation of the practise and spiritual significance of the Ogala ceremony.