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.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 2, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Louis Owens, Summer, 1998, pp. 23-40
Description
Explores the dual and linked themes of stories and community as expressed through the main character, who finds himself isolated from both.
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Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 161-164
Description
Book review of: âtalôhkâna nêsta tipâcimôwina. Cree Legends and Narratives from the West Coast of James Bay told by Simeon Scott and translated by C. Douglas Ellis.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, 1998, pp. 375-385
Description
Book reviews of 5 books:
Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest edited by Katharine Berry Judson.
Trading Beyond the Mountains: The British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843 by Richard S. Mackie.
Tribal Boundaries in the Nass Watershed by Neil J. Sterrit et al.
The Spirit of the Land: Statements of the Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en Chiefs in the Supreme Court of British Columbia 1987-1990 by Wa Gisday and Elgam Uukw.
Flowers on My Grave: How an Ojibwa Boy's Death Helped Break the Silence on Child Abuse by Ruth Teichroeb.
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
International Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 18, Fall, 1998, pp. 51-66
Description
Discusses how the Canadian Cree have been forced into spatial and ideological exile, and how oral traditions can renew collective memory.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 343-362
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Literary criticism article (from a conference paper) which uses the text Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King to illustrate the conversation narrative style of many Indigenous authors.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 3, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Almanac of the Dead, Fall, 1998, pp. [34]-46
Description
Discusses the novel's pessimistic tone, with its plot concerning predictions about the appearance of the Europeans, the destruction they brought and their eventual disappearance.
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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.
Prairie Forum, vol. 23, no. 2, Fall, 1998, pp. 283-285
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Book review of: kôhkominawak otâcimowiniwâwa: Our Grandmothers' Lives as Told in Their Own Words edited and translated by Freda Ahenakew and H.C. Wolfart.
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 Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, 1998, pp. 255-270
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Discusses the principles of sentencing circles in Dene and Métis communities and uses the Dene mythic hero Swan to illustrate the principles in relation to several recent cases.
Reclaiming Children and Youth, vol. 7, no. 3, Fall, 1998, pp. 130-132
Description
Introduces the Native American Circle of Courage model and discusses the first principle. First issue in a series of four exploring the universal needs principles of children and youth for belonging, mastery, independence and generosity.
Sources are divided by two areas, "Chipewyan" (Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, North West Territories) and British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon and Northwest Territories, grouped together. Each area is then divided into a social and cultural section and a language section. Bibliography includes citations from the Hearne Bibliography. The article is current as of 1998.
The King of the Waters: Legend of the Horned Water Serpent
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Deborah Mitchell
Jerry Bryan Lincecum
Description
The King of the Waters: Legend of the Horned Water Serpent by Deborah Mitchell examines the rare legend of a "snake-man".
Chahta-Immataha and the Choctaw Bible by Jerry Bryan Lincecum discusses the oral tradition of the Choctaw people.
John Collier and the Controversial Resignation of Indian Commissioner Charles Burke, 1921-1929
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Reclaiming the Feminine in the Chitimacha Creation Myth
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ginger R. Davis
Carlon Andre
Carole McAllister
Description
John Collier and the Controversial Resignation of Indian Commissioner Charles Burke, 1921-1929 by Ginger R. Davis examines the federal Native American policy, and Burke's assimilationist policy and the end of his administration.
Reclaiming the Feminine in the Chitimacha Creation Myth by Carlon Andre and Carole McAllister discusses ways in which French influence altered and disturbed Chitimacha of Louisiana's oral traditions.
Ephanie’s Vision Quest: Blending Native American and Feminist Elements
Life Stories by a Cherokee Dreamer: John Oskison’s Historical Writings
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barbara Jean Cook
Melissa Hearn
Description
Ephanie’s Vision Quest: Blending Native American and Feminist Elements by Barbara Jean Cook examines the differences between Indian feminism and "mainstream theoretical feminism" for Indian women.
Life Stories by a Cherokee Dreamer: John Oskison’s Historical Writings by Melissa Hearn discusses the cultural complexity of the Cherokee Nation.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 3, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Almanac of the Dead, Fall, 1998, pp. 88-96
Description
Book reviews of:
Blue Horses Rush In by Luci Tapahonso.
The Oklahoma Basic Intelligence Test: New and Collected Elementary, Epistolary, Autobiographical and Oratorical Choctologies by D. L. Birchfield.
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American Studies in Scandinavia, vol. 30, no. 2, 1998, pp. 50-59
Description
Discusses two autobiographies: Wilma Mankiller's Mankiller: A Chief and Her People and Russell Mean's Where White Men Fear To Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means.