The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends, and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from Eastern Arctic.
Duration: 54:57
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2015.
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Listening to First Nations Women’s Expressions of Heart Health: ‘mite achimowin’ Digital Storytelling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorena Sekwan Fontaine
Sarah Wood
Lisa Forbes
Annette S. H. Schultz
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
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Description
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Description
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Description
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Description
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Description
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Description
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Description
Book review of Mission Life in Cree-Ojibwe Country by Elizabeth Bingham Young and E. Ryerson Young, edited and with an introduction by Jennifer S.H. Brown.
Montana Nineteen Eleven: A Professor and His Wife Among the Blackfeet
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jay Hansford C. Vest
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 4, Fall, 2008, pp. 541-543
Description
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Description
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Description
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Description
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Description
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