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Horned versus Teethed and Other Modalities of Animal Association in the Inuit Imagination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vladimir Randa
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 51-71
Description
Author explores Inuit ontologies or knowledge systems around non-human members of their ecosystem; discuss how Inuit ways of knowing the animals are rooted in social and cultural factors of relationality.
Text in French.
Coyote in Love: The Story of Crater Lake: Illustrated & Retold by Mindy Dwyer: Teacher Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mindy Dwyer
Description
Story about how Coyote's love for a star resulted in the formation of a lake in Oregon.
Coyote Places the Stars [by] Harriet Peck Taylor
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erie District
Description
Designed to accompany retelling of traditional Wasco story about how stars came to be arranged in the shapes of animals. Recommended for use with Grade 3 students.
Cree Creation Story
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Norm Wesley
Description
Story told by a member of Moose Cree First Nation.
Duration: 8:20.
Cree Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses.children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
An Ethnozooarchaeological Study of Land Otters and People at Kit'N'Kaboodle (49-DIX-46), Dall Island, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Madonna L. Moss
BC Studies, no. 187, These Outer Shores, Autumn, 2015, pp. 21-50
Description
Looks at area where people and land otters lived over the past fifty-five hundred years and explains why Tlingit have a cultural tie to the land otter.
Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions: Overview
Alternate Title
WIPO Publication ; no. 933E
E-Books
Author/Creator
World Intellectual Property Organization
The Inuit Sky
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Virtualmuseum
Description
Discusses the short period of time each year that the Inuit have to study the sky and presents several legends in which the moon plays a central role.
Inuit Symbolism of the Bearded Seal
Alternate Title
Symbolisme inuit du phoque barbu
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgitte Sonne
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 29-50
Description
Examines traditional Inuit and Yupiit stories, rituals, and colloquial sayings to reveal different meanings associated with the bearded seal in these Indigenous cultures. Finds that bearded seals can impart multiple meanings ranging from monstrous to protection to renewal and reproduction.
The Long Tent of Life
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Settee Jr.
Description
Describes the Anishinaabeg approach to the quest to live a long, healthy life (Medewiwin), how it is connected to the ceremonial lodge and the physical structure of the lodge itself. One of three articles published in the Selkirk Chronicle in 1887 under the title Indian Mythology.
Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do is Ask: Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Siisip Geniusz
A Review of The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Herman A. Peterson
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 74-76
Description
Book review of: The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology by Steve Pavlik.
Seeing the Skies through Navajo Eyes: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Astronomy
Alternate Title
Navajo Skies: An Introductory Guide to the Navajo Skies Planetarium Show
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy C. Maryboy
David H. Begay
Ashley C. Teren
Description
Designed as a resource for planetariums, for middle school teachers, and a book that families can read together.
Telling New Myths: Contemporary Native American Animal Narratives From Michigan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Magoulick
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 130, no. 515, Winter, 2017, pp. 34-71
Description
Comments on the creative process of cultural renewal by using new myths as teachings.
Trickster Chases the Tale of Education
Alternate Title
Article 2
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kaitlyn Watson
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples - Part 2, October 2017, pp. 1-[3]
Description
Book review: Trickster Chases the Tale of Education by Sylvia Moore.