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Author/Creator
Naadweechige-Gamig Wikwemikong Health Centre
FirstTel TV5
Bobby Osawabine
Thecla Neganegijig
Marie Eshkibok-Trudeau
Mark Eshkawkogan
Brian Peltier
Description
In ten videos, Knowledge keepers from Wiikwemkoong (Manitoulin Island) share thoughts and advice about staying physically and spiritually strong during the COVID pandemic. Six of the ten focus on identification and harvesting of plants for food and medicines.
Cornus versus dentus et autres modalités d’association des animaux dans l’imaginaire inuit
Alternate Title
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 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 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.
[Cree Star Stories]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wilfred Buck
Description
Science facilitator from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation (Manitoba) tells stories associated with stars, discusses how culture and spirituality are intertwined with Indigenous knowledge, his ideas about gathering together Elders from all nations to share their people's star stories, and his mission to distribute portable planetariums.
Duration: 1:14:20.
Eukuan nin matshi-manitu innushkueu = I Am a Damned Savage: Tanite nene etutamin nitassi? = What Have You Done to My Country?
Alternate Title
I Am a Damned Savage: What Have You Done to My Country?
Indigenous Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
An Antane Kapesh
Indigenous Studies Series
Grade 3: Mawi-amskwesewey Ankukumkewey na ujit Kkijinu Maqamikew = The First Treaty is with Our Earth Mother = Amsqahsewey Lakutuwakon Wiciw Kci Kikuwosson
Alternate Title
Treaty Education Resource
E-Books
Author/Creator
New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development [Office of First Nations Education]]
Description
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
In Our Own Words: Bringing Authentic First Peoples Content to the K-3 Classroom
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
First Nations Schools Association (FNSA)
Description
Includes brief answers to questions often posed by teachers, activity snapshots, and classroom units.
Revised version of the original published in 2012.
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.
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
Reading Sheet: Coyote Places the Stars
Documents & Presentations
Description
Retelling of traditional story.
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.
Tipiskawi Kisik: Night Sky Star Stories
Alternate Title
Atima Atchakosuk: The Dog Stars (Ursa minor)
Achakapis: Little Spirit (Moon)
Makinak: The Turtle
Sisikwun: The Rattle
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wilfred Buck
Description
Series of five short videos which look at traditional Cree understandings of astronomy.
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.
Ziizibaakwadgummig: The Sugar Bush
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Doug Williams
Barbara Wall
Phil Abbott
Paradigm Pictures
Gabriel Maracle
Description
Series of five short videos: Stories; Collecting Maple Sap; Language; Maples Trees; and Maple Sugar.