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 biographical account of Antoine Lonesinger's life that includes stories about farming, trapping, house construction and the making of charcoal and lime. He also tells of the murder of an Indian Agent at the hands of a Blackfoot named Owl Eyes.
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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 47-61
Description
Examination of the religious and cultural responses, of two California Native American groups, to new diseases, which were of Spanish origin, and to colonization.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, 1999, pp. 381-404
Description
Book reviews of:
Legends of our Times: Native Cowboy Life by Morgan Baillargeon and Leslie Tepper.
The World Turned Upside Down: Indian Voices from Early America by Conlin Callway (Editor).
Women in Trouble: Connecting Women's Law Violations to Their Histories of Abuse by Elizabeth Cormack.
Leonard Bloomfield's Fox Lexicon: Critical Edition by Ives Goddard (Editor).
White Man's Law: Native People in Nineteenth-Century Canadian Jurisprudence by Sidney L. Harring.
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
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 1, Winter, 1999, pp. 45-53
Description
Author explores the different characteristics and purposes of storytelling, comparing Indigenous and Western traditions, oral vs written storytelling, and the different cultural values that are embedded in the stories.
Elders discuss: payment for chiefs; conduct of and assistance at ceremonies; need for respect towards ceremonies and ceremonial locations. No date given, probably in the early 1970's.
Discussion by Elders who express regrets at loss of traditional customs and values and desire a return of schools on reserves ; a need to preserve Indian ceremonies and Indian medicines ; concerns about problems with alcohol recur throughout.
Elders discuss concerns regarding: loss of Indian culture and traditions; failure to educate young Indians in traditionalways; young well-educated chiefs who will not take advice from elders.
Discussion of the educational system: relative merits of day schools, residential schools, integrated schools, etc.; need for inclusion of Indian culture into the curriculum at all levels ; the role of the elder as teacher.
Discussion of Indian ceremonies: how these are passed on from generation to generation; the role of women. Tipis: particular kinds of tipis; decorated tipis; tipis inrelation to death customs. No date given but probably January 1974, same as the others in this series.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 51, no. 1, Spring, 1999, pp. 29-30
Description
Ahenakew talks about the cultural practices and responsibilities surrounding oral history; discusses the collective nature of forming and maintaining oral history and its details. Discusses the roles of Elders who carry these histories in the community, and their skill at conveying a story or lesson.
Interviews with 13 residents of the Chipewyan Lake area of northern Alberta.- Stresses need for establishment of a reserve in this area, and promises made to them about this.- Describe various lifestyles including farming, trapping and fishing.- Shows how settlement patterns in remote areas have been influenced by the location of schools and stores.
Interview includes a description of traditional life style and the life of settlers on the prairies. It also includes stories of theft and murder by Indians.