Discussion of several topics: taking of Treaty #7, boundaries of Peigan Reserve; permit system; traditional curing practices; obtaining paint forceremonials; significance of rocks in Blackfoot culture; how the Blackfoot learned from the rock spirit how to drivethe buffalo over a cliff.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Women's Traditional Governance Research Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Wachowich
Description
Includes brief historical overview, profile of the community, discussion of women's role in traditional and modern society, and transcriptions of 20 interviews conducted in 1993.
Mr. Ledoux, aged 99 at the time of the interview is of mixed French and Indian ancestry but is registered as a treaty Indian. He was present during the Riel Rebellion of 1885 and gives an account of what he saw in the Rebellion; views of the rebellion and the people involved.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 1, A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities, August 27, 2018, pp. 140-156
Description
Researchers used talking circles, interviews and survey to learn from participants about types of spiritual, physical, and emotional practices which helped them with the healing process.
Interview of the grandsons of Little Bear who discuss lifestyle. They tell stories about Cree raids on Blackfoot;the hanging of Little Bear and murder of a storekeeper's son by a medicine man. Interpreter by Alphonse Littlepoplar.
The interview includes a story of the Grandson of Little Bear who was hung for his part in the Frog Lake massacre. Other stories included the tale of Chuh Chuh,a warrior who scalped a Blackfoot Chief; stories of medicine men; a gambling tale involving a Cree and Blackfoot.
Mr. Belly tells four stories during the interview. He first describes the origins of his name. The following two stories are animal tales: the first is about the illegal killing of moose and the second describes how a coyote stole an axe. The last is a christian tale of a man who came to life in a coffin.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Autumn, 1994, pp. 98-99
Description
Excerpt from a public lecture by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn commenting on the use of myths in the Native American story.
See also : Indian Newspapers, or "Say, Ain't You Some Kind of Indians?"
Kaupapa Korero: A Maori Cultural Approach to Narrative Inquiry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Felicity Ware
Mary Breheny
Margaret Forster
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 45-53
Description
Focuses on Maori principles, concept of narrative and analysis, and argues this approach ensures how the stories are shared, presented and understood conforms to cultural preferences.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 3, Summer, 1994, pp. 321-348
Description
Author explores the role that powwows play in intertribal social culture, discusses the ritual of such events, and the elements of shared musical and dance traditions among Southern Plains Peoples. Focuses on the Kiowa and their engagement in the powwow events since the 1870s.
Studies in American Indian Literature, vol. 29, no. 4, Wisom of the Elders, Summer, April 24, 2018, p. [?]
Description
Article discusses the value of having Knowledge Keepers and Elders teaching at a post-secondary level, and the important role that cultural and language revitalization play in self-determination.
Poitras, once labeled an angry artist, believes anger is foreign to Indigenous philosophies and traditions, instead dictates forgiveness. Her works have display evils done to First Nations people by the church, Western materialism, residential schools and alcohol, but her own worldview is that trials and suffering lead to redemption.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies , vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 125-144
Description
Author discusses their positionality as an Indigenous Canadian scholar and researcher in Yucatan, Mexico; reflects on how their Indigenous identity and culture helped to inform their approach to learning and led them to select Indigenous research methods.
Ms. Youens is a Metis, born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. She was brought up in a series of foster homes and is now active in both the Women's Movement and with native groups. She talks about how the Metis are treated by outside groups, her childhood, and attitudes towards women among native societies.
An interview with the grandson of Misihew and great-grandson of Seekaskootch, Mr. Lloyd Chief. During the interview, Mr. Chief discusses a variety of subjects including: leadership qualities; intertribal wars of the Cree and Blackfoot; the power of dreams; the significance of the Northern Lights; and the powers of Cannibals.
Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre (MFNERC)
Description
Provides guidance to those wishing to record Elders' remembrances including interview tips, and suggested questions about personal information, and home, bush, prairie, social and political, and spiritual-religious life.
Mr. McDougall is descended from French and Scottish halfbreeds and is active in the Metis Society of Saskatchewan. He gives an account of the Metis way of life and philosophy, the Riel Rebellion, shares memories of WWI, WWII and the Depression. He also talks about the discrimination against native people.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 1, A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities, August 27, 2018, pp. 20-40
Description
Describes an initiative in the Moose Cree First Nation community which focused on the Cree philosophy milo pimatisiwin (good and healthy living). Discusses program elements which included land-based initiatives, sharing teachings over the local radio, and feedback from youth.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 16/17, no. 1, 2018, pp. 51-65
Description
Explores the relationship between Nêhiyaw ceremony and Nêhiyaw laws and uses the sweat lodge ceremony to demonstrate the nature of Cree law and how it is rooted in the sacred.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 117-133
Description
Interview with co-producer and co-writer of My Louisiana Love, a documentary which details the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the BP oil spills on her family and community.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2018, pp. 113-120
Description
Discusses the active role of Maize within Wixáritari ceremony from cultivation to harvesting, emphasizing the role of women in preparing Corn-based substances for ceremonial offerings. Through storytelling and performative practices women are active in transmitting the relationships between corn and community.
An interview that includes stories of hunting, trading and food gathering. Also included are stories about the Frog Lake massacre and Wihtiko (cannibal monster)
Night Village and the Coming of Men of the Word: The Supernatural as a Source of Meaning among Coastal Sami
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Paine
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 107, no. 425, Summer, 1994, pp. 343-363
Description
Discusses a village situated between the nomadic culture of the interior and Norwegian culture of the coast and effects living on that boundary has had on beliefs about supernatural beings.
Study uses participatory research tools to explore and document the cultural meanings of food within Irigwe Indigenous food system and their relationship to Indigenous food-production practices such as food foraging.