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American Indian Literature: A Tradition of Renewal
Anishinaabe Aadizokaanan: Our Teachings … Video Series
Anishinaabekwewag Teachings of Self-Determination
Ava and the Little Folk: Traditional Story Study
Geared toward Grades 6 to 8. Tells the story of an Inuit orphan who, abandoned by his village, ends up living with a group of magical dwarfs.
The Beginning of the Cree World
The traditional story of how Wisakedjak caused the great flood and how, with the help of Muskrat, he was able to remake the world.
Extract from Native Voices edited by Freda Ahenakew, Breanda Gardipy, and Barbara Lafond.
Book Reviews
Chance and Ritual: The Gambler in the Texts of Gerald Vizenor
The Codical Warrior: The Codification of American Indian Warrior Experience in American Culture
[Cree Star Stories]
Cry For Luck: Sacred Song and Speech Among the Yurok, Hupa, and Karok Indians of Northwestern California
Dreaming of Double Woman: The Ambivalent Role of the Female Artist in North American Indian Myth
Eukuan nin matshi-manitu innushkueu = I Am a Damned Savage: Tanite nene etutamin nitassi? = What Have You Done to My Country?
From Fish Weir to Waterfall
Gooniyandi Stories of Early Contact with Whites
Grade 3: Mawi-amskwesewey Ankukumkewey na ujit Kkijinu Maqamikew = The First Treaty is with Our Earth Mother = Amsqahsewey Lakutuwakon Wiciw Kci Kikuwosson
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
Grandfather Teachings with Elder Hazel
Halfact
Harold of Orange: A Screenplay
He Said / She Said: Writing Oral Tradition in John Gunn's "Ko-pot Ka-nat" and Leslie Silko's
How Raven Steals the Sun: Retold and Drawn by Quentin Harris
Salish artist retells the traditional story while drawing step-by-step visual interpretation.
Duration: 1:30:23.
How Squire Coyote Brought Fire to the Cahrocs
In Our Own Words: Bringing Authentic First Peoples Content to the K-3 Classroom
Indian Legends: Nanabush, the Ojibbeway Saviour. Moosh-Kuh-Ung, or, The Flood
Klee Wyck: The Eye of the Other
Focuses on several facets of Emily Carr's book Klee Wyck: the feminist tone; the effect of modernism on native life; examination of the sketches; the message of disintegration, loss and of hope.
Ko-pat Ka-nat
ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱
WSANEC (Saanich) great flood story. Text in a mixture of English and SENĆOŦEN.
Related material: Lesson Plan by Shauna White and Kathryn Godfrey appropriate for Grade 6 language arts/ social studies.
The Lenâpé and Their Legends; With the Complete Texts and Symbols of the Walam Olum: A New Translation, and an Inquiry into Its Authenticity
Mi'kmaq Creation Story
Numerology as the Base of the Myth of Creation, According to the Mayas, Aztecs, and Some Contemporary American Indians
On the Shoulders of a Giant: Traditional Story Study
Geared toward Grades 3 and 4. Humorous story of Inukpak, a giant who adopts an Inuit hunter because he thinks he is a child.
Places Important to Navajo People
Reaching for the Sun: A Guide to the Early History and the Cultural Traditions of Native People in Manitoba
Reading Sheet: Coyote Places the Stars
Retelling of traditional story.
Les récits de notre terre: Les Cris
Reviews
Summer in the Spring: Anishinaabe Lyric Poems and Stories
Survey of Native American Literature
"This survey textbook overviews Native American literature from its origins in poems and creation myths of the continent's hundreds of Native cultures. Texts are organized with major sections on creation myths, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction/memoir."
Teacher's Resource Guide: North American Indians
Tipiskawi Kisik: Night Sky Star Stories
Series of five short videos which look at traditional Cree understandings of astronomy.
Topic of Transformation: Some Aspects of Myth and Metaphor
Traditional Inuit Myths and Legends
Annotated list of publisher's titles.
Trickster: Shaman of the Liminal
Ululijarnaat or The Entrails Snatcher
The Universe of the Warramirri: Art, Medicine and Religion in Arnhem Land
A View From Turtle Island: Chapters in Iroquois Mythology, History and Culture
The White of the Wampum: Possibilities for Indigenous-non-Indigenous Relationships in Canadian Settler Narratives (circa 2012) and Indigenous Storywork
Linguistics Thesis (PhD) -- Carleton University, 2020.
The White Stone Canoe: A Legend of the Ottawas
Ziizibaakwadgummig: The Sugar Bush
Series of five short videos: Stories; Collecting Maple Sap; Language; Maples Trees; and Maple Sugar.