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The Animals Came Dancing: Native American Sacred Ecology and Animal Kinship
Answering the Western: The Frontier Myth in American Indian Fiction
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
BC First Peoples 12: Teacher Resource Guide
Bone Court Trial Transcripts - Nanaboshoo and the Bullrushes: The Case of Being in the Reeds and the Theft of the Crime
Written as a court transcript, the author shows the use of a traditional narrative for academic discourse.
But the Shadow of Her Story: Narrative Unsettlement, Self-Inscription, and Translation in Pauline Johnson’s Legends of Vancouver
The Captive White Woman of Gippsland: In Pursuit of the Legend
A Chance Encounter With Simon Tookoome
David Unaipon: Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines
The Flying Tiger: Women Shamans and Storytellers of the Amur
Grade 4: Alsumsuti Ujit T’an Teli-l’nuimk = To Be Indigenous Is to be Free = Topelomosu Wen Skicinuwit
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
The Haida: Children of Eagle and Raven
Healing Words
How Squire Coyote Brought Fire to the Cahrocs
Indian Legends: Nanabush, the Ojibbeway Saviour. Moosh-Kuh-Ung, or, The Flood
Kiss of the Fur Queen
Kiviuq and the Bee Woman By Noel McDermott, Illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas: Educator's Resource
Geared toward Grades 4 to 6.
Kiviuq and the Mermaids by Noel McDermott, Illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas: Educator's Resource
Pre-reading activities, discussion questions, learning activities, and extension activities for Grades 4 to 6.
The Legend of the Fog by Qaunaq Mikkigak and Joanne Schwartz, illustrated by Danny Christopher; Educator's Resource
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 2 students.
The Legend of the Mimigwesseos
Legends of the Elders
The Lenâpé and Their Legends; With the Complete Texts and Symbols of the Walam Olum: A New Translation, and an Inquiry into Its Authenticity
Lesson Plan: Sky Wolf's Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge by Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger
Loon: Memory, Meaning, and Reality in a Northern Dene Community
Lost Girls
The Man Who Swam With Beavers
Northwest Saskatchewan Métis Perspectives of Miyo Pimatisiwin + Kiwetinohk Saskatchewan Otipemisiwak Kayisi Wapahtakwaw Miyo Pimatisiwin
Looks at the Métis phrase miyo-pimatisiwin (good life) and how it connects the Métis past with the present.
The Novels of Louise Erdrich: Stories of Her People. Connie A. Jacobs
Ojibwe Oral Tradition
Adaptations of sixteen traditional stories, most relating to Wenebojo.
Oral Traditions of the Woodland Cree (Nihithawak) in Northern Saskatchewan: Links to Cultural Identity, Ways of Knowing, Language Revitalization, and Connections to the Land + Nehithāwi – Kiskethihtamiwin: Kayās Āchimowina Ekwa Āchithohkewina. Nihithowewin, Nihithawihtāwin Mena Mithopimāchihowin
Discuss the significance of oral history to the Woodland Cree to reinforce their cultural worldview into the modern era.
Origin of Day and Night by Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt, illustrated by Lenny Lishchenko: Educator's Resource
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
"Our Mountains Are Our Pillows": An Ethnographic Overview of Glacier Nations Park
Focuses on the K'tunaxa and Piikáni, and draws on documentary research and consultation with Piikáni Elders.
The Poetics of Self, Body and World: A Phenomenological Reinterpretation of B.C. Ethnography of Aboriginal Peoples
Politics of Cursing: Imagining Human Difference in a BC Mining Town
The Raven and the Loon by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley; illustrated by Kim Smith: Educator's Resource
Intended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Les récits de notre terre: Les Mi'gmaq
Representation of American Indians: The Role of Mainstream Folklore and Popular Culture
Sukaq and the Raven by Roy Goose and Kerry McCluskey, Artwork by Soyeon Kim: Educator's Resource
For use with the book Suqak and the Raven (Inuktitut version).. Activities and discussion questions geared toward students in Kindergarten to Grade 3.
"These Stories Will Not Lead You to Heaven": An Encounter With Two Sami Narrators
[Transmission Difficulties: Franz Boas and Tsimshian Mythology]
Trickster Chaos: Old Stories and New Science in the Postindian Novel
Turtle Mountain Tales: The Council Stones
Two Wolves at the Dawn of Time: Kingcome Inlet Pictographs, 1893-1998
Unpacking Pimachesowin as a Framing Concept for Indigenous Self-Determination + Eyapachitayak Pimachesowin ta Othastamasoyak Nehithaw tipethimisowin
Discusses how traditional Cree stories and lessons reflect the traditional Cree world view of pimatsiwin (life) and how pimatsiwin itself can better help the understanding Indigenous self-determination.
Uvajuq: The Origin of Death
Voices from the Delaware Big House Ceremony
Wəlastəkwey Stories: Legalized Theft
Discusses the case of traditional stories told by Elders to a researcher who retained copyright and refused to relinquish it when approached by members of the community.