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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.
Campfire Stories with George Catlin: an Encounter of Two Cultures
The Comic Vision of Anishinaabe Culture and Religion
Creation Myths and Legends of the Creek Indians
Cultural Awareness Through the Arts: The Success of an Aboriginal Antibias Program for Intermediate Students
Dreams and Thunder: Stories, Poems, and The Sun Dance Opera; Native American Women's Writing, 1800-1924: An Anthology; Sarah Winnemucca
Governor of the Dew by Floyd Favel and The Velvet Devil by Andrea Menard: Study Guide
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 Great Winter Dance
Primarily the story Lake Tribe's Song of Today. Suitable for use with elementary school students.
How Raven Found the Daylight and Other American Indian Stories by Paul M. Levitt and Elissa S. Guralnick
How Squire Coyote Brought Fire to the Cahrocs
Indian Legends: Nanabush, the Ojibbeway Saviour. Moosh-Kuh-Ung, or, The Flood
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.
Learning about Walking in Beauty: Placing Aboriginal Perspectives in Canadian Classrooms
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 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
Listening to the Trickster Voice in Walter Dyk's Navajo Ethnography Son of Old Man Hat
National Experiences With the Protection of Expressions of Folklore/Traditional Cultural Expressions: India, Indonesia and the Philippines
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.
Obviation in Two Innu-Aimun Atanukana
Ohito Ashoona
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.
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.
Raven Makes Drum: Taken from Skokomish Stories as Told by Bruce Miller
Northwest Coast traditional story. For use with primary school students.
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Re-inscribing Mythopoetic Vision in Native American Studies
[Recensions/Book Reviews]
Les récits de notre terre: Les Mi'gmaq
Red Mysteries: "Indian" Spirits and the Sacred Landscapes of American Spiritualism
Remembering the Trickster in Tomson Highway's The Rez Sisters
Stories are Maps, Songs are Caches and Trails: The Verbal Art of Haayas, Kingagwaaw, Gumsiiwa, Ghandl and Skaay - Five Master Mythtellers From Haida Gwaii
Part I: Skaay of the Qquuna Qiighawaay
Storytelling: Metaphor and the Education of the Kiowa Tribe
“Stranded in the Wasteland:” Literary Allusion in The Sharpest Sight
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.
Te Ata: Chickasaw Storyteller, American Treasure
Telling the Stories: Essays on American Indian Literatures and Cultures. Elizabeth Hoffman Nelson and Malcolm A. Nelson, eds.
Tracking Doctor Lonecloud: Showman to Legend Keeper
Traditional Aboriginal Pedagogy
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.
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.