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Lifeworlds-Artscapes: Contemporary Iroquois Art
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Doris I. Stambrau
Description
Chapter in book: Lifeworlds-Artscapes: Contemporary Iroquois Art edited by Sylvia S Kasprycki.
A Change of Subject: Perspectivism and Multinaturalism in Inuit Depictions of Interspecies Transformation
Alternate Title
Un changement de sujet : Perspectivisme et multinaturalisme dans les représentations inuit des transformations interespèces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean P.A. Desjardins
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 101-124
Description
Article argues that two pre-contact Inuit artifacts, recovered from the Pingiqqalik site, depict interspecies transformation; author argues that this is evidence that interspecies relations were influenced by a cosmology rooted in multinaturalism.
Choctaw Tales
E-Books
Circle of Stories
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Philomath Films
Description
Website contains links to: storytellers, gallery of stories, history of storytelling, and lesson plans for educators.
The Clay We Are Made Of: Haudenosaunee Land Tenure on the Grand River
Alternate Title
Critical Studies in Native History ; 20
E-Books
Author/Creator
Susan M. Hill
Critical Studies in Native History
The Concept of Duality in Culture and Myths of Lakota Indians
Theses
Author/Creator
Klára Perlíková
Description
[Ethnology] Thesis (Ph.D)--Univerzita Karlova [Charles University], 2017
Cornus versus dentus et autres modalités d’association des animaux dans l’imaginaire inuit
Alternate Title
Horned versus Teethed and Other Modalities of Animal Association in the Inuit Imagination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vladimir Randa
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 51-71
Description
Author explores Inuit ontologies or knowledge systems around non-human members of their ecosystem; discuss how Inuit ways of knowing the animals are rooted in social and cultural factors of relationality.
Text in French.
Coyote As Culprit: The Coyote Aesthetics of Gail Anderson-Dargatz's the Cure for Death by Lightning
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, September 2004, pp. 175-185
Description
Book review of: The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-Dargatz.
Coyote Places the Stars [by] Harriet Peck Taylor
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erie District
Description
Designed to accompany retelling of traditional Wasco story about how stars came to be arranged in the shapes of animals. Recommended for use with Grade 3 students.
Creating Space for Historical Narratives through Indigenous Storywork and Unsettling the Settler
Theses
Author/Creator
Margaret J. A. Knickle
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017.
Cree Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses.children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Culture, Commodity and Community: Developing the Khanty-Mansi Okrug Law on Protecting Native Folklore
Alternate Title
Properties of Culture - Culture as Property. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Andrew Wiget
Olga Balalaeva
Description
Chapter in book: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten. Looks at the drafting of a unique law connected to intangible cultural heritage.
L'écho des autres : l'analyse basique en anthropologie
E-Books
Author/Creator
Daniel Clément
Ecological Politics and Comic Redemption in Louise Erdrich's The Antelope Wife
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Castor
Nordlit, no. 15, Special Issue on Northern Minorities, 2004, pp. 121-134
Description
Discusses how Erdrich's literary method gives a critique of the western worldview of the legacy of Euroamerican conquest.
"Elveland": Irony and Laughter as Power Media in Sea Sámi Folk-Song Tradition
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lill Tove Fredriksen
Nordlit, no. 15, Special Issue on Northern Minorities, 2004, pp. 47-72
Description
Analysis of the folk song shows how irony was used as form of resistance in a rural community in northern Norway.
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Growth Chart Literacy Prompts: K-8
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
Description
Includes book summaries, literacy prompt questions, and enrichment activities for books appropriate to each grade. Revised Version.
Han, People of the River: Hän hwëch'in: An Ethnography and Ethnohistory
E-Books
Author/Creator
Craig Mishler
William E. Simeone
Hawaiian Literature and Resistance, or How My Ancestors Took on the Stryker Brigade and Joined the Struggle to Demilitarize Hawai'i!
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Keala Kelly
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 28, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Empowerment Through Literature, Winter-Spring, 2004, pp. 92-96
Description
Author describes a process of research and discovery during the making of a short PSA film in which they discover historical family ties, and serendipitous implications for the present.
A History of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Connie A. Jacobs
Description
Chapter in book:Approaches to Teaching the Works of Louise Erdrich edited by Greg Sarris, Connie A. Jacobs, James R. Giles.
How Rabbit got His Long Ears: Integrative Science and Mi'kmaq Legends Merge in Eco-Puppet Performances
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Bartlett
Murdena Marshall
Sana Kavanagh
HorizonZero, no. 17, Tell: Aboriginal Story in Digital Media, September/October 2004, p. [?]
Description
Discusses how the use of puppetry brings together Mi'kmaq and Western understandings and awareness.
How Raven Marked the Land When the Earth Was New
Alternate Title
Comment Corbeau a marqué le territoire alors que la Terre était nouvelle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann Fienup-Riordan
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 215-241
Description
Examines the role and actions of Raven in Yup’ik creation narratives and traditional stories; and how those stories are recorded in the place names and understandings of the land.
How Squire Coyote Brought Fire to the Cahrocs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Vance Cheney
[The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine], vol. [29], no. [3], [January] [1885], pp. [393-376]
Description
Poem.
Indian Legends: Nanabush, the Ojibbeway Saviour. Moosh-Kuh-Ung, or, The Flood
Alternate Title
Moosh-Kuh-Ung, or, The Flood
E-Books
The Inuit Sky
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Virtualmuseum
Description
Discusses the short period of time each year that the Inuit have to study the sky and presents several legends in which the moon plays a central role.
Inuit Symbolism of the Bearded Seal
Alternate Title
Symbolisme inuit du phoque barbu
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgitte Sonne
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 29-50
Description
Examines traditional Inuit and Yupiit stories, rituals, and colloquial sayings to reveal different meanings associated with the bearded seal in these Indigenous cultures. Finds that bearded seals can impart multiple meanings ranging from monstrous to protection to renewal and reproduction.
It Consumes What It Forgets
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carter Meland
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 137-149
Description
Author discusses different incarnations of the wiindigo narrative ranging from those found in the Anishinaabe oral tradition to those found in the journals of fur traders; examines different potential meanings and teachings of the narrative.
It Sometimes Speaks to Us: Decolonizing Education by Utilizing Our Elders' Knowledge
Theses
Author/Creator
Joshua Manitowabi
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2017.
The Lenâpé and Their Legends; With the Complete Texts and Symbols of the Walam Olum: A New Translation, and an Inquiry into Its Authenticity
Alternate Title
Briton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature ; Number 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Daniel G. Brinton
Narrative Power in Native American Fiction: Reflections on Leslie Marmon Silko's "Storyteller" (1981)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ib Johansen
p.o.v., no. 18, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Leslie Marmon Silko's attempts to merge the oral tradition of storytelling with the literary form to communicate Native American concepts concerning time, nature, and spirituality and their relevance in the contemporary world.
Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.
Object Lessons: Wooden Spirits, Wax Voices, and Collecting the Folk
Alternate Title
Properties of Culture - Culture as Property. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Thomas Ross Miller
Description
Looks at examples of cultural property collected by anthropologists from the North Pacific in the late19th century.
Chapter in book: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten.
The Ojibwe Who Slew the Wiindigo
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 3, Indigenous Peoples History, Spring, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses colonization, historical trauma and historical loss symptoms.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Ten: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Raven Tales: Traditional Quileute Stories of Bayak, the Trickster
Documents & Presentations
Description
Includes five stories: Raven and Bear; Raven and Fishduck; Raven and Mole; Raven and Skatefish; and Raven and Eagle.
Reading Resources for Southeast Alaska Tribal Children, Youth and Families
Documents & Presentations
Description
Brief bibliography groups literature by age/reading level: primary (grades K-3), intermediate (grades 3-6), and young adult (grades 6-10).
[Recensions/Book Reviews]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cécile Pachocinski
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, Espaces-Lieux-Noms / Spaces-Places-Names, 2004, pp. 245-247
Description
Book review of: Sanaaq by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, transliterated and translated novel of Inuktitut in French by Bernard Saladin d'Anglure, preface and afterword by Bernard Saladin d'Anglure.
Review in French.
Resisting Consumption: Exploring Pathways of Resistance to the Assimilative Nature of the Canadian Education System Through Tomson Highway's Kiss of the Fur Queen
Theses
Author/Creator
Blake Bilmer
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2016.
A Review of The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Herman A. Peterson
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 74-76
Description
Book review of: The Navajo and the Animal People: Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology by Steve Pavlik.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret Connell Szasz
Claire R. Farrer
G. H. Grandbois
Ofelia Zepeda
Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse
Steven M. Karr
Joyotpaul Chaudhuri
Richard M. Wheelock
M. Elanor Nevins
Sara-Larus Tolley ... [et al.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, 2004, pp. 131-181
Description
Book reviews of :
American Indian Education, a History by Jon Allan Reyhner and Jeanne Eder.
The Anguish of Snails: Native American Folklore in the West by Barre Toelken.
Battle for the BIA: G.E.E. Lindquist and the Missionary Crusade against John Collier by David W.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jack D. Forbes
Jennifer McLerran
Mark A. Nicholas
Jaye T. Darby
MIchael D. Green
David Martìnez
Peter J. Garcia
Maria Orban
Crisca Bierwert
John Munro
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 121-178
Description
Book reviews of:
American Indians in U.S. History by Roger L. Nichols.
Blanket Weaving in the Southwest by Joe Ben Wheat.
Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney.
“The Cherokee Night” and Other Plays by Lynn Riggs.
Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World by Robbie Ethridge.
Enduring Legacies: Native American Treaties and Contemporary Controversies edited by Bruce E. Johansen.
Hermanitos Comanchitos: Indo-Hispano Rituals of Captivity and Redemption by Enrique R.
Sámi Artistry, Identity, and Indigenism in Museums and Markets
Theses
Author/Creator
Zoë-hateehc Durrah Scheffy
Description
Folklore and Ethnomusicology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2004.
The Saugeen Ojibway Nation and Canada: Historical Relationships, Settler Colonialism, and Stories of a Shared Space
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher James Wright
Description
History Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--King's College London, 2017.
Seeing the Skies through Navajo Eyes: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Astronomy
Alternate Title
Navajo Skies: An Introductory Guide to the Navajo Skies Planetarium Show
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy C. Maryboy
David H. Begay
Ashley C. Teren
Description
Designed as a resource for planetariums, for middle school teachers, and a book that families can read together.
The Sense of a Better Ending: Legal Pluralism and Performative Jurisprudence in Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian J. Macrae
Samantha Mackinnon
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. 547-570
Description
Author examines Igloolik Isuma's film as a formal and deliberate illustration of Inuit legal culture, legal practitioners, and legal principles; argues that Isuma places these elements of the Inuit legal system in conversation with the systems of contemporary justice in Canada.
Speaking In Circles: Indigenous Identity and White Privilege
Theses
Author/Creator
Adrian Downey
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017.
Stseptekwle – Stories of the Secwepemc
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Links to text and audio recordings of five legends: Coyote and Grizzly Bear Make the Seasons and Night and Day, Wolf and Wolverine, Story of Hunger (Famine), Wala and the Moon and Coyote and the Salmon.
Surviving the Residential School System: Resisting Hegemonic Canadianness in Tomson Highway's The Kiss of the Fur Queen
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Richard J. Lane
Description
Chapter from Reconfigurations: Canadian Literatures and Postcolonial Identities edited by Marc Maufort and Franca Bellarsi. Looks at "reclaiming memory" in relation to the use of trickster camp in the novel.