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Alternate Title
Learn Anishinaabemowin
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
Description
Website dedicated to teaching and preserving the Anishinaabemowin language. Features include grammar, everyday terms, culture, legends, history, fun and games, and language camp.
Baagak Aadisookewin: Legends of History and Memory
Theses
Author/Creator
Jason L. Bone
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2016.
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.
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 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.
Dangerous Spirits: The Windigo in Myth and History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brian Gleeson
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 4, Fall, 2016, pp. 332-333
Description
Book review: Dangerous Spirits by Shawn Smallman.
Dreaming Free From the Chains: Teaching the Rhetorical Sovereignty of Gerald Vizenor Through Bearheart
Theses
Author/Creator
Lydia R. Presley
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Nebraska, 2016.
L'écho des autres : l'analyse basique en anthropologie
E-Books
Author/Creator
Daniel Clément
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.
Gender inside Indigenous Law Casebook
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Darcy Lindberg
Jessica Asch
Description
Includes stories that are used in the Gender Inside Indigenous Law Toolkit to teach methods of engaging with stories as law or work with critical issues surrounding gender. Divided into three parts: stories, case briefs to be used with toolkit, and feminist legal analysis of stories.
Gender Inside Indigenous Law Toolkit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Darcy Lindberg
Jessica Asch
Description
Designed to provide facilitators with basic background, lessens and activities to generate discussions about Indigenous law and issues around gender.
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
Indigenous Futurisms, Bimaashi Biidaas Mose, Flying and Walking towards You
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Grace L. Dillon
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 1-6
Description
Introduces the special issue of Extrapolation; discusses the Speculative Fiction (SF) genre, the decolonizing influence of Indigenous SF authors, and the contributions to this issue of Extrapolation.
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.
An Investigation of the Role of Legends and Storytelling in Early Childhood Practices in a Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) Early Childhood Facility
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sandra Deer
In Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Indigenous Education, Spring, 2016, pp. 110-126
Description
Study finds that cultural legends and stories familiar to historical, ceremonial and spiritual practices are vital to the cultural foundation of the Haudenosaunee.
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.
Kanien'kehá:ka Creation Story
Documents & Presentations
Description
Traditional Mohawk story, sometimes known as the Sky Woman story.
Kanyen'kehà:ka Creation Story
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mohawk Language Custodian Association
Description
Traditional Mohawk story also known as the Sky Woman story.
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
Mayan Tales From Chiapas, Mexico
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joel W. Palka
American Anthropologist, vol. 118, no. 3, September 2016, pp. 677-678
Description
Book review of: Mayan Tales From Chiapas, Mexico by Robert M. Laughlin. Translated by Socorro Gómez Hernández and Juan Benito de la Torre.
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.
Numbers in American Indian Mythology
Alternate Title
Native American Leadership: Past, Present and Future
Native American Symposium; 11th, 2015
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Oksana Y. Danchevskaya
Description
Considers the meaning and significance of numbers between one and ten in Indigenous North American philosophies and beliefs.
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.
The Old People
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Eliana Ramage
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 3, no. 1, 2016, pp. 158-159
Description
Book review of: The Old People by A. J. Perry.
[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
People Before the Park: The Kootenai and Blackfeet Before Glacier National Park
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joanne Schmidt
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 3, Summer, 2016, pp. 246-247
Description
Book review of: People Before the Park by Sally Thompson, Kootenai Culture Committee, and the Pikunni Traditional Association.
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.
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.
La Salle on Seneca Creation, 1678
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin J. White
Michael Galban
Eugene R. H. Tesdahl
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 4, 2016, pp. 49-69
Description
Argues that this version is one among many and that searching for an "authentic" original version is pointless, interpretation is up to the Haudenosaunee community and individuals within it.
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.
The Significance of Drums in First Nations' Cultures
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
We Stand Together
Description
Designed for Grade 1-3 art classes.
Sounding Thunder: The Stories of Francis Pegahmagabow
Alternate Title
Critical Studies in Native History ; 19
E-Books
Author/Creator
Brian D. McInnes
Critical Studies in Native History
Speaking In Circles: Indigenous Identity and White Privilege
Theses
Author/Creator
Adrian Downey
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017.
Storying Swí:lhcha: Place Making and Power at a Stó:lō Landmark
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sabina Trimble
BC Studies, no. 190, Histories of Settler Colonialism, Summer, 2016, pp. 39-66
Description
Looks at three types of place making stories about Swidhcha or Cultus Lake: original stories, trail stories, and boundary-making stories.
Tallurutiup Tariunga
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 1, Climate, Spring, 2016, pp. [28]-[33]
Description
Poem, presented in both Inukitut and English, tells the story of the sea goddess Nuliajuk.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 28.
Telling New Myths: Contemporary Native American Animal Narratives From Michigan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Magoulick
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 130, no. 515, Winter, 2017, pp. 34-71
Description
Comments on the creative process of cultural renewal by using new myths as teachings.