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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Marsden
BC Studies, no. 135, Perspectives on Aboriginal Culture, Autumn, 2002, pp. 101-135
Description
Discussion of two strains of oral history and how the combination relates to tribal territory and political association among tribes.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kristin Herzog
Ron Welburn
Gretchen Ronnow
Helen Jaskoski
Robert M. Nelson
Hertha Wong
Roger Dunsmore
Robley Evans
Marie Annharte Baker
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1990, pp. 23-49
Description
Books review of:
Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women edited by Paula Gunn Allen.
Blood Salt by Doris Seale.
Coyote's Journal edited by James Koller, Carroll Arnett, Steve Nemirow, and Peter Blue Cloud.
American Indian Autobiography by H. David Brumble.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Furniss
Barry McGrory
Jeremy Hull
E. Paul Morrissy
Rosanne Gasse
et al.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, 1990, pp. 307-341
Description
Book reviews of 15 books:
Metaphors of Interpretation: Essays in Honour of W.E.H. Stanner edited by Diane E. Barwick, Jeremy Beckett and Marie Reay.
Convertir Les Fils de Cain, Jesuites et Amerindiens Nomades en Nouvelle-France by Alain Beaulieu.
The Alaska Highway: Papers of the 40th Anniversary Symposium edited by Kenneth Coates.
Catlin and His Contemporaries: The Politics of Patronage by Brain W.
Books in Review
Book Reviews
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125, Native Writers & Canadian Literature, Spring/Summer, 1990, pp. 307-316
Description
Entire review section on one pdf. To access specific review scroll down to appropriate page.
Imaging Native by Coral Ann Howells. (p. 307-308)
Book reviewed: The Native in Literature: Canadian and Comparative Perspectives edited by Thomas King,Cheryl Calver & Helen Hoy.
Anishoni Play by Robin McGrath. (p. 308-310)
Books reviewed: Renewal: Teoni's Giveaway by Barbara Smith.
Renewal: The Prophecy of Manu by Barbara Smith.
Tripartite by Patricia Keeney. (p.
Campfire Stories with George Catlin: an Encounter of Two Cultures
E-Books
Author/Creator
Smithsonian Institution American Art Museum
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 Comic Vision of Anishinaabe Culture and Religion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence W. Gross
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Summer, 2002, pp. 436-459
Description
Author considers the way that worldviews are constructed; examines the way that humour and comedy contribute to the Anishinaabe worldview, and to the resilience of the Anishinaabe people.
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.
Creation Myths and Legends of the Creek Indians
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bill Grantham
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.
Cultural Awareness Through the Arts: The Success of an Aboriginal Antibias Program for Intermediate Students
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carol Butler
William J. Egnatoff
Education Canada, vol. 42, no. 2, 2002, pp. 40-42
Description
Discusses an arts unit designed to help students develop positive attitudes towards First Nations people.
Dreams and Thunder: Stories, Poems, and The Sun Dance Opera; Native American Women's Writing, 1800-1924: An Anthology; Sarah Winnemucca
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margo Lukens
Legacy, vol. 19, no. 2, 2002, pp. 265-268
Description
Book review of:
Dreams and Thunder by Zitkala-Sa.
Native American Women's Writing 1800-1924 edited by Karen L. Kilcup.
Sarah Winnemucca by Sally Zanjani.
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.
From Creation Stories to '49 Songs: Cultural Transactions with the White World as Portrayed in Northern Plains Indian Story and Song
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph E. DeFlyer
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 11-25
Description
Looks at the historical and cultural process of communication, before the first written records had been created between mainstream American culture and the Native American cultures of the Northern Plains.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Governor of the Dew by Floyd Favel and The Velvet Devil by Andrea Menard: Study Guide
Alternate Title
National Arts Centre English Theatre Programmes for Student Audiences
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deborah James
Description
Guide includes: synopses, production who's who, forms and facts, interviews with playwright/performers, themes, set design and extension activities.
The Great Winter Dance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patrick Finley-Bragg Marich
Lynn E. Bragg
Description
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
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Larissa Petrillo
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 2002, pp. 68-69
Description
Book review of: How Raven Found the Daylight and Other American Indian Stories by Paul M. Levitt and Elissa S. Guralnick.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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.
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.
Learning about Walking in Beauty: Placing Aboriginal Perspectives in Canadian Classrooms
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Renee Abram
Nora Allingham
David Anderson
Robin Buyers
Jacqueline Moore Daigle .... et al.]
The Legend of the Good Fella Missus
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. E. McGuire
Aboriginal History, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. [124]-151
Description
Comments on a historical myth that portrays racist and discriminatory views.
Legend of Wesakayjack and the Loon: As Told by the Norway House Elders
Alternate Title
[Frontier School Division Native Studies Publications]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Written for primary students.
Related Material: Story without text.
Listening to the Trickster Voice in Walter Dyk's Navajo Ethnography Son of Old Man Hat
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Susan Brill de Ramírez
Trickster's Way, vol. 1, no. 2, 2002, p. Article 2
Description
Looks at the character of Navajo storyteller, Left Handed, who assumes the role of a trickster figure in the Son of Old Man Hat.
Lone Man and First Creator Make the World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Brave
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 25-27
Description
Presents a creation story about how the world was made.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Naatsilanéi and Ko'ehdan: A Semiotic Analysis of Two Alaska Native Myths
Theses
Author/Creator
Phyllis A. Fast
Description
Alaska Native Literary Forms Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alaska Anchorage, 1990.
National Experiences With the Protection of Expressions of Folklore/Traditional Cultural Expressions: India, Indonesia and the Philippines
Alternate Title
Study (World Intellectual Property Organization) no. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
P. V. Valsala G. Kutty
Description
Study on the protection of rights for folklore holders.
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.
Obviation in Two Innu-Aimun Atanukana
Theses
Author/Creator
Laurel Anne Hasler
Description
Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2002.
Ohito Ashoona
Articles » General
Author/Creator
[Sandra Tenus]
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2002, pp. 38-39
Description
Profile of an Inuit artist who usually carves animal figures.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 38.
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
"The Orders of the Dreamed": George Nelson on Cree and Northern Ojibwa Religion and Myth, 1823
Alternate Title
Manitoba Studies in Native History; 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jennifer S.H Brown
Robert Brightman
Manitoba Studies in Native History
Policing the Boom Town: The Mounted Police as a Social Force in the Klondike
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William R. Morrison
The Northern Review, no. 6, Winter, 1990, pp. 83-97
Description
Looks at Dawson City, the gold rush, Sam Steele and the Northwest Mounted Police, and the truth about violent crimes.
Raven Makes Drum: Taken from Skokomish Stories as Told by Bruce Miller
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Roy Deboer
Bruce Miller
Description
Northwest Coast traditional story. For use with primary school students.
Related Material:
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.
Re-inscribing Mythopoetic Vision in Native American Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelley E. Rowley
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Summer, 2002, pp. 491-500
Description
Article describes different frameworks for the study of traditional Indigenous stories as "myths."
[Recensions/Book Reviews]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Virginie Vaté
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Populations et Migrations / Populations and Migrations, 2002, pp. 204-207
Description
Book review of: The Flying Tiger: Women Shamans and Storytellers of the Amur by Kira Van Deusen.
Review in French.
Red Mysteries: "Indian" Spirits and the Sacred Landscapes of American Spiritualism
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen Connor Wehmeyer
Description
Folklore and Mythology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California Los Angeles, 2002.
Remembering the Trickster in Tomson Highway's The Rez Sisters
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lina Perkins
Modern Drama, vol. 45, no. 2, Summer, 2002, pp. 259-269
Description
Argues that the character of Nanabush is not identical to the figure found in traditional stories, and discusses his role in underlying temporal theme of the play.