Understanding the Complex Needs of Aboriginal Children and Youth with FASD in BC
Theses
Author/Creator
Shahdin Farsai
Description
Public Policy Project (M.P.P.)--Simon Fraser University, 2010.
Speaker relates seven star stories: Ojiig - The Fisher which encompasses the Big Dipper; Maang - The Loon, the inverted Little Dipper; Bishi Bizhiw - the Great Underwater Panther whose tail is the head of the Leo and its head which is the head of Hydra; Animikii Binesii - Thunderbird, the constellation Cignus; Nanboozhoo or Nanabush, the constellation Orion; Gwiingwa'aage "The One who Came from a Falling Star" - Wolverine which refers to a meteor striking the Earth and creating a lake; and No'aachige'anang - the Prophecy Star which refers to Halley's Comet.
Duration: 26:20.
Book review of: Uqalurait: An Oral History of Nunavut compiled and edited by John Bennet (sic) and Susan Rowley.