Dance

Leadership, Higher and Adult Education (PhD.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2013.

Looks at a sacred ritual believed to be derived from the ceremonial drill of English marines while anchored in King George Sound.

Book reviews of 20 books: American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790-1880 by Deborah A. Rosen. Architectural Variability in the Southeast edited by Cameron H. Lacquement. Art from Fort Marion: The Silberman Collection by Joyce M.

Looks at a cancer education program which includes the expressive arts of moving, drawing and sculpting.

Highlights the difficulties faced by reserve residents when accessing urban amenities.

Comments on the 2007 Sâkêwêwak Artists' Collective's Storytellers Festival noting that the audience wasn't as large as past years but included more non-Aboriginal people than ever before. Article located by scrolling to page 16 and 18.

Inaugural edition of the Building Aboriginal Economies magazine, which features short articles dealing with individuals and groups in the arts field.

Discusses how humorous mocking imitation is used to blend foreign ideas and events into the world of the Pueblo Indian.

Integrates the creation of a Button Blanket with a traditional dance performance. Duration: 03:39.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 41 (p. [1]-225).

Book review of: Celebration: Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian Dancing on the Land by Rosita Worl. Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 137.

Institution with a mandate to develop Aboriginal theatre professionals. Offers a three-year program as well as two introductory summer programs.

Author relates her experiences with dance and connection to her ancestors.

Discussion of the Gourd Dance experience in southwestern Oklahoma among the Kiowa, Comanche, Kiowa-Apache, Wichita, Caddo, Delaware, and Chirichaua Apache.

Interview of Charlie Chief who discusses the a Grass Dance, Round Dance and Sioux Dance (including songs). Also included are songs. The discusses the difference between old and new ways. Alphonse Littlepoplar is the intterpreter

An interview that describes some boyhood memories. The interviewee also describes two dances, the Give Away and Wolf Feast ceremonies.

Native American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2012.

Author describes her experience vising the Center in 2015 as part a of class trip.

Consists of an interview where he describes the rituals associated with the Hamatsa dance. He also tells a story of how the Hamatsa dance originated.

Children dancing on the Pion-Era grandstand, Saskatoon, 1960.

Discusses the importance of dance as a metaphor for the fusion of ritual, art and religion inherent in Aboriginal culture.

Virtual exhibition features regalia from the United States, Canada and South America accompanied with information on the culture that produced it.

Consists of an interview where she gives a general account of reserve life. She gives a description of Indian games and tells of the establishment of the Gordon Reserve, Saskatchewan

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Victoria, 2015.

Book review of: Coast Salish Spirit Dancing by Pamela Amoss.

Consists of an interview that is primarily general recollections of traditional lifestyle.

American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2001.

Mouse over images to link to: household life (includes clothing, cooking, preserving food, etc.), village information (homes), resource gathering, society (includes role of elders and chiefs, governance, naming), gatherings (includes dancing and singing, trade), stages of life, and games.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 2006.

Report on the annual National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) celebrations at The Park - Centre for Mental Health in Queensland, Australia.

Explains the origin of the Pigeon Society and describes the various ceremonial dances and the dispersal of the various Blackfoot nations

Looks at the difficulty to design, implement, and fund a healing program.

A young Cree brave ready for the Thirst Dance at Battleford NWT, 1882.

Elders discuss: payment for chiefs; conduct of and assistance at ceremonies; need for respect towards ceremonies and ceremonial locations. No date given, probably in the early 1970's.

Discussion by Elders who express regrets at loss of traditional customs and values and desire a return of schools on reserves ; a need to preserve Indian ceremonies and Indian medicines ; concerns about problems with alcohol recur throughout.

Elders discuss a variety of matters relating to Indian culture and traditions and what can be done to retain or regain these. Most topics are touched on only briefly

Loss of Indianism through white education.Founding of White Fish Lake Reserve. Problems on reserves as a result of electing 'young' chiefs. Loss of Indian ceremonies and healing.

Elders discuss contemporary problems. Recurring themes are: problems with alcohol; education by whites from an early age; need to return to traditional teaching by elders in combination with white education.

Elders discuss concerns regarding: loss of Indian culture and traditions; failure to educate young Indians in traditionalways; young well-educated chiefs who will not take advice from elders.

Discussion of Indian ceremonies: how these are passed on from generation to generation; the role of women. Tipis: particular kinds of tipis; decorated tipis; tipis inrelation to death customs. No date given but probably January 1974, same as the others in this series.

Image of a large group of "Cree Indians" posing for the camera. Many are wearing ceremonial dance outfits, and six men sit around a powwow drum in the foreground.

Discusses an arts unit designed to help students develop positive attitudes towards First Nations people.

Comments on the many interactive cultural activities to be held around the country including Saskatchewan. Article found by scrolling to page 14 and 15.

Contains information about the hip hop artist, hoop dancer and motivational speaker from the Alexander (Kipohtaw) Plains Indian Cree Nation.

A review of two books discussing the meanings of dance and rituals and how to utilize those books to study modern Indigenous religious traditions.

English Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Montreal, 2012.

Focuses on One Yellow Rabbit's High Performance Rodeo, an international festival of the arts, and its contribution to the dance community.