Music & Song
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Closing Prayer, Closing Remarks by Moderator, and Honour Song
Documents & Presentations
Description
The file contains a closing prayer, closing remarks by Moderator John Stiffarm, and an Honour Song. Moderator Stiffarm thanks the participants, some of the organizers, and states that as young people "I pray that we will be able to take some action and be able to come together, regardless of tribes or whatever, and help each other out -- help ourselves most of all." Following this is an honour song after which the day's sitting is concluded.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Further Comments by John Stiffarm
Documents & Presentations
Description
The file contains further comments by Moderator for the day John Stiffarm. Stiffarm recounts some of his personal experiences and the struggles he faced as a youth with racism, discrimination, alcohol, and drug abuse. Stiffarm discusses how he found meaning through traditional culture and spirituality, particularly through drumming, and its importance in healing people and communities.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marie Mumford, Sandra Laronde and Elaine Bomberry, Association of Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario
Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains a presentation by Marie Mumford, Sandra Laronde and Elaine Bomberry relating to Aboriginal people in Canada involved in the arts and culture. A number of Aboriginal organizations and schools involved in art, dance, theater and music exist in Canada and most could benefit from government funding. Some students who cannot afford to pay tuition are sometimes funded by their First Nations or through family and relatives, but the presenters feel that Aboriginal art and culture would thrive if more financial assistance was available for students.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Paul Petrie, Development and Peace Group
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Paul Petrie focusing on the history myths relating to Columbus discovering North America and that children learn Euro-centric history, not true Canadian history. He also mentions that talented Aboriginal musicians in Canada need financial support to further their careers.
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Alternate Title
Independent Lens
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rezolution Pictures
Catherine Bainbridge
Alfonso Maiorana
Stevie Salas
Tim Johnson
Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment
Description
Documentary looks at the little-known story of Indigenous influences on and contributions to the evolution of contemporary rock and blues music. Artists profiled include Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jesse Ed Davis, Stevie Salas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy Castillo, Jimi Hendrix, and Taboo.
Sacred Songs of the Sundance
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
Dave Melting Tallow
Joanne Greenwood
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview in which George First Rider describes various ceremonial songs
Sakha Pop Music and Ethnicity
Alternate Title
Properties of Culture - Culture as Property: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Aimar Ventsel
Description
Chapter in book: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten.
Discusses different layers of culture and the link to a ethnicity in the Republic of Sakha, Russia.
Santu's Song
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Hewson
Beverley Diamond
Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, vol. 22, no. 1, 2007, pp. [227]-257
Description
A study of audio recording by Santu Toney, a Beothuk Indian, recorded in 1910 by Frank Speck, American anthropologist.
Savages and Romantics: How Hollywood Soundtracks Construct Native Americans
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Yang Kaiyuan
Folio, vol. [12], Language, Culture and , 2015, pp. [25-31]
Description
Discusses how Romantic music is used when portraying the "noble savage" and "native" music is used to portray the "otherness" of Indigenous characters.
Secret Path: Lesson Planning Templates
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Edmonton Public Schools, First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Education
Description
Includes links to series of brief lesson plans highlighting themes of awareness, acknowledgement, atonement, action and understanding and accompanying power points, student workbook and residential schools project.
Designed for use with the graphic novel and movie about Charlie Wenjack, a twelve-year-old who died while running away from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in Kenora, Ontario in 1966.
For use with junior high school students.
The Secret's Out; Our Artists Were Subversive
Alternate Title
Reflections
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria Campell
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 4, April 2011, p. 5
Description
Comments on the accomplishments of Indigenous artists, writers, musicians and dancers and the honourable way in which they have led Aboriginal people.
Article found by scrolling to page 5.
The Secularization of the Modern Brush Dance: Cultural Devastation in Northwestern California
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Keeling
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 4, 1980, pp. 55-83
Description
Focuses on the Europeans' impact on Yurok, Hupa, and Karok peoples and how subsequent changes to religious ceremonies have caused many to refuse to participate in them.
Sending a Message: How Indigenous Australian Women Use Contemporary Music Recording Technologies to Provide a Space for Agency, Viewpoints and Agendas
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katelyn Barney
The World of Music, vol. 49, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples, Recording Techniques, and the Recording Industry, 2007, pp. 105-124
Description
Uses interviews and examples of recordings to show how awareness for political and social justice issues are being raised through music.
Shadow of the Salmon
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Billy Frank
Steve Robinson
Michael Pearce
Description
Docu-drama about a young man from the Lakota Sioux Nation in South Dakota who travels to Washington State to live with his uncle to learn about his relatives, the coastal Salish. In the process he also learns about the environment and the salmon.
Duration: 43:59
See resource guide Shadow of the Salmon: Respect the Salmon, Respect Yourself.
Shaman's Ritual Song
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Prayer and Origin
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
John Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview that briefly describes the origin of the Shaman's Ritual Song.
Shamanism (2) : the Abilities of a Shaman Named Bear Hat
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
John Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells the story of a medicine man named Bear Hat (later renamed Curlew). He tells how Bear Hat was revived after serious injury and how Bear Hat healed a young man wounded in a battle.
Shamanism, the Abilities, Etc., of a Shaman Named Crane
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
John Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells the story of a boy given supernatural powers by the bears and of his subsequent success as a healer of his own wounds and those of other people or animals.
Sheena's Story
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Culture as Intervention: Sharing How Aboriginal Culture is Part of the Healing Journey from Addictions
[Honoring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
[Honouring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
[Sheena's Story of Healing]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sheena LaPlante
Description
Woman discusses the role culture has played in her recovery from alcohol addiction.
Duration: 6:15.
Part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse..
[Sheena's Story of Healing (Cree Language Version)]
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Culture as Intervention: Sharing How Aboriginal Culture is Part of the Healing Journey from Addictions
[Honoring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
[Honouring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sheena LaPlante
Description
Woman discusses the role culture has played in her recovery from addiction.
Duration: 6:15.
Part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.
Shifting Boundaries: Violence, Representation, and the Salt Songs of the Great Basin Peoples
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 9th, 2011
Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Frederic Murray
Description
Examines two themes: the violent nature of Great Basin Indian history, and the sacred and cultural landscapes described by the salt songs of the Nuwuvi people.