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Tagging, Rapping and the Voices of the Ancestors: Expressing Aboriginal Identity between the Small City and the Rez

E-Books » Chapters

Author/Creator

Marianne Ignace

Explores how Aboriginal youth have embraced and transformed a "culture" originally associated with the black urban ghetto. Excerpt from The Small Cities Book: On the Cultural Future of Small Cities edited by W.F. Garrett-Petts.

Taiko Drumming as Sound Knowledge

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Kimberly Anne Powell

IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 112-117

Explains significance of Japanese Taiko drumming in the United States and looks at the band San Jose Taiko from California.

Takakikeh (Doing it Right): Young Spirit

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Ken Brown

Beth Brown

Jacob Faithful

Whispering Wind, vol. 42, no. 1, August-September 2013, pp. 40-41

Album review and brief interview with Jacob Faithful, the head singer from the drumming group.

Te Ika a Maui, or, New Zealand and Its Inhabitants: Illustrating the Origin, Manners, Customs, Mythology ...

Alternate Title

New Zealand and Its Inhabitants

E-Books

Author/Creator

Richard Taylor

2nd edition.

Tékeni - Two Worlds, Many Borders: A Look at Classical Native Music through Indigenous Eyes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Dawin Ieriho:Kwats Avery

MUSICultures, vol. 39, no. 1, 2012, pp. [129]-167

Discusses contemporary classical Native American music by composers Chacon (Navajo Dine), Archambault (Kichespirini), Nakai (Navajo/Ute), Davids (Mohican), and Quincy (Choctaw).

The Thief and the Shaman

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Jacob Fellman

Nordlit, no. 15, Special Issue on Northern Minorities, 2004, pp. 5-6

Conversation between a Shaman and thief.

Think Global, Act Local: How Underground Hip-hop Gets Down Under

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Frederick W. Gooding

Matthew Brandel

Corbin Jountti

Andrew Shadwick

Bryantee Williams-Bailey

AlterNative, vol. 12, no. 5, [Indigenous Peoples, Popular Pleasures and the Everyday], 2016, pp. 466-479

Brief comparison of American and Aboriginal Australian versions of the genre, followed by four mini-profiles of four artists: Briggs, Little G, Munkimuk and Kaylah Truth.

Think Indigenous [2017]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Sheryl Kimbley

Alternate Title

[Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2017]

Media » Film and Video

Author/Creator

Sheryl Kimbley

Speaker discusses her work with indigenous youth through the shows Voices of the North and Northern Spirits. Duration: 24:27.

Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1913-1914. In Two Parts - Part 2

E-Books

Author/Creator

F. W. Hodge

Report includes the following paper: Ethnology of the Kwakiutl [continued] by Franz Boas

Thirty-Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1917-1918

E-Books

Author/Creator

J. Walter Fewkes

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Chief by J. Walter Fewkes The Osage Tribe: Rite of Vigil by Francis La Flesche Includes Osage versions and literal translation.

This is Real

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Janet Rogers

ĆELÁNEN: a Journal of Indigenous Governance, vol. 1, no. 1, 2004, p. [?]

Presents a performance of a spoken word piece, done wth music.

Thoughts and Experiences From Ethnographic Fieldwork With First Nations

Alternate Title

SAGE Research Methods Cases

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Anne Lindblom

Offers practical lessons learned from a case study.

A Thousand Ways Can Connect You To The Spirit

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Richard Wagamese

Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 6, September 2012, p. 14

Explores spiritual tools and forms of expression including those from other cultures.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.30.

Three Northwest First Nations Perspectives on the Practice of Drumming and Singing: Expanding the Dialogue on Purpose and Function

Theses

Author/Creator

Brooke Wilken

Music Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

Three Poems

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Joy Harjo

Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 6, no. 3, Autumn, 1981, pp. 33-34

Works by the American poet, musician, and author who is of Cherokee descent.

Throatsinging: More Than a Game

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Taqralik Partridge

Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 16 , no. 4, Winter, 2001, pp. 6-17

Discusses the technique of throatsinging, the variances from region to region, and profiles some singers. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 6.

Through the Eyes of the Cree

Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits

Author/Creator

Allen Sapp Gallery

The Gonor Collection

Website contains links to photographs of paintings, videos, songs, etc. Accompanying Teacher Resource Guide.

Tillie Black Bear: Four Directions Prayer & Song in Michigan

Media » Film and Video

Lakota family violence expert and one of the founders of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, sings as she and the audience face the four directions at the Northern Michigan University's Uniting Neighbors in the Experience of Diversity (UNITED) Conference on September 23, 2008.

A Time of Visions: Melanie Printup Hope

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Larry Abbott

Melanie Printup Hope

Interview with the Tuscarora artist, includes a list of her video works.

Tlingit Music--Past, Present and Future: Ed Littlefield at TEDxSitka

Media » Film and Video

Author/Creator

Ed Littlefield

Composer discusses the music, his story and the melding of jazz and traditional Alaskan Native music. Duration 18:15.

Tlingit Music: Past, Present and Future: What Has Survived the Colonial Period?

Alternate Title

Sharing Our Knowledge Tsimshian, Haida, and Tlingit Clan Conference, March 21-25, 2007, Sitka, Alaska

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Maria (Shaan Tláa) Williams

Presents author's knowledge of Alaska Native music and dance.

"To Bring a Little Bit of the Land": Tanya Tagaq Performing at the Intersection of Decolonization and Ecocriticism

Theses

Author/Creator

Meredith Boerchers

Music and Culture Thesis (M.A) - Carleton University, 2019.

To Win the Indian Heart: Music at Chemawa Indian School

Theses

Author/Creator

Melissa D. Parkhurst

Music Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008.

The Tobacco Society of the Crow Indians

Alternate Title

Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v.21, pt.2

E-Books

Author/Creator

Robert Harry Lowie

Forms part of Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.21 (p.101-200).

Together We Survive: Ethnographic Intuitions, Friendships, and Conversations

Alternate Title

McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 79

E-Books

Author/Creator

Harvey A. Feit

Adrian Tanner

Cath Oberholtzer

Laura Peers

Cory Willmott ... [et al.]

Tomson Highway

Alternate Title

Rockburn Presents

Media » Film and Video

Author/Creator

Tomson Highway

Ken Rockburn

Interview with a critically-acclaimed Canadian playwright and author. Duration: 28:31.

Too Long Apart

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Martin Flanagan

Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 5, September/October 2007, pp. 6-7

Brief, biographical sketch of Archie Roach, activist, musician, and survivor.

Tough Job Being a Role Model in the Arts World

Alternate Title

Arts & Entertainment

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Jessica Iron

Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 9, October 2011, p. 12

Discusses artists, entertainers and oneself as role models. Article located by scrolling to page 12.

Tradition, Appropriation, and Mimesis: American Indian Style Pow-wow Singing and Dancing in Denmark

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Tara Browner

American Studies in Scandinavia, vol. 43, no. 2, 2011, pp. [71]-84

Author attends and dances at pow-wows, in Germany and Denmark, and documents the performances.

Traditional, Contest, or Something In-Between: A Case Study of Two Mi'kmaq Powwows

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Janice Esther Tulk

Canadian Journal for Traditional Music, vol. 33, 2006, pp. 15-32

Looks at a traditional powwow in Newfoundland and a contest powwow in Elsipogot, New Brunswick.

Traditional: From the Ancestral Times - the Unloved One: The Ubar-Drum Myth

Articles » General

Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, September 1981, pp. 56-60

Describes the origins of the ubar logs and the ceremony surrounding their use.

Traditional Indian Dancers

Images » Photographs

Author/Creator

Glen Berger

58 images (14 scanned here) of Inuit and First Nations singers and dancers performing in Saskatoon on August 18, 1980.

[Traditional Inuit Songs From the Thule Area]

Book Reviews

Author/Creator

Beverley Diamond

Études Inuit Studies, vol. 35, no. 1-2, Propiété Intellectuelle et Éthique / Intellectual Property and Ethics, 2011, pp. 297-302

Book review of: Traditional Inuit Songs From the Thule Area by Michael Hauser.

Traditional Inuit Songs from the Thule Area, Volumes I and II

Book Reviews

Author/Creator

Kate Schutz

Arctic, vol. 63, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 367-368

Book review of: Traditional Inuit Songs from the Thule Area, Volumes I and II by Michael Hauser.

Traditional Métis Socialization and Entertainment

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Todd Paquin

Darren R. Préfontaine

Patrick Young

Module discusses both children's and adult's games and sporting activities, dancing, fiddling and traditional folksongs.

Traditional Musical Culture at the Native Canadian Centre in Toronto

Alternate Title

Traditional Musical Culture at the Native Canadian Center in Toronto

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Wendy Wickwire

Canadian Journal for Traditional Music, vol. 4, 1976, pp. 48-55

Discusses musical culture being revived by a group of Ojibwa Indians at an urban friendship centre in Toronto by examining elements that appear in the music.

Traditions, History & Geography: Teacher Manual

E-Books

Author/Creator

Kerri Ceretzke

Although created for the Old Crow Experiential Educational Project, some activities can be adapted for other contexts. Lessons are grouped by Grades 7-9, Grades 4-6, and Grades 1-3.

Transcultural Transformation: African American and Native American Relations

Theses

Author/Creator

Barbara S. Tracy

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 2009.

Transformation Through Drum Building: A Look at One School's Journey and Learning Through Crafting

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Dayna Muys

Documents the full circle of learning that takes place within the building of drums.

Translating Oral Literature: Aboriginal Song Texts

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Tamsin Donaldson

Aboriginal History , vol. 3, no. 1, 1979, pp. 62-83

Looks at a variety of linguistic, technical and historical reasons for the lack of English translations of Australian Aboriginal songs.

The Transmission of Drum Songs in Pelly Bay, Nunavut, and the Contributions of Composers and Singers to Musical Norms

Theses

Author/Creator

Norma Mae Kritsch Vascotto

Music Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2001.

Tribal Flag Songs: Arikara, Hidatsa, Dakota

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Louis Garcia

Whispering Wind, vol. 40, no. 2, Issue 276, July-August 2011, pp. 26-27

Looks at the history of the Arikara Flag song.

Ts'msyen Revolution: The Poetics and Politics of Reclaiming

Theses

Author/Creator

Robin R. R. Gray (T'uu'tk)

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Massachusetts, 2015.

Tuktu and the Trials of Strength

Alternate Title

The Stories of Tuktu

Media » Film and Video

Author/Creator

Laurence Hyde

Tuktu, a fictional elder, recalls the Inuits' strength in hunting and other activities including the drum dance. Duration: 14:18.

The Twana Culture and the Drum

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Ralph Pulsifer

Storybook suitable for use with primary school students.

Twana is the collective name for a group of nine Coast Salish peoples.

Twenty-Two Years' Work of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute at Hampton, Virginian: Records of Negro and Indian Graduates ...

E-Books

Author/Creator

Hampton Institute

Unclassified and Controvertible: The Edward Curtis Project and Beyond Eden in Vancouver, 2010

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Beverly Yhap

Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 147, The Activist Classroom: Performance and Pedagogy, Summer, 2011, pp. 105-110

Discusses and compares two plays which both examine the legacy of would- be advocates for Aboriginal culture.

Under Mount Saint Elias: The History and Culture of the Yakutat Tlingit: Part Three

Alternate Title

Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology ; v. 7

E-Books

Author/Creator

Frederica de Laguna

Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology

Under Mount Saint Elias: the History and Culture of the Yakutat Tlingit: Part Two

Alternate Title

Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology ; vol. 7

E-Books

Author/Creator

Frederica de Laguna

Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology

Unlocking the Songs: Marcie Rendon's Indigenous Critique of Frances Densmore's Native Music Collecting

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Gretchen Peters

American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 4, 2015, pp. 79-92

Looks at the play, SongCatcher: A Native Interpretaion of the Story of Frances Densmore to critique Densmore's attempt to be the nonindigenous voice of Indigenous culture.

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