Music & Song

Looks at the research question "what does leadership mean to you as someone who is Deaf, Native American, and female?"

Discovers the factors involved in the mobility and transition of extremely diverse cultures into urban settings through various formats.

Victor Thunderchild and two unidentified native people drumming.

Musicology and Ethnomusicology Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2000.

Provides access to a variety of Gabriel Dumont Institute's general educational resources, including items on the traditional Métis lifestyle.

Book review of: Visions of Sound by Beverley Diamond, M. Sam Cronk, and Franziska Von Rosen.

Prince Albert Winter Festival event showcases Aboriginal talent in the Province.

Discussion of the tapes and films collected by Tony Wise and donated to the Lac Courte Oreilles; sparked the "Audio Visual Production Project" at the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College to digitize and edit the material.

The video, titled Wah Pah Ta Cultural Week in Cumberland House, records some of the history of Cumberland House and the music, dancing, entertainment, and traditional activities of the region. Script by Maria Campbell, narration by Tantoo Martin-Cardinal, theme song by Ralph Sayies, camera by Don Chaput and Glen Rosin, program design by Maria Campbell and Gerri Cook, and Maria Campbell and Burton Smokey Day are the directors and producers.

Historical note:

A video produced in 1986 for Northern Lights School Division No. 113 with funding from the Saskatchewan Educational Development Fund.

Two boys battle it out in a break dance challenge and kids in town start developing inappropriate behaviours in episode 25 of a stop-motion animation series. Duration: 24:00.

Adults are taught a valuable lesson by their boys in episode 30 of a stop-motion animation series. Duration: 21:59.

Two boys ask the same girl to their class dance and must find a way to resolve their romantic conflict in episode 21 of a stop-motion animation series. Duration: 24:00.

Describes the history, rituals and ideologies associated with the ceremony as practiced by this tribe.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Oklahoma State University, 2017.

Ethnomusicology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2018. Focuses on A Tribe Called Red.

Studies the origins of the current powwow and the link to traditional forms of dance and belief.

Education Thesis (M.Ed)--Lakehead University, 2017.

Book review of: Wearing the Morning Star by Brian Swann.

Author reflects on his good fortune to meet musical talent Buffy Sainte-Marie and Sesame Streets' Bob McGrath. Article found by scrolling to page 14.

Discusses music course offered at the Nunavut Arctic College's Teacher Education Program (NTEP) which incorporated Inuit culture as a central theme.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.

Article studies the effect on non-Indigenous music on the contemporary musical atmosphere at the Blood Reserve, southwest of Lethbridge, Alberta.

Analyzes two operas, The Lake and Ashnola: A Legend of Sings Water.

Review of the music of the Dunne-za (Beaver Indians) of British Columbia and the audio archive inspired by Howard Bloomfield (d. 1986).

Inclusive Design Thesis (MDes)--OCAD University, 2015.

An interview with Wilfred and Harriet Chocan about the joys and challenges in their lives from childbirth to caring for the elderly and death.

Lyrics from a song.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1991.

Interview with Winston Wuttunee, Cree entertainer and winner of the 2013 Indspire award. Duration: 29:21.

Author listened to Duquayis women sing during their visit to Chicago and he wrote music to "Song of the Chieftainess at the Potlatch."

Elders present songs and prayers with discussion about the loss of traditions and values, evils of alcohol, role of elders, etc. Also stories of adventures in intertribal warfare ; a story of a man who married a thunderwoman.

Artist performs for Montreal Lake youth as part of the Upgrading and Life Skills class.

Rhetoric and Writing Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 2008.

Looks at the effect traditional music has on health and well-being.

Presents contrasting views, between the Inuit and early ethnographers, on the ancient drum dance and its meaning. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 20.

General information about protocol, rules for judging, dancers and dances, songs, drumming, regalia, etc. Suitable for use in classroom.

Comments on the four day festival that highlighted the talent of Métis youth. Article located by scrolling to page 12.

Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museums of Natural History, v. 13 (p. [135]-342). Parts of text are vocabulary, appear in English and Yukaghir.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2010.