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Chamakese & Gladue "Irresistable"

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jason Chamakese
Robert Gladue
Presents a video of Jason Chamakese and Robert Gladue performing, using flute, hand drum and singing, at the 7th annual Aboriginal Music Festival in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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"Charlie Brown": Not Just Another Essay on the Gourd Dance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Luke E. Lassiter
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, 1997, pp. 75-103
Discussion of the Gourd Dance experience in southwestern Oklahoma among the Kiowa, Comanche, Kiowa-Apache, Wichita, Caddo, Delaware, and Chirichaua Apache.
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Charlie Chief 1 Interviewer

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Charlie Chief
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
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
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Charlie Chief 2 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Charlie Chief
Mary Mountain
Indian History Film Project
An interview that describes some boyhood memories. The interviewee also describes two dances, the Give Away and Wolf Feast ceremonies.
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Cheri Maracle

Web Sites » Organizations
Plays her music which She describes as Indie, acoustic and folk rock.
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Cherokee Gospel Songs and Language Revitalization

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bernard "Shiloh" Parresol
Whispering Wind, vol. 36, no. 6, Issue 256, May-June 2007, pp. 8-11
Looks at traditional use of song and reviews the Sequoya's syllabary.
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Chief Jeffrey H. Johnson Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jeffrey H. (Chief) Johnson
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview that mentions a smallpox epidemic.
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[Child with Drum]

Images » Photographs
Slides appear to be a series of 8 images in a slide show about Canada's North. On slide: "Indian Brotherhood (NWT)"
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Chinook Songs

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 1, no. 3, October-December 1888, pp. 220-226

Lyrics in Chinook Jargon, a synthesis of English, French, Chinook (proper), Nutka (Nootka) and Sahaptin.

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Chippewa Music [vol. 1]

Alternate Title
Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology) ; 45
Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology) ; 53
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frances Densmore
Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology)
Volume II.
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Christmas at Moose Factory

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Short film, composed entirely of children's drawings, illustrates life at Christmas time in an old settlement on the shore of James Bay. Duration: 13:08.
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Clarence Joe Interview #2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Clarence Joe
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
A general discussion about the background of the Sechelt Indians.
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[Closing Remarks and Songs]

Alternate Title
[Patterns of Health and Wellbeing: an Intercultural Symposium ; 10]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Katsi Cook
Gwyneira Isaac
Beverly Cook]
Webcast presentation of the closing of the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing Symposium. Duration: 14:11.
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Coast Salish Gambling Music

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Wendy B. Stuart
Canadian Journal for Traditional Music , vol. 2, 1974, p. [?]
Looks at a certain style in the music and games in British Columbia and Washington.
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Connecting Traditions: Secsepemc Pre-contact Village Life [Winter Map]

Alternate Title
[Connecting Traditions: Explore Secwepemc Pre-Contact Life]
[Secwepemc-Kuc: Let the Journey Begin]
[Secwepemc-kuc: We are the Secwepemc]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[First Nations Education Council
School District 73?]
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.
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Contesting Tradition: Inuk Vocalist Tanya Tagaq

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrew Timar
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 32-39
Comments on the career of a solo throat singer. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 32.
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Cree Elders Workshop 10

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Charley Buffalo Calf
Jim Hoostie
Pius Dustyhorn
Alex Bonaise
Alex Stick
Eli Bear
Jim Kanipitetew
Jonas Lariviere
George Morningstar
John Rockthunder
Mrs. Waskewitch
Mrs. Alec Child
Eva Paskimin
Indian History Film Project
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.
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Cree (Elders) Workshop 9

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Pius Dustyhorn
John Cappo
Jim Kanipitetew
Indian History Film Project
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.
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Cree Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses.children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
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Cultural Passport: Demystifying Traditional Indian Music

and Art

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Esha Zaveri
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 2, 2016, pp. 102-111
Briefly discusses exhibition of Warli art called Birth of the Painted World and the activities of the Society for Indian Music and Arts (SIMA) at Pennsylvania State University.
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Culture Element Distributions: III Area and Climax

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.37, no.3
E-Books
Author/Creator
A. L. Kroeber
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 37, (pp101-116).
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Czapla Music

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Czapla Music Inc.
Commercial site promoting an award winning Aboriginal jazz guitarist from Edmonton. Includes links to biography, music lessons, CDs, music transcriptions and the Jeari Czapla Band.
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Dallas Arcand [a.k.a Kray(Z)Kree

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Dallas Arcand
Contains information about the hip hop artist, hoop dancer and motivational speaker from the Alexander (Kipohtaw) Plains Indian Cree Nation.
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Dancing to Say "Mahalo": Bazaar Artist Kumu Kawika Alfiche

Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Artist discusses the social, cultural, spiritual, and economic well-being of the hula kahiko (ancient dance).
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Debating Cultural Appropriation

Alternate Title
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Teachrock

Lesson plan focuses on what cultural appropriation is, how it affects Indigenous peoples and whether it should be regulated by law.

Accompanying Material: Student Version.

Developed in conjunction with the documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World.

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Debwewin (The Sound of the Heart)

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isabella Griffin
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 1, Celebrating 25 Years, Fall, 2014, p. 55
Explores meaning, significance, and making of the drum, and looks at one made for the White Earth Tribal and Community College.
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Decolonial Interventions in Performance and New Media Art: In Conversation with Cheryl L'Hirondelle and Kent Monkman

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Nagam
Kerry Swanson
Cherl L'Hirondelle
Kent Monkman
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 159, Summer, 2014, pp. 30-37
Interviews two artists that combine emerging technologies with their art and are also featured in the Kanata Indigenous Performance New and Digital Media Art Project.
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Decolonization Through Harmonization

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine F. Sewell
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 25, no. 2, 2001, pp. 94-104
Discusses stereotypical perceptions of Aboriginal peoples.
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