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Aboriginal Languages of Canada

Alternate Title
Contemporary Linguistics Analysis: An Introduction
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Eung-Do Cook
Darin Flynn
Description
Discusses Canada's First Nations nine language families, the separate language family of the Inuit and the mixed language of the Métis. Chapter nine from Contemporary Linguistics Analysis: An Introduction by William O'Grady, John Archibald.
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The Akwesasne Cultural Restoration Program: A Mohawk Approach to Land-Based Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [134]-144
Description
Tracks the creation of a cultural apprenticeship program which aims to give youth in the community the necessary skills, knowledge and experiences in land, language and culture to retain and regenerate land-based practices which had been affected by environmental contamination.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 2003, pp. 425-446
Description
Book review of: Common and Contested Ground: A Human and Environmental History of the Northwestern Plains by Theodore Binnema. Out of the Background: Readings on Canadian Native History by Ken Coates and Robin Fisher (Editors). Gay Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Myths from Arapaho to the Zuni: An Anthology by Kim Elledge (Editor). E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake: Collected Poems and Selected Prose by Carole Gerso and Veronica Strong-Boag.
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The Cayuga Chief Jacob E. Thomas: Walking a Narrow Path Between Two Worlds

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Takeshi Kimura
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, 1998, pp. 313-333
Description
Discusses ways Cayuga Chief Jacob E. Thomas (1922-1998) of the Six Nations Reserve taught language; examines the educational materials he produced, and some reactions to his efforts.
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"Dave, Come on": Indigenous Identities and Language Play in Yves Sioui Durand's Hamlet-le-Malécite

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michèle Lacombe
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 35, no. 2, Special Section: Indigeneity in Dialogue: Indigenous Library Expression Across Linguistic Divides, 2010, pp. [53]-75
Description
Comments on a play that focuses on the contemporary situation of youth in Montreal and the imaginary community of Kinogamish.
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An Exploration of Indigenousness in the Western University Institution

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline M. VanEvery-Albert
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Indigenous Knowledges and the University, 2008, pp. 41-55
Description
By focusing on learning the Mohawk language, the author, explores Indigenousness at the University of Western Ontario.
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A Figure of Speech

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christopher Moore
Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 5, October/November 2016, p. 19
Description
Brief biographical article on John Steckley, who has mastered the Ojibwa and Wendat languages in order to study Indigenous history more effectively.
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A Grammar of Tuscarora

Theses
Author/Creator
Marianne Mithun Williams
Description
Language and Literature, Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 1974.
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Iroquois Language and Songs

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Ohwejagehka
Description
Brief introduction to three of the six languages and social songs of the Iroquois Confederacy.
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Kiotsaeton's Three Rivers Address: An Example of "Effective" Iroquois Oratory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harry W. Robie
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 3/4, Autumn-Winter, 1982, pp. 238-253
Description
Describes the public address by Iroquoian leader Kiotsaeton to a council of French, Iroquois, and Huron people at Three Rivers, Quebec on July 12, 1645. Examines each groups goals and how Kiotsaeton used his oratory skills to speak to all the groups involved.
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Languagegeek Fonts

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Chris Harvey
Description
Website provides fonts and keyboard layouts covering alphabetical letter for Algonquian, Athapaskan, Inuit, and Cherokee syllabics as well as other languages which use a Roman orthography but require a number of diacritic marks or special characters.
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Leadership in the Northeastern Woodlands of North America

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William N. Fenton
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 1, The History of American Indian Leadership, Winter, 1986, pp. 21-45
Description
A discussion about political roles and status of Indigenous leaders in the Iroquois Confederacy.
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Ohwejagehka - Ha`degaenage:

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Ohwejagehka - Ha`degaenage:
Description
Website of a nonprofit organization based on Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario established to preserve and nurture Iroquoian languages and songs.
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Practicing Sovereignty: Colonial Temporalities, Cherokee Justice, and the "Socrates" Writings of John Ridge

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly Wisecup
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 30-60
Description
"This article shows that Ridge's Socrates articles provided a public venue in which to define relationships among the Cherokees, the states, and the federal government".
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[Prayer and the Spiritual in Health Ways]

Alternate Title
[Patterns of Health and Wellbeing: An Intercultural Symposium ; 04]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tom Belt
Description
Webcast of a presentation at the Health and Wellbeing Symposium by a teacher of Cherokee grammar. Duration: 34:48.
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Preliminary Notes on the Iroquoian family - Paul Weer. - July 1937.

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Paul Weer
Description
Booklet on the Iroquois from their discovery in 1534 by Jacques Cartier of France. Division into three groups, all located in Ontario, Quebec and in eastern parts of the United States, is noted, with emphasis on the United States group.

Historical note:

The French explorer Jacques Cartier observed in 1535 and 1536 several Iroquoian villages north of Île d'Orléans, including the village of Stadacona on the site of modern-day Quebec City, as well as the village of Hochelaga in the vicinity of modern-day Montreal.
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