Oratory Skills & Practises

Book review of: Cree Language Structures: A Cree Approach by Freda Ahenakew.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 39, (pp1-142).

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeolgy and Ethnology, vol. 29, (pp155-175).

Looked at schools that had high number of successful American Indian/Alaskan Native students in an attempt to identify promising practices for effective teaching. Provides case study examples.

Explains the meaning of linguistic capital for Inuit nurses and nursing students and how it contributes to cultural safety.

Reports a good health care strategy should include: health professions communicating in the local language, combining local knowledge with modern medicine, community control and development, and use Aboriginal concepts of health in care and policy.

Discusses steps involved in carrying out a language and culture immersion camp. Resource intended for camp organizers, staff, Elders, community members and teachers.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Oklahoma, 1997.

Looks at the different relations between reader and text as well as different readings of literary elements. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Argues that the courts treatment of oral histories in the Delgamuukw case was ethnocentric.

Beginner level. Access Part 1. Duration: 12:05.

Collection of 16 stories from Dene and Cree Elders in Northwestern Saskatchewan.

Beginner level. Access Part 2. Duration: 10:00.

Describes the Dene Cultural Institute Pilot Project, which has been developing methods to document Traditional Environmental Knowledge (TEK).

Looks at programs that foster innovation and facilitate academic success for young adults, as well as improvements to accountability, resources and control to enhance educational services.

Teaching and Learning Thesis (Ph.D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996

Looks at Cree and Ojibwe language program development with community liaisons in school districts.

Looks at the development of a traditional knowledge program, background of the community and self-determination for schools.

Audiology and Speech Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2014.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000.

Looks at cultural dialogue using Mikhail Bakhtin’s theories of language and the novel; and examines dialogism in light of Native literary theory as it is manifested in Ravensong.

Survey conducted in 2003 asked individuals whether the utility of Inuktitut and choices between English and Inuktitut had changed since the creation of Nunavut. Sample was 35.

Looks at the development of new terminology. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.

Authors of Collected Wisdom: American Indian Education describe their rationale for using story-based reporting of findings rather than the more traditional methods.

Discusses why this story is part of a storyteller's repertoire throughout the Arctic and what this story tells us about the human condition.

Discussion of the benefits of the Yuchi language project versus the dictionary project, in an effort to find the best method to preserve the Yuchi language.

Examines relationship between dreams and collective oral discourse and the attempts to re-invigorate the practice. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.

Discusses project which brought Elders into the classroom to teach 30-level Cree class through traditional stories. Took place at the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation High School.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Laval University, 2010. Text in French, includes abstract in English.

Statistics on characteristics of students, teachers and schools, and integration of language and culture in their homes and schools. See Part I - Performance of American Indian and Alaska Native Students at Grades 4 and 8 on NAEP 2007 Reading and Mathematics Assessments.

Survey results are grouped in four areas: characteristics of students, schools, teachers and curriculum. See Part I -The Performance of American Indian and Alaska Native Fourth and Eighth Grade Students on NAEP 2005 Reading and Mathematics Assessments: Statistical Analysis Report.

Discusses failure of language proficiency assessment tools to pick up the difference between Native English speakers and students learning English as a second language.

Describes the academic program offered at the Rough Rock Demonstration School, which is controlled by a locally elected school board.

Discusses how Indigenous languages are being extinguished and the right to MTM (mother tongue-medium) education.

Study based on seven eight-year-olds.

Questions the impact of a second language on the comprehension process and oral language skills needed for comprehension.

Compares kindergarten students who were deemed at risk and given language and vocabulary help with students in the regular curriculum.

Children with a history of middle ear inflammation displayed lower scores and in a follow up assessment two years later they maintained these lower scores.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2016.

Team site visits resulted in traditional storytelling sessions. which were enhanced with Power Point presentations.

Reports on part of the community-based research project Decolonizing the Curriculum "Cree-atively" Through Elders' Stories.

File contains a copy of Diefenbaker's speech in Quebec City concerning his contention that Canada's indigenous persons should have a voice in the affairs of the state; he also mentions indigenous senator James Gladstone.

File contains a copy of Diefenbaker's campaign speech in Prince George, BC in which he promises that indigenous people will have the opportunity to redress some of the wrongs done to them. He refers to the appointment of indigenous senator James Gladstone, the indigenous right to vote, and the Indian Claims Commission.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 11, (pp1-176).

Highlights the career of Cherokee orator Elias Cornelius Boundinot and his presentation of Indigenous issues to the American public.

Virtual nursery level book in Dene and English