Oratory Skills & Practises

Study proves that providing additional attention and resources to Aboriginal students can have a positive effect on their learning outcomes.

Research suggests that mother tongue-based bilingual education programs benefit children's language skills and overall academic achievement as well as their self-confidence and cultural pride.

Presents a written version of an academic play in four acts that was performed at the Native American Literature Symposium on November 30, 2000. It begins with historical essays on Lakota oral tradition and ends with discussion on comtemporary Native theater. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to page 32.

Discussion of 10 papers and how they weave together important elements of storytelling and Indigenous knowledge.

Community-centered project which investigates the effects of the rapidly changing Arctic environment on Iñupiaq and Yupik language speakers and the language itself.

Compares the names and naming processes of different “White” Indigenous peoples in “Britain,” and challenges the assumptions of a cultural homogeneity, among the original peoples of Britain.

Gives an overview of some of the current concerns in Eskimo-Aleut linguistics. 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.

Influence of cultural experiences in the retelling of stories.

"Report to the Ministry of Education".

History Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2002.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Colorado at Boulder, 1999.

Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 1996.

Canadian Plains Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Regina, 2005.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2008.

Curriculum Studies (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1999.

Brief introduction to oral history and its relation to the courts. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Discusses the types of discourse in relations to American Indian speech, American Indian language, and Indigenous-language revitalization.

[Language?]Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1998.

Description of a summer healing chant performed to cure illness.

Comments on the Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Basil Johnston, honoured at the 2007 Anskohk Aboriginal Literature Festival held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Article located on page 1.

Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2007.

50 images (12 of which have been scanned here) of First Nations leaders speaking to guests at the Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon on April 22, 1976. Many wear full head dresses. It appears to be a gathering to discuss treaty issues led by Federation of Saskatchewan Indians Chief David Ahenakew.

Leadership and Training (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2002.

Findings from the study stressed the importance of early language learning and the importance of children learning their Indigenous mother tongue.

Looks at gaining insight into Elders, grandparents and parents views and goals for their children's speech, early language acquisition and communication.

Paper makes initial recommendations about directions for research and clinical practice.

Contends that language immersion or bilingual education can lead to improved educational outcomes, but ideally there should be a minimum of 6 to 7 years of instruction.

Study looks at community involvement in the education of children and suggestions for program strategies.

Discusses the nature and place of storytelling during the early and present day Debajehmujig Theatre, founded in 1984, on Manitoulin Island, Ontario.

Access to language archives for pre-readers. Links to words, colouring pictures, phrases, and exploring picture games. Over 30 languages represented.

Mainly focusing on British Columbia languages, site supports language archiving, teaching and revitalization. Within each language there are links to alphabets, text and audio of words, phrases, and songs, stories with English translations, and games. Over 30 languages represented.

Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness

Booklet 3: Education, Skills and Aspirations

Booklet 4: Success Factors and Obstacles to Employment

Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment

Booklet 6: Income and Needs Assessment

Authors discuss their experiences as language learners and importance of using a holistic approach.

Investigates the importance of interpreters during early Indigenous-white relations. A translator was a difficult position due to the numerous variations of the Indigenous linguistic groups. The best translators also needed to not only know the languages but also have an understanding of Indigenous cultures and traditions due to the symbolic nature of Indigenous speeches.

Studies connection between fragmented form, post colonial identity, and oral tradition.

Interview with Lee Maracle, the author of Booby Lee: Indian Rebel, Daughters are Forever and Ravensong.

Argues that learning and speaking Ojibwemowin language is of vital importance to an individual's personal, spiritual, and political identity and development of an Ojibwe worldview. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 42.

Plan for promoting educational success of Native American students focuses on measuring the progress of relationships between government, tribes and schools districts and supporting a curriculum based on tribal history, culture and government.

1 file containing: Speech at "Frontier Days" in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Diefenbaker speaks of the meaning of Saskatchewan in Cree. As well, he briefly discusses Cree life in Saskatchewan in the mid-19th century.

Discusses the customs of talking, silences and etiquette especially from records of Daniel Harmon, a Northwest Company (NWC) trader from 1800-1819.

Part 1: Welcome by Darren Blaney; general remarks by John Gagnon, CEO of Wawatay Native Communications Society. Part 2: Nuxalk Radio featuring Banchi Hanuse; Siem-nu-ts-lhhwulmuhw host Natasha Bob speaks about how the program came about and its content. Part 3: Gunargie O'Sullivan, a volunteer programmer, talked about the importance of Indigenous presence on community and campus radio stations; Doreen Manuel shared history of Secwepemc Radio. Part 5: Talk on CiTR Indigenous Collective and the program Unceded Airwaves, presented by Lisa Girbav, Mario P

Article in Anishinaabemowin; discusses statements made by the Sweetgrass First Nations Language Council on the cultural content of the of the language.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 6, (pp33-368).

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2013.

Designed to teach reading, writing and speaking Ojibwe. Consists of five introductory lessons followed by increasingly complex ones which build on each other.

Discusses the authors own spoken-word practice, past influences, and how it is currently being molded.

Folklore and Ethnomusicology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2001.

Discusses how multilingual instruction can assist in reviving and preserving traditional languages and looks at language program types and outcomes, community activities, structural support, and teacher training in the context of case studies from the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Timor-Leste.