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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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Anthropological Studies of Native American Place Naming

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas F. Thornton
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 209-228
Description
Author traces the history and development of “North American Indian Place Names Studies” as a discipline in the field of anthropology; analyzes a successful model of cooperative research on Tlingit place names.
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First Nations Languages of British Columbia

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Yinka Déné Language Institute (YDLI)
Description
Website includes links to bibliographies on languages and language families, Chinook jargon, classified list, ethnobiology, and index of variant language names. .
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The Girl Who Lived with the Bears

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Douglas
Kitty Eddy
Shgen George
Kathy Nielson
Hans Chester ... [et al.]
Description

Retelling of traditional Tlingit story. Lesson plan for Grades 4-6.

Related Material: Teacher resource including Tlingit language wall cards, retelling materials, transformation story elements, reader's theatre script for The Woman Who Married a Bear, and calendar icons.

 

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Handbook of American Indian Languages, Part 1

Alternate Title
Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology) ; 40
E-Books
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
Pliny Earle Goddard
John R. Swanton
Roland B. Dixon
William Jones
William Thalbitzer
Truman Michelson
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How Raven Stole the Sun

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Douglas
Kitty Eddy
Shgen George
Kathy Nielson
Hans Chester ... [et al.]
Description

Retelling of a traditional Tlingit story also known as Box of Daylight or How Raven Brought Light to the World. Lesson plan intended for Grades K-5.

Related Material: Teacher Resource.

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Kayaaní: Plants

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Douglas
Kitty Eddy
Shgen George
Kathy Nielson
Hans Chester ... [et al.]
Description

Science unit also teaches Tlingit vocabulary. Lesson plan intended for use with Grades K-5.

Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.

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Learning to Talk to the Land: Online Stewardship in Taku River Tlingit Territory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Schreyer
Jon Corbett
Nicole Gordon
Colleen Larson
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. 106-133
Description
Article describes a web-based participatory mapping tool(https://trt.geolive.ca/) which combines ideologies of stewardship with place names and stories.
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Taku River Tlingit Place Names

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Taku River Tlingit First Nation
Andrew Williams
Bryan Jack
Louise Gordon
Susan Carlick ... ]
Description
Website mapping application used to showcase Tlingit Place names and the stories associated with those places; also to convey Tlingit ideologies of stewardship and relationship with the land.
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Tale of an Alaska Whale

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Douglas
Kitty Eddy
Shgen George
Kathy Nielson
Hans Chester ... [et al.]
Description

Retelling of traditional Tlingit story also known as Naatsilanéi, The Origin of the Killer Whale or Kéet Shagoon. Literature unit also teaches Tlingit vocabulary. Lesson plans intended for Grades K-5. 

Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources

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X’aat: Salmon

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Douglas
Kitty Eddy
Shgen George
Kathy Nielson
Hans Chester ... [et al.]
Description

Science unit also teaches Tlingit vocabulary. Lesson plans intended for Grades K-1.

Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.

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Yaakwx': Canoes

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Douglas
Kitty Eddy
Shgen George
Kathy Nielson
Hans Chester ... [et al.]
Description

Focuses on Tlingit language and culture. Lesson plan is for Grades 2-3.

Related Material: Teacher Resources.

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