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“The Lord and the Center of the Farthest”: Ezol’s Journal as Tribalography in LeAnne Howe’s Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrice Hollrah
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 2, Tribalography, Summer, 2014, pp. 40-54
Description
Discusses how tribalography's literary capacity can bridge time, space, and place and be beneficial to tribal peoples and sovereignties. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 40.
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The Lord of the Coppers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Don Macnaughtan
Community College Moment, May [2015], pp. 74-78
Description
Brief rendition of story of a copper artifact with great power and value.
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Louise Bernice Halfe

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Louise Bernice Halfe
Ian Ferrier
Description
Interview with an author at the Words Aloud 4 Spoken Word Festival in Durham, Ontario, November 2007. Duration: 9:37.
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Loving Indianess: Native Women's Storytelling as Survivance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emerance Baker
Atlantis, vol. 29, no. 2, [Indigenous Women: The State of Our Nations], Spring/Summer, 2005, pp. 111-121
Description
Discusses how storytelling is used as a strategy for cultural survival to heal family and community and create social change.
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The Lynx in Time: Haudenosaunee Women's Traditions and History

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara A. Mann
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 423-449
Description
Author explores the stories of the Jigonsaseh (Haudenosaunee Clan Mothers), how these women’s stories have been skewed through the Western lens of ethnography, and how reclamation of these narratives is important in the ongoing reevaluation of women’s social roles.
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Maasu Re-Creates the World

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marguerite MacKenzie
Description
Presents two tales, one on the story of the flood and the creation of the world, the other on the origin of Cree place names in northern Quebec.
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The Madness of Bald Eagle

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charles A. Eastman
[The Southern Workman], vol. 34, March 1905, pp. 142-143
Description
Recounts the story of the Yanktonnais Sioux in battle with the Rees and Mandans.
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Maggie Victor Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Maggie Victor
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she shares general reminiscences of her life.
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The Magic of the People in Our Lives

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard Wagamese
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 9, December 2012, p. 12
Description

Comments on Norval Morriseau, an artist and a traditional teacher.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.

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Mainstream and Traditional of American-Indian Literature

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ontje Helena Manurung
Phenomena: Journal of Language and Literature, vol. 9, no. 2, October 2005, p. [?]
Description
Comparison of mainstream and traditional current literature. Mainstream is that which is written in English, by Aboriginal authors, and belongs to one of the standard genres - fiction, poetry, biography, as well as history and autobiography. Traditional literature includes forms like myths, legends, songs, tales, and oratories that are composed in an Aboriginal language, for Aboriginal audiences.
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"Making All the Crooked Ways Straight": The Satirical Portrait of Whites in Coast Salish Folklore

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Madronna Holden
The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 89, no. 353, July-Sept. 1976, pp. 271-293
Description
Jokes played on the first whites by Native American Indians living in southwestern Washington State became known as a folkloristic reception and were used by Aboriginal storytellers to translate historical fact into record.
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Making Associations

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jennifer Andrews
Canadian Literature, no. 168, Mostly Drama, Spring, 2001, pp. 151-152
Description
Book reviews of: Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King and Crazy Dave by Basil Johnston.
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Making It Work: A Model of Tribalography as Methodology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jill Doerfler
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 2, Tribalography, Summer, 2014, pp. 65-74
Description
Discusses the scholarly relevance of using the concept of tribalography as a research methodology and the risks and rewards associated with it. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 65.
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Making Paper Talk: Writing Indigenous Oral Life Narratives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Jacklin
ARIEL, vol. 39, no. 1-2, Life Writing in International Contexts, January-April 2008, pp. 47-69
Description
Discusses the challenges faced when attempting to present Indigenous narratives in a visual format that will facilitate their re-speaking.
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Malpeque: People of a Sacred Bay

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Lennox Island Learning Centre
Description
A look at Lennox Island First Nation on Prince Edward Island including history, contemporary community and Elders' stories.
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Mammoth or "Stiff-Legged Bear"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Truman Michelson
American Anthropologist, vol. 38, no. 1, New Series, January-March 1936, pp. 141-143
Description
Discussion of the origins of the monster found in legends of various tribes.
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A Man who Became Black - the Ship-Totem Myth

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, June 1989, pp. 41-48
Description
Recounts a mythical tale of love between Bajima, a white skinned man and Tageea, a dark skinned woman.
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A Manitoba Indian Legend

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Manitoba Pageant, vol. 7, no. 2, January 1962, p. [?]
Description
Story of Wah-ta-yap and Makoose, originally published in The Manitoban newspaper in 1872.
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Margaret Siwallace Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Margaret Siwallace
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with Margaret Siwallace where she mentions a flood legend of her people. She briefly describes the initital encounter of her people with Alexander MacKenzie.
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Maria Littlewolfe Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Maria Littlewolfe
Mary Mountain
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes a story of Maria Littlewolfe's grandfather who died and then returned to life.
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Marie Lemaigre Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marie Lemaigre
Ray Marnoch
Indian History Film Project
Description
Marie Lemaigre gives a general account of her life. (Very little detail given to individual topics).
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Marie Osecap 2 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marie Osecap
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes a description of life on the reserve that describes milking, sheep-shearing and fishing weirs. It also consists of stories about a woman whose husband turned into a lizard; a story of Wisakedjak; and how Thunder Blanket killed his wife and then himself.
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Marie Osecap Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Marie Osecap
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes a story of an evil spirit which caused an epidemic that killed many people. She also tells of the sale of their reserve and the subsequent moves to Sweet Grass Reserve and then to Moosomin Reserve.
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The Marriage of Crow

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martha Lamont
Thom Hess
Levi Lamont
Crisca Bierwert
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 48-65
Description
Presents an oral story titled, The Marriage Crow, told my Martha Lamont, transcribed by Thom Hess and Levi Lamont, and translated by Crisca Bierwert. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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The Marriage of Mother and Father: Michif Influences as Expressions of Métis Intellectual Sovereignty in Stories of the Road Allowance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mareike Neuhaus
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 20-48
Description
Argues that Maria Campbell's use of Michif was necessary to convey the true essence of the narratives. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 20.
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Masterworks of the Classical Haida Mythtellers, a Boxed Set of Three Volumes: A Story as Sharp as a Knife: The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World/Nine Visits to the Mythworld/Being in Being: The Collected Works of a Master Haida Mythteller

Book Reviews
BC Studies, no. 138/139, Native Geographies, Summer/Autumn, 2003, pp. 181-184
Description
Book reviews of: A Story Sharp as a Knife by Robert Bringhurst, Nine Visits to the Mythworld by Ghandl of the Qayahl Llaanas and Being in Being by Skaay of the Qquuna Qiighawaay.
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Mavis J. Adams Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mavis J. Adams
Mick Burrs
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mrs. Adams is a retired white schoolteacher and was 69 years old at the time of the interview. She tells of her induction as an honorary chief of the Blackfoot reserve and shares her experiences among the Blackfoot.
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Maximum Morality of Art: Thomas King’s Medicine River

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 9th, 2011
Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marija Krivokapic Kneževic
Description
Discusses the concept of relations and Native American identity in Medicine River.
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Maxine George Interview #4

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Maxine George
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview that is a very garbled account of the Sun and the Moon.
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Mayan Tales From Chiapas, Mexico

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joel W. Palka
American Anthropologist, vol. 118, no. 3, September 2016, pp. 677-678
Description
Book review of: Mayan Tales From Chiapas, Mexico by Robert M. Laughlin. Translated by Socorro Gómez Hernández and Juan Benito de la Torre.
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Me Funny

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gail de Vos
Resource Links, vol. 12, no. 1, October 2006, p. 62
Description
Book review of: Me Funny compiled and edited by Drew Hayden Taylor.
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Meaning in Mud: Yup'ik Eskimo Girls at Play

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Bennett DeMarrais
Patricia A. Nelson
Jill H. Baker
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 2, June 1992, pp. 120-144
Description
Describes storyknifing, a traditional form of storytelling.
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Mediated Lives: Oral Histories and Cultural Memory

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Roxanne Rimstead
Essays on Canadian Writing, no. 60, Winter, 1996, pp. 139-165
Description
Argues that in order to have a critical approach to oral histories one has to ask how the genre shapes the subject matter and memories.
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Mediating Athabascan Oral Traditions in Post-Secondary Classrooms

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beth Leonard
International Journal of Multicultural Education, vol. 10, no. 2, Special Issue; Indigenous Education, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Looks at a pre-service teacher education course, Alaska Native Education based on three versions of a Deg Hit'an Athabascan story.
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Medicine Boy and Other Cree Tales

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Byrna Barclay
Prairie Forum, vol. 4, no. 2, Fall, 1979, pp. 284-289
Description
Book review of: Medicine Boy and Other Cree Tales by Eleanor Brass.
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Medicine Lines: The Doctoring of Story and Self

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Annharte Baker
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, Racism and Gender, Spring, 1994, p. 114
Description
Author discusses the influence of oral traditions, storytelling, and the "grandmother's voice" on her work, with emphasis on characters Coyote Girl and Rat Lady in the play Albeit Aboriginal.
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Medicine Wheel Teachings With Napos

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Stephanie Stevens
Napos Menominee Nation
Description
Reflects worldviews on the concept of "4" and the Seven Gifts. Duration: 13:40.
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A MELUS Interview: Joseph Bruchac

Alternate Title
A MELUS Interview: Joseph Bruchac
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Meredith Ricker
Joseph Bruchac
MELUS, vol. 21, no. 3, Other Americas, Fall 1996, pp. 159-178
Description
Well known Native American storyteller speaks about his beliefs.
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