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Native Literacy: A Living Language

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rhonda L Paulsen
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 1, Advancing Aboriginal Language and Literacy, 2003, pp. 23-28
Description
Native literacy is explored in terms of oral tradition, storytelling, culture, and language. Compares Native and Euro-Western definitions of literacy and looks at implications in the field of education.
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Native Reclamation

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Vivian Hansen
The Beaver, vol. 84, no. 4, August/September 2004, p. 46
Description
Book review of: The Vengeful Wife & and Other Blackfoot Stories by Hugh A. Dempsey.
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Native Tales and Traditions in Books for Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jon C. Stott
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Summer, 1992, pp. 373-380
Description
Literary criticism article: non-Indigenous author reviews several children’s books and through the reviews proposes an approach for the evaluation of books by both non-Indigenous and Indigenous authors.
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Native Wisdom on Belonging

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin Brokenleg
Reclaiming Children and Youth, vol. 7, no. 3, Fall, 1998, pp. 130-132
Description
Introduces the Native American Circle of Courage model and discusses the first principle. First issue in a series of four exploring the universal needs principles of children and youth for belonging, mastery, independence and generosity.
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Native Women Writing: Tracing the Patterns

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beverly Rasporich
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 1996, pp. 37-50
Description
Examines the style of women writings: the projection of intimate, first person, voice and the confessional, all displaying a common thread of orality.
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Natoas Bundle

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
Dave Melting Tallow
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview about the story of the Natoas bundle. The girl who married a star, gave birth to a child and then returned to earth.
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The Navajo Indians

Articles » General
Author/Creator
William M. Edward
Harper's Weekly, vol. 34, July 5, 1890, p. 530
Description
Author explores the Navajo Indian reservation from Fort Wingate to Fort Defiance.
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The Need for Stories

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Renate Eigenbrod
Canadian Literature, no. 190, South Asian Diaspora, Autumn, 2006, pp. 88-90
Description
Book reviews of: Suddenly They Heard Footsteps: Storytelling for the Twenty-First Century by Dan Yashinsky and Our Story: Aboriginal Voices On Canada’s Past by Tantoo Cardinal, Tomson Highway and Lee Maracle. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 88.
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New Interpretations of Native American Literature: A Survival Technique

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Galen Buller
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 1-2, 1980, pp. 165-177
Description
Discusses the attributes and attitudes that make this literature unique and argues that because of this it requires a different approach to literary criticism. Focuses on works by N. Scott Momaday and Leslie Silko.
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New Wine for Old Wineskins: Storytelling Makes a Comeback

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the Western Social Science Association, American Indian Studies Section, 2OO7
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John W. Friesen
Virginia Lyons Friesen
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, Summer, 2007
Description
Looks at the revival and benefits of storytelling and oral traditions. Scroll down to view article.
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Niitsitapi Relational and Experiential Theories in Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tsuaki R. O. Marule
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 35, no. 1, Indigenous Pedagogies Resurgence and Restoration, 2012, pp. 131-143, 223
Description
Discusses a proposed Indigenous educational theory centering on Niitsitapi ways of knowing to reappropriate the curricular space.
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Nisga'a Paradigm of Rebirth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Antonia Mills
Deanna Nyce
Emma Nyce
Joseph Gosnell
Pauline Grandison
Lorene Plante ... [et al.]
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 85-95, 187-189
Description
Discusses the spiritual beliefs associated with reincarnation.
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Noah Meets Old Coyote, or Singing in the Rain: Intertextuality in Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura E. Donaldson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 27-43
Description
Looks at what is real and what is magical in Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water by weaving the traditional world of oral Indigenous story telling with the individualised western written text. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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North American Indian Folklore Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan Dundes
Journal de la Société des Américanistes, vol. 56, no. 1, 1967, pp. 53-79
Description
Reviews folklore scholarship and the future of research.
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The North and the Depiction of the Finnar in the Icelandic Sagas

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeremy DeAngelo
Scandinavian Studies, vol. 82, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 257-286
Description
Discusses the stereotypical portrayal of the Finnar (the Sami and the Finns) in various stories. The most negative depiction being Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla.
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Northern Dene Bibliography

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ed Labenski
Description
Sources are divided by two areas, "Chipewyan" (Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, North West Territories) and British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon and Northwest Territories, grouped together. Each area is then divided into a social and cultural section and a language section. Bibliography includes citations from the Hearne Bibliography. The article is current as of 1998.
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Northern Resident Helps Bridge the Gap Between Cultures

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Black
Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 12, April 1999, p. 16 s
Description

Brief profile of Mitiarjuk Attasie Nappaaluk, recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation in the Heritage and Spirituality category. Mitiarjuk is a Nunavik storyteller and teacher of Inuit culture, history, language and traditional knowledge.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.36.

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Northern Restoration

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ashleigh Gaul
Ryerson Review of Journalism, Winter, 2012, p. [?]
Description
Reviews the career of Zacharias Kunuk, director of the acclaimed film Atanarjuat.
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Northern Voices (Book Review)

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 70, no. 4, December 1989, pp. 606-608
Description
Book review of: Northern Voices: Inuit Writing in English by Penny Petrone.
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Not for Publication, or: On Not (Yet, Anyway) Producing

Bicultural Lumbee Auto-Ethnography

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Gardner
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 2, Series 2; Teaching American Indian Literatures, Summer, 1996, pp. [29]-46
Description
Describes a masters level course which included a fieldwork component consisting of interviewing an elder. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Notes on the Fox Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Jones
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 24, no. 92, April-June 1911, pp. 209-237
Description
Observations on customs, stories including Creation, transcribed by Franz Boas from the manuscripts of. William Jones (1871-1909) the first Native American to obtain a Ph.D. in anthropology.
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The Novel as Performance Communication in Louise Erdrich's Tracks

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Flavin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1991, pp. 1-12
Description
Explores oral traditions and their importance to tribal culture in Louise Erdrich's novelTracks. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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The Novels of Louise Erdrich: Stories of Her People. Connie A. Jacobs

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lori Burlingame
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2001, pp. 105-110
Description
Book review of: The Novels of Louise Erdrich: Stories of Her People by Connie A. Jacobs. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Nuu-Chah-Nulth

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council
Description
Website has links to the tribal council business, language instruction, and cultural stories videos and narratives.
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