Oral Traditions

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Text as Trickster: Postmodern Language Games in Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Blair
MELUS, vol. 20, no. 4, Maskers and Tricksters , Winter, 1995, pp. 75-90
Argues that Chippawa author Gerald Vizenor's Darkness in Saint Louis Bearheart is radical and traditional at the same time and makes extensive use of oral tradition while employing postmodern narrative strategies within a written text.
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The Texts are Compelling: Introduction to This Issue

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Toby C. S. Langen
Bonnie Barthold
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 1-7
Provides an introduction to an issue devoted to traditional literatures. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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"They Knew How to Respect Children": Life Histories and Culturally Appropriate Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert M. Leavitt
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Educating: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, Spring, 1994, pp. 182-192
Looks at life histories of Maliseet and Micmac university students and Bolivian Aymara, Quechua, and Uru women to help students realize their own identity and potential.
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Thirtieth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1908-1909

Alternate Title
30th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1908-1909
E-Books
Author/Creator
W. H. Holmes
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Chief by W. H. Holmes Ethnobotany of the Zuñi Indians by Matilda Coxe Stevenson An Inquiry Into the Animism, and Folk-lore of the Guiana Indians by Walter E. Roth List of Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology
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Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1914-1915

Alternate Title
36th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1914-1915
E-Books
Author/Creator
F. W. Hodge
Francis La Flesche
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Ethnologist-in-Charge by F. W. Hodge The Osage Tribe: Rite of the Chiefs; Sayings of the Ancient Men by Francis La Flesche
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"This is the way we were told ...": Multiple Literacies in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories

Alternate Title
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helen Balanoff
Emily Kudlak
Alice Kaodloak
Cynthia Chambers
Research on what constitutes literacy in a community from the perspective of the people who live there. 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.
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This Island, the World on the Turtle's Back

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William N. Fenton
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 75, no. 298, October-December 1962, pp. 283-300
Focuses on the Earth-grasper myth or Woman who fell from the Sky, one of the creation stories common to the nations of the Haudenosaunee confederacy and considers the themes and motifs contained therein as a lens for studying the cultures of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca peoples.
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Three Canadian Native Women Autobiographies: From the Synecdoche of the Communal to the Metonoymy of the Single Subject

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nieves Pascual Soler
The Grove: Working Papers on English Studies, no. 9, 2002, pp. 139-150
Analysis of: The Days of Augusta (1973) by Mary Augusta Tappage, The Ways of My Grandmothers (1982) by Beverly Hungry Wolf and I Walk in Two Worlds (1987) by Eleanor Brass. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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Through His Eyes: Life in the South Dakota State Penitentiary

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melissa Leal
Robert Angelo Horse
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, 2016, pp. 93-100
Comments on experiences at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls and presents interview with Robert Horse, president of the Native American Council of Tribes, Inc.
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Through Our Eyes: An Indigenous View of Mashapaug Pond

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Phoebe Farris
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 3, Defending Life First, September 2012, p. [?]
Discusses a project which includes collage art, poetry, photography and stamping, and tells the Indigenous history of Mashapaug Pond
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Thunder

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
John Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells the story about the origin of thunder.
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The Thunder-Bird Amongst the Algonkins

Alternate Title
The Thunder-Bird Amongst the Algonquins
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. F. [Alexander Francis] Chamberlain
American Anthropologist, vol. 3, no. 1, January 1890, pp. [51]-54
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Time Travellers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sally Berger
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 2, Summer, 1996, pp. 4-11
Comments on videotapes made by Igloolik Isuma Productions that document the portrayal and revival of older Inuit customs. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.
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Tipi Designs (3), Bundles, Etc.

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Bob Black Plume
John Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Describes various tipi designs and tells the story of how the Blood got tipis.
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Tom Smith Sr. Interview #1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Tom Sr. Smith
David Stevenson
Indian History Film Project
The person being interviewed is apparently telling traditional stories. However, a great deal of the dialogue is inaudible and the stories are thus virtually incomprehensible.
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Tom Yellowhorn Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Tom Yellowhorn
Albert Yellowhorn
Indian History Film Project
Tom Yellowhorn, who is the son of Chief Yellowhorn -- Chief RedCrow was his uncle, describes cattle-raising on the Peigan Reserve.
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Tom Yellowhorn Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Tom Yellowhorn
Johnny Smith
Indian History Film Project
Several topics are discussed: describes the acceptance by the Peigans of Treaty #7, and its effects on their way of life; compares U.S. and Canadian treaties and criticizes Canadian education of Indians; briefly describes some aspects of traditional ceremonies; and tells story of two spirits gambling for control of lands adjacent to Rockies.
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Tools for IINA (LIFE): The Journey of the IINA Curriculum to the Glittering World

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vivian Arviso
Dorinda Welle
GloJean Todacheene
Janet Slowman Chee
Gloria Hale-Showalter
Shirley Waterhouse
Susie John
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 19, no. 1, Special Issue: Reproductive health programs for youth, 2012, pp. 124-139
Presents the process used to create a community-based curriculum for disease prevention and health promotion designed for use in grades 4-6, by a group of Diné educators.
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Towards a National Indian Literature: Cultural Authenticity in Nationalism

Alternate Title
Part I: The Historical Matrix
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Simon J. Ortiz
MELUS, vol. 8, no. 2, Ethnic Literature and Cultural Nationalism , Summer, 1981, pp. 7-12
Looks at the history and themes in Indigenous literatures, and the culturally authentic voice found in those themes.
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Tracing the Curation of Indigenous Knowledge in a Biopiracy Case

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fabian Simasiku Kapepiso
Richard Higgs
AlterNative, vol. 16, no. 1, March 2020, pp. 38-44
Author discusses how oral tradition is not adequately protected by patent and copyright laws which allows industry to harvest traditional knowledge for profit; uses a case study of pharmaceutical companies to illustrate how this happens.
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Traditional Aboriginal Pedagogy

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Plea For Integration
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[John W. Friesen
Virginia Lyons Friesen]
Chapter Four in book: Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Plea For Integration by John W. Lyons Friesen and Virginia Lyons Friesen. Presents learning opportunities for non-Aboriginal educators.
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Traditional Approach Solves New Problems

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela Sexsmith
Windspeaker, vol. 17, no. 8, December 1999, p. 22

Discussion with Margaret Wapass, who intends to utilize traditional holistic counseling in order to address residential school syndrome, intergenerational impacts, crime prevention, corrections services and addictions.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.

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Traditional Knowledge and Social Science on Trial: Battles over Evidence in Indigenous Rights Litigation in Canada and Australia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arthur J. Ray
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, The Future of Traditional Knowledge Research: Building Partnership and Capacity, May 2015, pp. 1-18
Comments on the importance of traditional knowledge and oral traditions history as lines of evidence in Aboriginal claims litigation and alternative forms of resolution.
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Traditional Narrative: Contemporary Uses, Historical Perspectives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elaine A. Jahner
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1999, pp. [1]-28
Uses several examples, such as the Stone Boy origin story, to illustrate the importance of context. Different nuances appear when examining the tale, as it is told in different Sioux communities. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Traditional Native Poetry

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Agnes Grant
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 1985, pp. 75-91
Looks at oral poetry as it is put into the written form.
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Traditional Sources and New Techniques of Narration: A Contrastive Study Of Mythic Rituals in Maria Campbell’s Halfbreed and Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Punyashree Panda
Indian Review of World Literature in English, vol. 2, no. 1, January 2006, p. [?]
Focuses on the trepidations of Native Women writers and their appreciation of the cultures and traditions of their People, including the role of mother earth, hunting and fishing traditions, the peoples and the wars, and the waters and fires.
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