Oral Traditions

Comments on a play that focuses on the contemporary situation of youth in Montreal and the imaginary community of Kinogamish.

Contents are divided into three parts: Part I: The Two Infants Born, and the Creation of the Universe. Part II: A Real Account of the Settlement of North America and Their Dissensions Part III: Origin of the Kingdom of the Five Nations, Which was Called a Long House -- The Wars, Fierce Animals, &c.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cornell University, 2000.

Thoughts on modernity/coloniality, geopolitics of knowledge, border thinking, and decolonial perception.

Review essay on: Remember This! Dakota Decolonization and the Eli Taylor Narratives by Waziyatawin Angela Wilson and In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors edited by Waziyatawin Angela Wilson.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of British Columbia, 2012.

Argues that stories about food gathering and recipes have become ways to revitalize food knowledge, cultural integrity, and community and therefore are necessary when healing trauma from colonization.

Ethnic Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2000.

Comparison and relationship among a 350 year range of documented variations of the Iroquoian creation myths.

Collection of 16 stories from Dene and Cree Elders in Northwestern Saskatchewan.

Home Economics Thesis (M.Sc.)--Montana State University, 1972.

Book review: Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health in Canada: Beyond the Social edited Margo Greenwood, Sarah de Leeuw, Nicole Marie Lindsay, and Charlotte Reading.

Origin of the story and how it "came to be told and believed."

Applied Psychology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Calgary, 2009.

Discusses the development of digital storytelling and how the authors have applied the multimedia work within the university classroom setting.

Note: Spine title: Religion of the N.A. Indian Jarvis' discourse begins with an assertion that North American indigenous peoples' religion has been degraded or dismissed by western thinkers. He then goes on to make observations regarding the spiritual idealogies and practices of, primarily, the Iroquois and the Chipewyan and place them into a Christian framework.

Modern Foreign Literatures [?]--Universidade Federal do Grande do Sul, 2010.

Guide to accompany collection of 14 films to support English-language and teaching. Includes resources for Summer Legend on page 37.

Discusses the manner in which the Coast Salish attitude towards death and burial has been reflected in their cultural practices and oral traditions.

Discusses why this story is part of a storyteller's repertoire throughout the Arctic and what this story tells us about the human condition.

Discusses the inadequacies of the predominant model of literacy in the context of Aboriginal language groups of the Northwest Territories.

Article discusses the different ways that Something Inside is Broken brings attention decolonization and how the language and music in the piece are both made to serve this purpose.

Analyzes Early Development Instrument to measure kindergarten children in the following categories: physical health and well-being, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive development, communication skills, and general knowledge.

Explains that although the author was planning on writing a novel with no political subject matter, she found that gardening was actually very political. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.

Discusses the responsibility which comes with the occupation of oral historian.

Provides overview of the program and goals which included documentation of the history of Native Americans in their own voices and from their own perspectives.

English Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Lethbridge, 2005. Author includes analyses of works of Pauline Johnson, Leslie Marmon Silko and Thomas King.

Discusses how the spiral journey of mythic heroes is used to provide a shift in viewer perspective.

Examines relationship between dreams and collective oral discourse and the attempts to re-invigorate the practice. 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.

Book review of: The Dream of a Broken Field by Diane Glancy. Review located by scrolling to page 172.

Author shares a mnemoic pictograph, symbolic of a dream, with the audience at an American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting held in Chicago in May 2007.

Book review of: Dreaming With The Ancestors by Shirley Boteler Mock. Review located by scrolling to page 158.

Discussion of stories about the Coyote.

Book reviews of: Dwoort Baal Kaat retold by Kim Scott, Russell Nelly and Wirlomin Nongard Language and Stories Project, with artwork by Helen (In) Hall. Inspired by the story Bob Roberts told Gerhardt Laves in 1931 at Albany in Western Australia. Yira Boornak Nyininy retold by Kim Scott, Hazel Brown, Roma Winmar and the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project, with artwork by Anthony (Troy) Roberts. Inspired by the story Bob Roberts told Gerhardt Laves in 1931 at Albany in Western Australia. Scroll down to page 205 to read review.

Overview of stories collected in the late 19th century relating to the origins and migrations of the confederacy of Siksika, Kainai and Piikani peoples.

Studied the occurrence of human, dog, and bird lice. Through analysis of distribution of remains and Inughuit myths and legends, concludes that patterns are a result of delousing practices. Discusses the potential for studying Inuit hygiene.

Explores various metaphorical meanings within oral traditions. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Brief stories about the seasons, a hunting trip, working at the local convent, and journeying to the north.

Virtual exhibit of archeological artifacts from First Nations people in prehistoric Quebec.

Discusses how Erdrich's literary method gives a critique of the western worldview of the legacy of Euroamerican conquest.

Consists of an interview where he tells a story of how a bear helped a man.

Consists of an interview where she gives an account of plants and herbs used as medicine; and gives a description of basket making procedures.

Consists of an interview where she discusses Medicine Men and their purported powers. She briefly mentions Indian superstitions (being born with a caul on her face; being the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter).

Plenary paper from:Cross-Culturalism in Children's Literature: Selected Papers From the 1987 International Conference of Children's Literature Association (14th, Ottawa, Canada, May 14-17, 1987) edited by Susan R. Gannon, Ruth Anne Thompson. Scroll down to page 31 to read material.