Traditional Stories
Kato Texts
Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.5, no.3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pliny Earle Goddard
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol.5, (pp65-238).
The Kaupata Motif in Silko’s Ceremony: A Study of Literary Homology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert M. Nelson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1999, pp. [2]-21
Description
Uses the section of Ceremony dealing with the story of Sun Man's encounter with Kaupata the Gambler to illustrate Silko's interweaving of oral traditions with print ethnographic accounts.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Keres Pueblo Concepts of Deity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony F. Purley
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, 1974, pp. 29-32
Description
Analysis of creation stories articulate Keres spiritual beliefs: presence of a Supreme Being (Tse che nako), who is female, existence of numerous lesser deities, and that man is not superior to the rest of nature.
Keynote Address: The Rolling Head's "Grave" yard
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louise Bernice Halfe Skydancer
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, 2006, pp. 65-74
Description
Speech attempts to unravel the philosophy behind "The Sacred Story of the Rolling Head", including its psychology and spirituality.
Killing the Weendigo with Maple Syrup: Anishnaabe Pedagogy and Post-Secondary Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lana Ray
Paul Nicolas Cormier
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 35, no. 1, Indigenous Pedagogies: Resurgence and Restoration, 2012, pp. 163-176, 221, 224
Description
Discusses how an Anishnaabe approach to teaching and learning is useful at the post-secondary level and also in Indigenous research.
Klee Wyck: The Eye of the Other
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hilda L. Thomas
Canadian Literature, no. 136, Nature, Politics, Poetics, Spring, 1993, pp. 5-20
Description
Focuses on several facets of Emily Carr's book Klee Wyck: the feminist tone; the effect of modernism on native life; examination of the sketches; the message of disintegration, loss and of hope.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 5.
Knotted Bellies and Fragile Webs: Untangling and Re-Spinning in Tayo's Healing Journey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jude Todd
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 155-170
Description
Literary criticism article that deals with Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel Ceremony. Author explores the relationship between the belly and the mind in Pueblo cultural and spiritual contexts and through this lens explores Tayo’s, Ceremony’s main character, expression of his PTSD.
Ko-pat Ka-nat
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
[John M. Gunn]
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 25-30
Description
Rendition of a legend originating with the Keresan Indians of New Mexico. Excerpt from Schat-chen: History, Traditions and Naratives [sic] of the Queres Indians of Laguna and Acoma.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
The Koryak: Religion and Myths
Alternate Title
Memoir[s] of the American Museum of Natural History ; [v. 10]
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 6, pt. 1
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Waldemar Jochelson
Description
Forms part of the Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 10 (p. [1]-382).
Kwakiutl Texts I
Alternate Title
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 5. Anthropology ; v. 4
Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v.3, pt. 1
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
George Hunt
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v.5 (p. [3]-270).
Kwakiutl Texts II
Alternate Title
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 5. Anthropology ; v. 4
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 2, pt. 2
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
George Hunt
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 5 (p. [271]-[402]).
Kwakiutl Texts III
Alternate Title
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 5. Anthropology ; v. 4
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. [3], pt. 3
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
George Hunt
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 5 (p. [403]-532).
Kwakiutl Texts. Second Series
Alternate Title
Memoir[s] of the American Museum of Natural History ; [v. 14]
Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 10, pt. 1
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
George Hunt
Franz Boas
Description
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 14 (p. [3]-269).
Kwork Kwork the Green Frog and Other Tales From the Spirit Time; the Aboriginal Children's History of Australia
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Genevieve Bell
Aboriginal History, vol. 2, no. 2, 1978, pp. 182-183
Description
Book review of: Kwork Kwork the Green Frog and Other Tales From the Spirit Time and The Aboriginal Children's History of Australia by Aboriginal Children.
To access review, scroll down to page 182.
Labored Learning: The Outing System at Sherman Institute, 1902-1930
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Whalen
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 1, 2012, pp. 151-175
Description
Discusses the program that involved hard labour and comments on the students that made the most out of the situation.
Laguna Symbolic Geography and Silko's "Ceremony"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edith Swan
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 229-249
Description
Looks at the journey spiritual of Leslie Silko's protagonist Tayo through a Laguna symbolic world created by the Spider Women character. Laguna Pueblo is located in northwestern New Mexico.
Lakota Culture
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Aktá Lakota Museum & Cultural Center
Description
Includes links to beliefs and traditions, Seven Council Fires, legends, historical American Indian leaders and South Dakota tribal lands.
Related: Artists and Authors; Spirit Animals.
Lakota Myth and Government: The Cosmos as the State
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael E. Melody
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 3, 1980, pp. 1-19
Description
Discusses how the myth and ideas it embodies are foundational to a worldview which informs all relationships, codes of behavior, and ways of governing.
Landscape as Narrative, Narrative as Landscape
Alternate Title
Landscape as Narrative: Traveling the Sacred Geography of the Anishinaabeg
Narrative as Landscape: A Home Beyond Boundaries in Linda Hogan's Solar Storms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theresa S. Smith
Jill M. Fiore
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. [58]-80
Description
Discusses the importance of environment, location and sense of place in Native American literature.
Two sub-articles: Landscape as Narrative: Traveling the Sacred Geography of the Anishinaabeg and Narrative as Landscape: A Home Beyond Boundaries in Linda Hogan's Solar Storms.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 58.
The Last Travellers--Gypsies and Lapps on the Way to Modern Society
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marjatta Rahikainen
European Legacy, vol. 4, no. 3, Special Issue: Otherness, Identity and Politics, June 1999, pp. 50-61
Description
Looks at folktales involving gypsies and Lapps (Sami) and the colonization of Lapland.
ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱
Alternate Title
LAUWELNEW, the Saanich Peoples' Story of the Great Flood: Lesson Plan
LAUWELNEW
E-Books
Author/Creator
Earl Claxton
Description
WSANEC (Saanich) great flood story. Text in a mixture of English and SENĆOŦEN.
Related material: Lesson Plan by Shauna White and Kathryn Godfrey appropriate for Grade 6 language arts/ social studies.
Learning from Story
Alternate Title
Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education: Unit Four Introduction
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jan Hare
Description
Comments on the significance, features, and characteristics of oral narratives, strategies for using storytelling in teaching and learning, and protocol for telling Indigenous stories. Unit 4 of 6.
Duration: 15:45.
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.