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Legend of Mistassini has Modern Chapter

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, November 22, 1996, p. A5
Description
Relates the story of the buffalo-shaped stone Mistassini, sacred to First Nations but destroyed when Gardiner Dam was built on the Saskatchewan River.
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[The Legend of 'Nanabozho']

Alternate Title
Monsters, Myths and Mystery: Great Canadian Legends
Ontario School Broadcasts ; April 29, 1971
[Alanis Obomsawin Tells the Legend of 'Nanabozho']
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Alanis Obamsawin
Description
Audio recording of a legend which is an example of how tribal ancestors used stories to teach children how to behave. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section. Duration: 9:46.
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The Legend of the Good Fella Missus

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. E. McGuire
Aboriginal History, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. [124]-151
Description
Comments on a historical myth that portrays racist and discriminatory views.
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The Legend of the Mimigwesseos

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gail Hamilton
Canadian Materials, vol. 7, no. 11, February 2, 2001
Description
Book review of: The Legend of the Mimigwesseos by Adam Ballantyne.
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The Legend of the White Horse Plain

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Margaret Arnett MacLeod
Manitoba Pageant, vol. 3, no. 2, January 1958, p. [?]
Description
Legend concerning the place name of an area outside of Winnipeg.
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Legends I: An Inuit Journey

Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Legends Project
[Inuit Legends I]
Media » Sound Recordings
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends, and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from Iqaluit, Nunavut. Duration: 53:59
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[Legends II]: Legends of the Eastern Arctic

Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Legends Project
Media » Sound Recordings
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends, and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from Eastern Arctic. Duration: 54:57
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[Legends III]: Legends of the Mushuau Innu of Natuashish

Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Legends Project
[Legends of the Mushuau Innu: People of the Barrens]
Media » Sound Recordings
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from Natuashish, Labrador. Duration: 56:22
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[Legends IV]: Legends of the Shuswap

Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Legends Project
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Mary Thomas
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities.This audio recording is from Salmon Arm, British Columbia. Duration: 54:28.
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[Legends IX]: Gwich'in Legends

Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Legends of the Gwich'in
Legends Project
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Greenland
Mary Kend
Annie Norbert
Gabe Andre
Eunice Mitchell
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends, and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from the Northwest Territories. Duration: 53:58
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Legends of Our Times: Native Cowboy Life

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gail Paul Armstrong
Prairie Forum, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring, 1999, pp. 131-134
Description
Book review of: Legends of Our Times: Native Cowboy Life by Morgan Baillargeon and Leslie Tepper.
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Legends of the Elders

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Elder C. Wilna (Willy) Hodgson
Prairie Forum, vol. 26, no. 2, Fall, 2001, pp. 263-265
Description
Book review of: Legends of the Elders by John W. Friesen.
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Legends of the Micmacs

Alternate Title
Legends of the Mi'kmaq
Wellesley Philological Publications
E-Books
Author/Creator
Silas Tertius Rand
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Legends of the Northwest

E-Books
Author/Creator
H. L. Gordon
Description
Includes several legends of the Dakota people: The Feast of the Virgins, Winona, A Legend of the Falls, The Sea Gull and an Ojibwa legend: Minnetonka.
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The Legends Project [Collection]

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends, and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. Audios contain general information on the First Nations involved, recordings of Elders, explanation of the legends, and legends recorded in both English and the original First Nations language.
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Legends: The Story of Siwash Rock

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joanne Peters
Canadian Materials, vol. 7, no. 6, November 17, 2000
Description
Review of National Film Board video designed for Grade 10, which uses the traditional story of Siwash Rock with a contemporary application concerning teenage pregnancy.
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[Legends V]: Legends of the Old Massett Haida

Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Legends Project
Media » Sound Recordings
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Duration: 54:55
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[Legends VI]: Legends of the Mi'kmaq

Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Kluskap's People: Stories of the Mi'kmaq
Legends Project
Media » Sound Recordings
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from Eskasoni, Cape Breton. Duration: 54:32
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[Legends VII]: Legends of the Kainai (Stories from the Blackfoot People)

Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Legends Project
Media » Sound Recordings
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities.This audio recorded at the Blood Reserve in Alberta. Duration: 54:05
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[Legends VIII]: Legends of the Ilnu of Mashteuiatsh of Quebec

Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Legends Project
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
[Jean Marie Basille
Thomas Simion?]
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from Mashteuiatsh, Quebec. Duration: 53:56
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[Legends X]: Legends of the Kwak'wala

Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) ; May 18, 2010
Legends Project
Max'inuxw the Killer Whale Stalks Its Prey
Peace Treaty with the Mi'max'inuxw - The Killer Whales
The Gwich'in Legends
The Little Wren
The Origin of Dances and the Potlatch
The Path of Our Ancestors
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Lalakanis
Pauline Alfred
Henry "Teen" Hunt
Helen "Teen" Hunt
Maxwayalis Charlie Matilpi
Namgis Chief Wawi'igesu
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends, and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This segment created in Alert Bay, British Columbia. Duration: 53.59
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[Legends XI]: Legends from Ahtahkakoop

Alternate Title
Buffalo Child Stone (BC & CBC)
How the World Got Colour
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Legends Project
The Dancers
The Eagle and the Otter (EO & CEO)
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Barry Ahenakew
Arnold Isbister
Fred Sasakamoose
Description
Dramatization of Cree legends from community of Sandy Lake, Saskatchewan. Duration: 53.58
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[Legends XII]: Legends of the Cayuga

Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Legends Project
Maid of the Mist
Maple Sugar
The Hunting of Ugly Bear
The Seven Dancers
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Alfred Keye
Lottie Keye
Ima Johnson
Ruby Williams
Ariel Harris
Betty Henry
Nora Carrier
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends, and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from Ohsweken, on the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. Duration: 53.58
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Letter

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ernest Merwick
Indian History Film Project
Description
Ernest Merwick writes a letter to Margaret Stobie regarding possible Scottish (Orkney) connections to the Red River dialect of certain tribes in that area. Letter includes an Orkney fairytale. No date given, possibly the 1970's. No indexed terms.
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Lisandro Mendez's "Coyote and Deer": On Reciprocity, Narrative Structures, and Interactions

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony Webster
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 1, Winter, 1999, pp. 1-24
Description
Article examines the Lipan Apache narrative about Coyote which had been recorded and translated by the linguist Harry Hoijer from a telling by Lisandro Mendez. Author examines the content and themes of the text alongside the poetic and narrative devices it uses; situates the text among other Coyote narratives.
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Literature and Criticism by Native and Metis Women in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sylvia Bowerbank
Dolores Nawagesic Wawia
Feminist Studies, vol. 20, no. 3, September 1, 1994, pp. 565-582
Description
Discusses Indigenous women authors' cultural resurgence in writing to preserve and reclaim the stories and myths of their peoples.
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Little People

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Conley Stone McAnally
Whispering Wind, vol. 36, no. 2, Issue 252, September-October 2006, p. 20
Description
Looks at stories about the Ircinrraqs (Yup'ik) or Inukun (Inupiaq) that live around northern communities.
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Little Wolf

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John G. Neilhardt
[Overland Monthly], no. [38], December 1901, pp. 461-464
Description
The story of Little Wolf an Omaha Indian boy.
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