Traditional Stories

Comparative Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 2008.

Quileute Elder relates traditional stories and discusses the way Quileute culture has been presented in the Twilight books and movies. Duration: 1:10:03.

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.

Examines J. Edward Chamberlin's relationship between stories and land from the perspective of a First Nations narrative.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol.5, (pp21-63).

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.34 (p.1-179).

Examines the three reasons behind the conversion of the Navajo, or Diné, to the little-known eastern religion in the early 1960s.

Looks at germ warfare with respect to the smallpox blanket story and other poison-garment legends.

For use with the two-player cooperative video game, developed in collaboration with the Cook Inlet Tribal Council, which incorporates traditional stories along with culture and values of the Iñupiat community. See also:

A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council. Duration: 50:01.

"Collected and published with an English translation." Texts collected by the author in both Blackfoot and English.

Looks at the revival and benefits of storytelling and oral traditions. Scroll down to view article.

Brief interview with a Pelly Bay carver. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 12.

Discusses a village situated between the nomadic culture of the interior and Norwegian culture of the coast and effects living on that boundary has had on beliefs about supernatural beings.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Esthetology, or the Science of Activities Designed to Give Pleasure by J. W. Powell Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney

Examines different images and contrasting metaphors in David Treuer's work, challenging the whole idea of Indian identity.

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.

Evaluates two novels which address identity issues: Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko and Wolfsong by Louis Owens. American Studies Honors Thesis--Utah State University, 2010.

Reviews folklore scholarship and the future of research.

Discusses the stereotypical portrayal of the Finnar (the Sami and the Finns) in various stories. The most negative depiction being Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 34, (pp247-354).

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.

Examines the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) from an Aboriginal perspecitve and a scientific one. Duration:47:40.

Excerpt from the Report of Committee on Awards World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; includes a composite of an often told Inuit story.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 10, (pp265-288).

Reprinted from The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 1, no. 2, July-September, 1888.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 20 (pp1-16).

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.

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.

Considers the meaning and significance of numbers between one and ten in Indigenous North American philosophies and beliefs.

Spanish and Portuguese Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1993.

Website has links to the tribal council business, language instruction, and cultural stories videos and narratives.

Looks at examples of cultural property collected by anthropologists from the North Pacific in the late19th century. Chapter in book: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property. Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten.

Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2002.

Presents an Australian Aboriginal view of the creation of the human species.

Studies the way in which a particular "Indian" story came to prominence and the impact it continues to have.

Presents Ainu litigation against the mismanagement of property by the Japanese state under the Former Natives Protection Act .

Profile of an Inuit artist who usually carves animal figures. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 38.

A discussion on the role of oral traditions in Lakota culture and the certain patterns and styles used to engage listeners.

Collection of 42 stories.

Traditional stories with parallel text in Ojibwe and English. Part Two.