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Raven Helps the Indians

Alternate Title
The Indian Reading Series: Stories and Legends of the Northwest ; Level 1, Book 20
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Coast Area Planning Committee

Children's story retells the Skokomish traditional story. Suitable for use with Grades K-3.

Related Material: Lesson Plan.

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The Raven Steals the Light

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Daniel Foreman
Sharlene Millang
Gabriel Lazarick
Kelly Davies
Wes Doyle
Animated short of the Haida creation story. Duration: 9:27.
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Raven Travelling: Page One: A Lost Haida Text

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Skaai of the Qquuna Qiighawaai
Canadian Literature, no. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 98-111
Previously-lost creation story transcribed in October 1900. Includes English translation. Entire journal one pdf. Scroll down to page 98 to read article.
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Ravens and Film: Stories of Continuity and Mediation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eugenia Kisin
Visual Anthropology Review, vol. 27, no. 2, Fall, 2011, pp. 131-140
Analyzes the computer-animated television series, Raven's Tales, which updates and adapts Northwest Coast legends and myths for young audiences.
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Reading from the Heart Out: Chief Bromden through Indigenous Eyes

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kimberly Rae Connor
Concentric, vol. 37, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 231-253
Re-reading of the American classic, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, exploring author's choice to narrate the story from the perspective of the character of the Native American chief.
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"Reading" Rock Art: One Sense/Many Senses

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Wendy Wickwire
Michael M'Gonigle
BC Studies, no. 108, Winter, 1995, pp. 75-93
Review essay of, They Write Their Dreams on the Rock Forever: Rock Writings in the Stein River Balley of British Columbia by Annie York, Richard Daly and Chris Arnett.
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Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cécile Pachocinski
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, Espaces-Lieux-Noms / Spaces-Places-Names, 2004, pp. 245-247
Book review of: Sanaaq by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, transliterated and translated novel of Inuktitut in French by Bernard Saladin d'Anglure, preface and afterword by Bernard Saladin d'Anglure. Review in French.
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Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Louis-Jacques Dorais
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, Inuit urbains / Urban Inuit, 2008, pp. 175-177
Review of: Si Nous Nous Réveillons par Temps Calme ... Une Saga Familiale du Groenland Oriental by Jens Rosing, translated from the Danish by Catherine Enel, illustrations by the author and forward by Joëlle Robert-Lamblin. Review in French.
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Book Reviews
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la Langue et les Savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 371-374
Review of Au Pays des Inuit: Un Film, un Peuple, une Légende (Atanarjuat, La Légende de l'Homme Rapide) by Bernard Saladin D'Anglure and Igloolik Isuma Productions. Review in French.
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Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Virginie Vaté
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Populations et Migrations / Populations and Migrations, 2002, pp. 204-207
Book review of: The Flying Tiger: Women Shamans and Storytellers of the Amur by Kira Van Deusen. Review in French.
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Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Yvon Csonka
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka / Chukotka, 2007, pp. 388-391
Review of Peuples du Grand Nord, vol. 1: Des Mythes à la Préhistoire and vol. 2: Vers Esquimau: Du Mammouth à la Baleine by Patrick Plumet. Review in French.
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Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Louis-Jacques Dorais
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka / Chukotka, 2007, pp. 393-394
Review of The Southernmost People of Greenland: Dialects and Memories = Qavaat – Oqalunneri Eqqaamassaallu by Maliâraq Vebæk ; edited by Birgitte Sonne and with a contribution on phonology by Birte H. Christensen. Review in French.
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[Reclaiming Native American Cultures: Proceedings of the Native American Symposium], Part Five: Oral History and Tradition

Alternate Title
Chahta-Immataha and the Choctaw Bible
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
The King of the Waters: Legend of the Horned Water Serpent
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Deborah Mitchell
Jerry Bryan Lincecum
The King of the Waters: Legend of the Horned Water Serpent by Deborah Mitchell examines the rare legend of a "snake-man". Chahta-Immataha and the Choctaw Bible by Jerry Bryan Lincecum discusses the oral tradition of the Choctaw people.
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[Reclaiming Native American Cultures: Proceedings of the Native American Symposium], Part Four: Native American Languages

Alternate Title
Language in Mari Sandoz’s Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Sam Kenoi’s “Coyote and the Whitemen”: Contact in and out of a Chiricahua Narrative
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anthony K. Webster
Kimberli Lee
Sam Kenoi’s “Coyote and the Whitemen”: Contact in and out of a Chiricahua Narrative by Anthony K. Webster examines specific narration by placing it within the context of received standards for a Coyote narrative. Language in Mari Sandoz’s Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas by Kimberli Lee discusses the Indian perspectives used in Mari Sandoz’s work.
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Recognizing Indian Folk History as Real History: A Fort Ross Example

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Glenn J. Farris
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 471-480
Looks at the historical merits of two Kashaya Pomo oral stories regarding the Hudson Bay Company's 1833 expeditions in California by comparing the stories with Russian and English written accounts from the era.
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Reconciling Issues of Time-Past and Time-Present in New Works of BC Ethnography: A Review Essay

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Wendy Wickwire
BC Studies, no. 138/139, Native Geographies, Summer/Autumn, 2003, pp. 165-172
Book review of: Indian Myths & Legends From the North Pacific Coast of America: A Translation of Franz Boas' 1895 Edition of Indianische Sagen von der Nord-Pacifischen Kuste Amerikas edited by Randy Bouchard and Dorothy Kennedy. Gateways: Exploring the Legacy of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1897-1902 edited by Igor Krupnik and William W. Fitzhugh. Q'sapi: A History of Okanagan People as Told by Okanagan Families edited by Shirley Louis.
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Reconstituting Indigenous Oceanic Folktales

Alternate Title
Folktales and Fairy Tales: Translation, Colonialism, and Cinema
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Steven Edmund Winduo
Discusses how scholars use tradition to view culture, society and events. Chapter four from Folktales and Fairy Tales: Translation, Colonialism, and Cinema a symposium held in Honolulu, September, 2010.
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Redhead

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Indian History Film Project
A story that is a vague account of what one man had to do to win a bride.
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Redskins, Tricksters and Puppy Stew

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Documentary looks at Aboriginal comedy across Canada featuring comedians Don Kelly, Sharon Shorty and Jack Bear. Duration: 54:30.
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Religion of the Luiseño Indians of Southern California

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.8, no.3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Constance Goddard DuBois
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 8, (pp69-186).
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The Religious Practices of the Diegueño Indians

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.8 no.6
E-Books
Author/Creator
T. T. Waterman
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 8, (pp271-358).
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Remembering the Trickster in Tomson Highway's The Rez Sisters

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lina Perkins
Modern Drama, vol. 45, no. 2, Summer, 2002, pp. 259-269
Argues that the character of Nanabush is not identical to the figure found in traditional stories, and discusses his role in underlying temporal theme of the play.
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Report on the Ethnological Survey of Canada [1900]

Alternate Title
Appendix II: Notes on the Skqomic of British Columbia, a Branch of the Salish Stock of North America
Appendix III: The Hurons of Lorette
Ethnological Survey of Canada -- Report of the Committee consisting ...
Notes on the Squamish of British Columbia, a Branch of the Salish Stock of North America
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Charles Hill-Tout
Léon Gérin]
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Resisting Exile in the Homeland: He Mo'oleno No Lā'ie

Alternate Title
Resisting Exile in the Homeland: He Mo'oleno No La'ie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hokulani K. Aikau
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 1, Winter, 2008, pp. 70-95
The author explores the contradictions in the different narratives about place—Indigenous and Mormon—surrounding the town of Lā'ie on O’ahu. Works to problematize the oppositional relationship between Indigeneity and modernity. Explores sites of resistance occupied by Kanaka Maoli members of the Church of Latter-day Saints (LDS).
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