The Story of the Falling Star
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Isobel White
Aboriginal History, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. 239-240
Description
Book review of: The Story of the Falling Star told by Elsie Jones, drawings by Doug Jones, collages by Karin Donaldson.
Review located by scrolling to page 239.
Storying Swí:lhcha: Place Making and Power at a Stó:lō Landmark
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sabina Trimble
BC Studies, no. 190, Histories of Settler Colonialism, Summer, 2016, pp. 39-66
Description
Looks at three types of place making stories about Swidhcha or Cultus Lake: original stories, trail stories, and boundary-making stories.
Storytelling to Stage: The Growth of Native Theatre in Canada
Alternate Title
Their Deserate Need for Noble Savages
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Elizabeth Theobald
TDR [The Drama Review], vol. 41, no. 3, Autumn, 1997, pp. 140-152
Description
Discussion on how theatre is an ever-growing extension of storytelling with metaphorical, philosophical, and psychological implications.
“Stranded in the Wasteland:” Literary Allusion in The Sharpest Sight
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carolyn Holbert
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 2002, pp. [1]-25
Description
Contends that the writer uses Western sources from Shakespeare through to Edward Lear, Robert Frost and T.S. Eliot and blends them with Native American literary traditions to create a truly mixedblood novel.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Structure, Metaphor, and Iconicity in Koyukon Shamanistic Stories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chad Thompson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 149-169
Description
Author describes different types of Koyukon traditional stories and their role in the in the spiritual and storytelling practices of the people; summarizes four stories and discusses the themes they share related to acquiring shamanistic power.
Structuring Knowledges: Caching Inuit Architecture Through Igloolik Isuma Productions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Morton
Taryn Sirove
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 58-[?]
Description
Studies four films to compare practices used to preserve Inuit architectural knowledge: Qallunajatut/Urban Inuk; episode 3 from Nunavut/Our Land series, Qarmaq/Stone House, and Qaggiq/Gathering Place .
Subverting the Dominant Paradigm: Gerald Vizenor’s Trickster Discourse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kerstin Schmidt
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 65-76
Description
Examines how the theoretical post-modern concept of subversion and deconstruction works on various levels. The article also looks at how trickster discourse negotiates the boundaries of the crossblood’s world, deconstructing fixed, authoritative beliefs and definitions.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Sukaq and the Raven by Roy Goose and Kerry McCluskey, Artwork by Soyeon Kim: Educator's Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Inhabit Media]
Description
For use with the book Suqak and the Raven (Inuktitut version).. Activities and discussion questions geared toward students in Kindergarten to Grade 3.
Summer Legend
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Françoise Hartmann
Description
Animated tale of how the great spirit Glooscap brought summer to the Micmac people. Acompanying material: Discuss It!.
Duration: 08:19.
The Sun Dance and Other Ceremonies of the Oglala Division of the Teton Dakota
Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 16, pt. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. R. Walker
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.16 (p.51-221).
Survey of Native American Literature
E-Books
Author/Creator
Josh Dickinson
Description
"This survey textbook overviews Native American literature from its origins in poems and creation myths of the continent's hundreds of Native cultures. Texts are organized with major sections on creation myths, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction/memoir."
Survival: Colonialism as a Discourse in Beatrice Culleton’s Spirit of the White Bison
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 7th, 2007
Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Debashree Dattaray
Description
Explores how this work symbolizes demise of the Aboriginal ways of life in terms of the author's background and tradition.
Surviving the Residential School System: Resisting Hegemonic Canadianness in Tomson Highway's The Kiss of the Fur Queen
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Richard J. Lane
Description
Chapter from Reconfigurations: Canadian Literatures and Postcolonial Identities edited by Marc Maufort and Franca Bellarsi. Looks at "reclaiming memory" in relation to the use of trickster camp in the novel.
Surviving Through the Days: Translations of Native California Stories and Songs. Edited by Herbert W. Luthin.
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret Dubin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 2003, pp. 93-96
Description
Book review of: Surviving Through the Days edited by Herbert W. Luthin.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
The Syncretic Impulse: Louis Owens’ Use of Autobiography, Ethnology, and Blended Mythologies
in The Sharpest Sight
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Dwyer
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 2, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Louis Owens, Summer, 1998, pp. 41-58
Description
Generally discusses the novel's elements and specifically looks at the use of both Choctaw and European mythology.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Taku
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Loretto L. Jones
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 73-86
Description
First short story by Cherokee author about the myths and legends of Taku Inlet people of Alaska.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 73.
Tale of an Alaska Whale
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Douglas
Kitty Eddy
Shgen George
Kathy Nielson
Hans Chester ... [et al.]
Description
Retelling of traditional Tlingit story also known as Naatsilanéi, The Origin of the Killer Whale or Kéet Shagoon. Literature unit also teaches Tlingit vocabulary. Lesson plans intended for Grades K-5.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
Tales From the Totems of the Hidery
Alternate Title
Archives of the International Folk-lore Association ; vol. II
Original published in series: Archives of the International Folklore Association, Vol. II
Tales from the Totems of the Haida
E-Books
Description
Original published in series: Archives of the International Folklore Association, Vol. II
Tales Of Coyote and Other Legends
Alternate Title
The Indian Reading Series: Stories and Legends of the Northwest ; Level 1, Book 10
The Sucker and the Eel
Coyote, Deer, Obsidian and Rock
Fire and Frog
Coyote and the Fishers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Warm Springs Reservation Committee
Description
Children's book retells five traditional stories. Suitable for use with elementary school students.