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The Story of a Vision

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Francis La Flesche
[The Southern Workman], vol. [30], February 1901, pp. 106-109
Grandfather tells the story of a winter hunt long ago.
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The Story of Ten Brothers and the Sea Lion

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Author/Creator
Ella Elizabeth Clark
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 1, Bridging the Gap Between Law and Reality, Spring, 2006
Presents a Hul'qumi'num legend recorded in 1960.
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Story of the Blind Halibut Fisherman

Alternate Title
Charles Edenshaw
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Guujaaw
Haida legend. Excerpt from Charles Edenshaw curated by Robin K. Wright and Daina Augaitis.
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The Story of the Falling Star

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Isobel White
Aboriginal History, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. 239-240
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.
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The Story of the Lazy Son-in-Law

Alternate Title
Charles Edenshaw
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
James Hart
Haida legend. Excerpt from Charles Edenshaw curated by Robin K. Wright and Daina Augaitis.
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The Story of the Sechelt Nation

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jay Powell
BC Studies, no. 91/92, Autumn/Winter, 1991-1992, pp. 198-200
Book review of: The Story of the Sechelt Nation by Lester Peterson. Scroll down to page 198 to read review.
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The Story of Three Sons From The West

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Adrian Cheng
Wayne John
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, May/June 2000, p. 21
Presents story about healthy lifestyle choices through proper nutrition in rural Australia.
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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
Looks at three types of place making stories about Swidhcha or Cultus Lake: original stories, trail stories, and boundary-making stories.
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Storytellers Were Held in High Esteem

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria Campbell
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 2, February 2010, p. 6
Comments on the tradition of storytellers and the lessons the stories tell. Article found by scrolling to page 6.
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Storytelling Seen as Valuable Teaching Tool

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andréa Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 2, 2010, p. 7
Looks at the launch of Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling Month. Article found by scrolling to page 7.
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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

Discussion on how theatre is an ever-growing extension of storytelling with metaphorical, philosophical, and psychological implications.

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“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
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.
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Strong Patsaujaarjuk

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Arnaitok Ipellie
Inuktitut, no. 82, 1997, pp. 65-68
Legend about a man who didn't want to brag about his strength. Reprinted from GEIST (The Canadian Magazine of Ideas and Culture, Spring 1996, Vol. 5, 21)
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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
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.
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Stseptekwle – Stories of the Secwepemc

Web Sites » Organizations
Links to text and audio recordings of five legends: Coyote and Grizzly Bear Make the Seasons and Night and Day, Wolf and Wolverine, Story of Hunger (Famine), Wala and the Moon and Coyote and the Salmon.
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Studies in Plains Indian Folklore

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.40, no.1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert H. Lowie
Part of: University of California publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 40, (pp1-28).
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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
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.
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Summer Legend

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Françoise Hartmann
Animated tale of how the great spirit Glooscap brought summer to the Micmac people. Acompanying material: Discuss It!. Duration: 08:19.
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Survey of Native American Literature

E-Books
Author/Creator
Josh Dickinson

"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."

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Swift Runner

Alternate Title
Indian Tribes of Alberta
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Olive Patricia Dickason
Prairie Forum, vol. 12, no. 2, Fall, 1987, pp. 306-307
Book reviews of: Swift Runner by Colin A. Thomson. Indian Tribes of Alberta by Hugh A. Dempsey.
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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
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.
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The Tahltan Indians

Alternate Title
University of Pennsylvania. University Museum. Anthropological Publications; vol. IV, no. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
G.T. Emmons
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