Belief Systems
Trickster Chases the Tale of Education
Alternate Title
Article 2
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kaitlyn Watson
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples - Part 2, October 2017, pp. 1-[3]
Description
Book review: Trickster Chases the Tale of Education by Sylvia Moore.
Trickster, Renewal and Survival
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Hubbard
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 4, no. 4, 1980, pp. 113-124
Description
Uses the circle divided into quadrants to analyze trickster tales in terms of irony, tragedy, and comedy.
Trickster Treats
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Samuel M. Wilson
Natural History, vol. 100, no. 10, October 1991, p. [?]
Description
Examines the trickster character who is often the underdog and uses cleverness to conquer powerful forces in Native American stories.
Tropic Trappings in Mel Gibson's Apocalypto and Joseph Nicolar's The LIfe and Traditions of the Red Man
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annette Kolodny
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 1, 2008, pp. 21-34
Description
Discusses tropes or traditions, the organizing devices societies cohere to, by comparing a book and a movie. As key elements of belief systems, tropes act as powerful mediators between the world and how we experience the world’s meaning . By structuring a shared reality cultures are created, however, sometimes tropes can structure incompatible realities across cultures and distort our ability to understand cultures different from our own.
[Truth and Reconciliation in the Classroom Student Resource: Full Student Guide (Elementary)]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations
Métis
and Inuit Education Association of Ontario
Description
Focuses on identity and language, community values, leadership, governance and decision making, and connections to the land, with the emphasis on Mushkegowuk, Anishinaabek and Oneida cultures. For use with Grades 4 and 5.
Truth versus Twilight
Alternate Title
Twilight Saga
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Burke Museum
Quileute Tribe
Description
Website deals with the misappropriation of a Quileute legend by Stephanie Meyer, the author of the Twilight series.
Contains links to Quileute culture, twilight misconceptions, imaginary indians, and resources.
"Try to Understand Us": Aboriginal Elders’ Views on Exceptionality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Philips
Brock Education , vol. 20, no. 1, 2010, pp. 64-79
Description
Information gathered from four individuals who attended the "A Window to Seeing the World Differently, National Symposium of Aboriginal Special Education". Objective was to explore possibilities for incorporating Aboriginal attitudes into the education of special needs children.
Tset Hikwstexw te Sqwelteltset: We Hold Our Language High
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stelómethet Ethel B Gardner
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 28, no. 1-2, Transformative Sites of Indigenous Education, 2004, pp. 130-148
Description
Examines the phenomenon of Halq'eméylem renewal and what it means in the lives of Stó:lo people today.
Tuia Te Ao Marama: Lessons for Transformative Indigenous Mental Health Services
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Baker
Tio Sewell
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 1, no. 1, Healing Our Spirit Worldwide, The Seventh Gathering, August 2016, pp. 36-42
Description
Discusses oral history project involving fifteen Māori mental health nurses and a snapshot of five interviewees' perspectives on improving outcomes by using culturally relevant interventions.
Turning Points: Factors Related to the Successful Reintegration of Aboriginal Offenders
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Heckbert
Douglas Turkington
Forum on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 55-57
Description
Examines the success, and associated factors, of offenders who have turned their lives around to become law-abiding citizens.
The Turtle Lodge: Sustainable Self-Determination in Practice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Cameron
Dave Courchene
Sabina Ijaz
Ian Mauro
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, March 2019, pp. 13-21
Description
Examines how the Turtle Lodge International Centre for Indigenous Education and Wellness in Sagkeeng First Nation, Manitoba teaches a flexible, community-based process of responsibility-based self-determination discourse; stresses respectful and reciprocal relationships, community well-being, earth guardianship, and cultural resurgence.
Tuuhikya: The Hopi Healer
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Earl Grant
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 3/4, Autumn-Winter, 1982, pp. 291-304
Description
Investigation into Tuuhikya, or true healers, by looking at their roles and methods in Hopi culture in both traditional and modern times.
Les Tuurngait dans le Nunavik Occidental Contemporain
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathalie Ouellette
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Populations et Migrations / Populations and Migrations, 2002, pp. 107-131
Description
Discusses how despite the influence of Christianity and although no longer associated with the Inuit shaman, the concept of the Tuurngait still permeates the worldview of contemporary Inuit.
Twelfth and Final Report on the North-Western Tribes of Canada
Alternate Title
Linguistics
Physical Characteristics of the Tribes of British Columbia
Summary of the Work of the Committee in British Columbia
The Chilcotin
The North-Western Tribes of Canada: Twelfth and Final Report of the Committe, Consisting of Professor E. B. Tylor (Chairman), Sir Cuthbert E. Peek (Secretary), Dr. G. M. Dawson, Mr. R. G. Haliburton, Mr. David Boyle and Hon. G. W. Ross ...
The Social Organisation of the Haida
E-Books
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
Livingston Farrand
Description
Includes essays on the Chilcotin, Haida and linguistics.
Twenty-Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1904-1905
Alternate Title
26th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1904-1905
E-Books
Author/Creator
W. H. Holmes
Description
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by W. H. Holmes
The Pima Indians by Frank Russell
Social Condition, Beliefs, and Linguistic Relationship of the Tlingit Indians by John R. Swanton
Two Hawks Kindles a Morning Fire: Natchitoches Confederacy, ca. 1810
Alternate Title
A Karankawa: Near Garcitas Creek, Matagorda Bay, October, 1684
Native American Symposium ; 9th, 2011
Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jeffrey DeLotto
Description
Narratives poems.
Two Paiute Autobiographies
Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.33, no.5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Julian H. Steward
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 33, (pp423-438).
Two-Spirited Aboriginal People: Continuing Cultural Appropriation by Non-Aboriginal Society
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Cameron
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 24, no. 2/3, Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer, Transsexual / Transgender Sexualities, Winter/Spring, 2005, pp. 123-127
Description
Argues that there is a specific cultural context to the term and therefore it is inappropriate for use by those who are not Aboriginal.
Two-Spirited People and Social Work Practice: Exploring the History of Aboriginal Gender and Sexual Diversity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jill Alaers
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. 63-79
Description
Examines the history of Aboriginal cross-gender roles and discusses approaches to improve the quality of social work practices by including traditional Aboriginal practices and worldviews.
Two Victorian Corroborees: Meaning Making in Response to European Intrusion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Newton
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 121-149
Description
Article draws on the journals of Guardian of Aborigines William Thomas in New South Wales to describe and examine corroborees (Indigenous spiritual ceremonies) taking place in the early 1850s. Author considers the role of syncretism in Indigenous peoples’ process of understanding European systems of belief.
Two Ways of Knowing: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Scientific Knowledge
Alternate Title
Forests for the Future ; Unit 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Veronica Ignas
Description
Includes explanation of the main features of the two knowledge systems and three brief case studies: Indigenous plant classification and nomenclature; pine mushroom industry in Northwestern BC; smallpox epidemic of 1862; and AIDS and its impact on Indigenous populations.
Recommended for Grade 8 Biology.
The Uluit: Champions of the North [Episode 1, Sisters]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Arnait Video Productions
Madeline Ivalu
Susan Avingaq
Ari A. Cohen
Kathryn Delaney
Paul Rikard
Description
Series follows the lives of members of an Inuit women's hockey team from Inukjuak, Nunavik over the period of a year.
Episode 2: Mothers and Babies.
Episode 3: Modern Times.
Episode 4: I Am Young, I Am Proud.
Episode 5: The Great Whale Cup.
Umyuangcaryaraq “Reflecting”: Multidimensional Assessment of Reflective Processes on the Consequences of Alcohol Use Among Rural Yup’ik Alaska Native Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Allen
Carlotta Ching Ting Fok
David Henry
Monica Skewes
People Awakening Team
The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, vol. 38, no. 5, September 2012, pp. 468-475
Description
Looks at a scale developed as a measure of youth awareness and mindfulness regarding potential negative results of
alcohol consumption.
Understanding Aboriginal Identity
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
BearPaw Media Productions
Alexandra Lazarowich
Patti LaBoucane Benson
Description
Explores issues of non-Aboriginal perceptions of Aboriginals, legal definitions, and Aboriginals' own attitudes about self-identification.
Duration: 20:48.