Belief Systems

Book review of Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being by Lawrence W. Gross.

Book review of Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being by Lawrence W. Gross.

Canadian Studies/Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Trent, 2003.

Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Winnipeg, 2020.

Interview includes stories of traditional life including ceremonies, dances, burials, hunting, and spirits.

Interview includes an assortment of stories about animals and animal omens, floods and the Legend of Sounding Lake.

An interview where they give general reminiscences of their lives. There is also mention of a legend concerning the creation of the sun and moon.

Briefly reviews recent history, describes geography and current demographics of Nunavut, discusses traditional knowledge and its importance in Inuit society, and makes recommendations for future actions.

Brief stories from various First Nations about the origin and discovery of tobacco, and descriptions of the beliefs and traditions surrounding its use.

Examines the social, cultural and political issues surrounding the repatriation of historical materials, sacred and significant objects, and human remains.

Explores efforts necessary to counteract European attempts to eradicate the traditional knowledge systems.

The interview includes the story of a Cree boy who becomes a Blackfoot Chief.

Interview includes two stories: the first about a boy who saves a boy and wins a wife in the process; a second about a boy who upon returning to his band with a wife becomes chief.

Antoine Lonesinger discusses different methods of earning a living that included making charcoal and lime. Also included is the story of a boy saved a camp from starvation with the help of the raven spirit.

Interview includes stories about a ghost priest and a non-existent camp. Also included is a story of how a lame boy's skill as a medicine man won him a chieftainship and a wife.

Interview includes a story of a woman, who when captured by enemy warriors betrays her husband and brothers to her captors and so brings about her death.

Interview includes stories about a Cree band who avenged the killing of a young boy by the Blackfoot. He tells of his grandfather who helped a Cree raiding party find food.

Interview includes stories of a Woods Cree who turned a Plains Cree son-in-law into a bone spirit and the revenge that came from that.

Interview with Antoine Lonesinger, who tells stories of escapes from Blackfoot and the use of spirits and evil powers.

Interview with Mr Lonesinger who tells stories of Indian agents both good and bad. He also tells of the Battle of the Cut Knife Hill and the banning of the Sundance.

Interview includes stories of attacks on women by Blackfoot and Cree raiders. It also includes the story of the acquisition of the Sioux Dance (or Grass Dance) from the bone grass spirits.

Interview includes the stories of a raid on the Blackfoot and the struggle for supremacy between two medicine men. (Transcribed by J. Greenwood)

Authors offer a critical commentary of Bejamin R. Kracht’s application of a “communitas” model to the Kiowa Gourd Dance in his article, “Kiowa Powwows: Continuity in Ritual Practice.”

Author draws on Vine Deloria Jr.’s work on the role that a difference in worldviews plays in communication to examine the distance between what Indigenous peoples mean by self-determination and what policy makers mean by it.

Argues customary and traditional laws of communal stewardship over land as opposed to individual land tenure systems should be recognized and protected for future land development. To access this article, scroll down to page 6.

Foreign Languages Thesis (M.A.)--University of Bergen, 2018 Abstract in Norwegian, thesis in English.

Chapter in book: Ecosystem Based Management: Beyond Boundaries. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of Science and the Management of Protected Areas, 21-26 May 2007 edited by S. Bondrup-Nielsen, K. Beazley, G. Bissix, D. Colville, S. Flemming, T. Herman, M. McPherson, S. Mockford and S. O'Grady.

Religious Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2012.

Tells the generational story of the brothers responsible for the four seasons.

Author examines the rites historically practiced by walrus hunters living on islands in the Bering Sea and their families. Argues that these rites and the multi-species history of Alaskans, Yupiget and Chukchi all require further scholarly attention.

Article describes an Archaeological field school project for graduate students in which the authors provided instruction on methods and practices; discusses how the project promotes a framework of decolonization through community collaboration and cultural integration.

Social hierarchies in the Mississippian Period. Increased importance of cosmography and iconography in the period of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1996.

Patrick Stewart, Indigenous architect, of the Nisga'a First Nation in British Columbia looks at elements he considers when starting a project: architectural principles; traditions and culture; policy/local conventions and knowledge. Duration: 53:06.

Architecture Thesis (M.Arch.)--Dalhousie University, 2010.

Looks at the life and writings of Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak, the author of children's stories from an Inuit perspective.

From: Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Section II, 1892.

Reviews differences between European and Indigenous spiritual perspectives regarding the secular and sacred relationship with land.

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Regina, 1999.

Arsene Fontaine describes a curing by a medicine man and a brief description of how to make a canoe. She also gives a description of transportation by dog team.

Discusses the relationship between art and spirit, with a special reference to the way Navajo art is used in healing ceremonies to evoke and channel power.

Chapter in book: Lifeworlds-Artscapes: Contemporary Iroquois Art edited by Sylvia S Kasprycki.