Ceremonies

Elders at a workshop relate how they received their Indian names.

Religion Thesis (Ph.D.)--Princeton University, 2002.

Examines poem's cultural dimensions, narrative and ritual forms, and language and style.

An image of an Aboriginal ceremony. There is a drum group seated in the foreground, and a line of men and women in ceremonial regalia standing behind them. In the background there is a large group of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people observing the ceremony.

Examines the conflicting ways in which artifacts and cultural heritage of First Nations are understood and how contradictory positions are to be reconciled.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1967.

Discusses the differences between sand art for spiritual ceremonies and commercialized sand painting for the western art-market.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Montana, 2011.

Comments on the Native Americans that travelled to London, England to perform in artist George Catlin's exhibition and show.

Book review of: Severing the Ties that Bind by Katherine Pettipas.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Indian Linguistic Families of America North of Mexico by J. W. Powell The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa by W. J. Hoffman The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees by James Mooney

Book review of: Severing the Ties That Bind by Katherine Pettipas.

Docu-drama about a young man from the Lakota Sioux Nation in South Dakota who travels to Washington State to live with his uncle to learn about his relatives, the coastal Salish. In the process he also learns about the environment and the salmon. Duration: 43:59 See resource guide Shadow of the Salmon: Respect the Salmon, Respect Yourself.

Guide accompanies docu-drama, Shadow of the Salmon. Provides links for resources, suggestions for classroom activities, stories to read aloud in class and information about history and resource management in Washington State.

Poem discusses the colonization of the prairies.

Author investigates the relationship between the Shaker Church and the Indigenous peoples of northwestern California; argues that the relationship is one of dialogue rather than conversion.

Looks at the history of Aboriginal Shakerism.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells the story of a medicine man named Bear Hat (later renamed Curlew). He tells how Bear Hat was revived after serious injury and how Bear Hat healed a young man wounded in a battle.

Discussion of various aspects of altered states of consciousness (ASCs) including types, stimulus situations and the physiology associated with them.

Master of Music Therapy Thesis, Arts and Science (M.A.)--British Columbia Open University, Burnaby, 1998.

Argues that the parallels drawn between shamanism and schizophrenia are unfounded.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells the story of a boy given supernatural powers by the bears and of his subsequent success as a healer of his own wounds and those of other people or animals.

Analyzes behaviour of some shamans in particular societies and schizophrenics in European society using a five-stage cognitive model.

Comments on the article, Shamans and Acute Schizophrenia by Julian Silverman in American Anthropology vol. 69, no. 1, page 21-31.

Argues that shamans are neither strange beings nor borderline psychotics.

Chief Councilor of the Hupacasath Nation shares her story, place of being and knowledge about ceremonies, designs on Ceremonial Curtains and her own Ceremonial Curtain. Duration: 1:03:13.

Examines the Yurok women's traditional spiritual beliefs and rituals, including scratching sticks.

Woman discusses the role culture has played in her recovery from alcohol addiction. Duration: 6:15. Part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse..

Woman discusses the role culture has played in her recovery from addiction. Duration: 6:15. Part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.

Comments on the reasons why colonialism failed to destroy traditional Diné institutions of governance.

A young girl experiences the death of her sister.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider about the story of the coyote who taught the hunter how to get game, and the success which followed for the hunter and his companions.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he discusses the importance of elk.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells of the significance of the owl to the Medicine Pipe.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he discusses the role of the beaver in Blackfoot life and ceremonies.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he explains the importance of the eagle in Blackfoot ceremonialism.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells of the importance of the antelope in Blackfoot ceremonialism and he mentions various tipi designs as well.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider discussing the role of the buffalo and other animals in Blood Indian ceremonialism.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he discusses the significance of animals in ceremonialism.

Consists of the interview with George First Rider where he describes the role of the otter in the Horn Society.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2004.

Book review of: Singing the Coast by Margaret Somerville and Tony Perkins. Review located by scrolling to page 221.

Comments on a dance considered to be a "peaceful" ceremonial integration of singing and movement. Honors paper towards undergraduate degree in Sociology and Anthropology--Illinois Wesleyan University, 2013.

Discusses using ceremony to create a shared world view

An image of a large group of Aboriginal people in ceremonial clothing with a large house in the background. The picture is of their backs as they are watching a dance.

Correspondence by John Diefenbaker regarding honorary chieftainship from Sioux thanking Chief Little Crow for being named Chief Walking Buffalo.

Image of nine Aboriginal "Sioux" men and three boys, all dressed in ceremonial dance outfits. The photo has been coloured after the fact using a chromolithograph process.

Three Sioux pipes collected by W.D. Wallis in 1914. Portage La Prairie, MB.