Ceremonies

Osage perspective on the consciousness of rocks and trees and their ability to speak. Comparison of Western scientific thought with the relationship between Native Americans and nature.

A photograph of a Stony Indian Sun Dance Lodge from the outside. Several cut trees lean inward in a large circle. Location unknown.

Divided into four areas: spirituality/culture, emotional/social, physical/medicine/economical, and mental/political/customs.

Case study of co-operation between the Aboriginal community and an institution which holds an ethnographic artifact with sacred or ceremonial associations. Belts were transported by a conservator, used in ceremonies and returned to the museum.

Discusses how Indigenous world views can enhance teaching, learning, & research in social work education and benefit Aboriginal peoples & communities.

Looks at dance as a means to satisfy the participants spiritual and emotional needs.

Shows that the stylistic and representational contrasts in art correspond with the division of the Kwakiutl year based on notions of secular and sacred.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1965.

A reflection by the author as a researcher and Indigenous knowledge keeper.

Image of a treaty payment day at Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan. A large group of Aboriginal people pose for the camera in foreground; tents and cars in background.

Discusses the resilience of reciprocity rites practiced by the Chukotka people in Russia; describes how the people continued to practice these rites, which honour their relationships with the reindeer and the salmon on which they subsisted, even as the Soviet state reordered the social and economic structures in their region.

Book review of: Subversive Spiritualities by Frédérique Apffel-Marglin. Book review located by scrolling to page 191.

Examines the chemical nature of tobacco, its biological effects and its use in religious and healing ceremonies

Author uses various anthropological and historical sources to throw some light on the way in which the Indians of the Treaty 6 and 7 regions might have interpreted the treaty promises.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.16 (p.51-221).

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he describes the Sun dance ritual.

Focuses on an old account of the Oglala Sioux ceremony including prayers and songs; this revised text uses Rigg's Siouian alphabet and includes a verbatim translation.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells the story of the origin of the first Holy Lodge. (A continuation from AA.027) He also tells of the modifications to the Holy Lodge ceremony, the origins of the Group Smoking ceremony and gives the story of Po-Po who foresaw the death of a young man at a Holy Lodge.Note: Dave Melting Tallow, interpreter. Joanne Greenwood, transcriber.

Consists of a description of a contemporary Sundance.

Consists of an interview where he gives a description of a contemporary Sundance.

Consists of an interview with Little Pine where he gives a description of a contemporary Sundance.

Consists of an interview with Little Pine who describes a contemporary Sundance.

Consists of an interview with Little Pine who gives a description of a contemporary Sundance.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he describes the ceremonies associated with the construction of a Holy Lodge. Note: Dave Melting Tallow, interpreter. Joanne Greenwood, transcriber.

Discusses nine religious or supernatural topics from Elders' perspectives.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis, (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2001.

Explores Tohono O'odham Swallow songs in the context of the Tekakwitha Conference.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he gives a description of the construction and ceremonies of various sweat lodges.

An examination of rituals and associated religious functions as depicted in the art found on the game's court walls

Theology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Marquette University, 1978.

This paper, based on his many field interviews, represents Mr. Rain's views on why the Indians in the Treaty 6 area wereanxious to sign treaty, the problems of language, and therefore of their understanding of the terms.

Columnist relates his experiences regarding the death of his son due to an industrial accident.

Includes stories in both Waŋgaŋuru and English text.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 1989.

Analysis of the importance of the Blue Lake ceremony to the Taos Pueblo culture.

Recalls struggles, both in the past and currently, to retain local Pueblo control of what is considered the source of all Taos life.

Looks at how tattooing was used as a way to integrate the French officers into the Indigenous community.

Arts Thesis (M.A.)--University of Waikato, 2011

Black and White photograph of a group of indigenous peoples in modified traditional clothing surrounding circle of men engaged in a tea dance ceremony. Teepee and drums in background.

Educational Foundations Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1998.

Image of 3 teepees at Northwest Police Memorial.

Narrative about the The Sucking Doctor, a ethnographic documentary film about a doctor who sucks pain out of a patient's body.

Chapter two in: Dances of the Tewa Pueblo Indians: Expressions of New Life by Jill D. Sweet.

Discussion of two plays centered on the murder of Aboriginal women: Annie Mae’s Movement by Yvette Nolan, and The Unnatural and Accidental Women by Marie Clements.

First Nation efforts to maintain their dance and ceremony.