Ceremonies

Prayer concludes Linking Arms Together symposium held at York University, June 28, 2013. Duration: 13:29.

Topics include composition and origin of tobacco, traditional tobacco in contemporary times, and practices of five First Nations.

Looks at the wisdom from two Native American traditions of how ageless values of respect and cooperation are essential to peace and well-being.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he gives a description of the Dog Feast and Group Smoking ceremonies. He also tells about self-mutilation as a form of offering.

Book review of Living with Animals by Michael Pomedli.

She was born on the Little Pine Reserve, the first girl from that reserve to attend high school. She tells of some childhood memories; naming ceremonies; significance of Indian names; the training of children, especially girls; menarche seclusion; women: influence of, in religion and ceremonialism, pregnancy; her education: traditional; experiences in Anglican boarding school (integrated) in Saskatoon; training for roles as wife and mother.

An interview with the grandson of Misihew and great-grandson of Seekaskootch, Mr. Lloyd Chief. During the interview, Mr. Chief discusses a variety of subjects including: leadership qualities; intertribal wars of the Cree and Blackfoot; the power of dreams; the significance of the Northern Lights; and the powers of Cannibals.

Examines a shift in the practices of the Tamang ethnic community in Nepal; argues that the Choho institution is still present, and many practices are still present enacted as resistance against the modern state. Considers how the meaning of these practices may have changed in a contemporary context.

Description of the construction, art (with illustrations), and ceremonies of the lodge.

Looks at the notion of philosophy from the perspective of Indigenous peoples. Chapter 14 from Re-Ethnicizing the Mind? Cultural Revival in Contemporary Thought edited by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Jürgen Hengelbrock.

Describes the Anishinaabeg approach to the quest to live a long, healthy life (Medewiwin), how it is connected to the ceremonial lodge and the physical structure of the lodge itself. One of three articles published in the Selkirk Chronicle in 1887 under the title Indian Mythology.

Looks at the measures employed by the French to maintain the alliance in Atlantic Canada with the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet and Kennebec peoples.

Discusses several of Momaday's works and looks at his varied approaches to adapting ceremonial performances. Scroll to page 77 to read article.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1999.

Book review of: Making Marriage by Catherine J. Denial.

Talks about the cessation and revival of lurugu (circumcision) ceremony on a northern Australian island.

Discusses the possibility of globalization impacting traditional practises and expressions, plus a brief history of the pow-wow culture.

General account of their lives. (Their daughter participates in the interview, but her name is not mentioned.)

Aboriginal male pow-wow participant gesturing to crowd; indoor scene, crowd in background.

Aboriginal male looking to artifacts on table in foreground, crowd in background. Indoor scene.

Four Aboriginal male participants at pow-wow, wearing ceremonial clothing.

Provides guidance to those wishing to record Elders' remembrances including interview tips, and suggested questions about personal information, and home, bush, prairie, social and political, and spiritual-religious life.

Discusses the importance, including spiritual, placed on the Manitou stone by Northern Plains tribes. Article located by scrolling to page 2.

Consists of an interview with a description of a ceremony involving dogs.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waikato, 2015.

Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Thesis (M.Eng.)--University of New Brunswick, 2008.

Consists of an interview where she gives an account of the preparation and tanning of hides.

Interview consists of childhood hunting expeditions for rabbit, gophers and duck. Also included is a description of the police stopping a Sundance.

Mrs. Carter tells a story of her life. She talks of the traditional way of living; residential schools and tells how she was given her name. During the interview she also relates a tale from her grandfather about the Cree raiding Blackfoot camps.

This is an interview with Mark Wolfleg held on the Blackfoot Reserve.

Some examples of songs and a description of their use during various occasions.

Discussion on problems of the younger generation, including alcoholism. Also discussed ways in which parents and elders can help by instructing children and young people and by maintaining the Indian religion.

Describes the Cree dance Wihtikokansimoowin also known as the Wintigo-like dance.

Presents 19th century facemasks and regalia for ceremony and performance used by the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian peoples of the Pacific Northwest.

Mrs. Adams is a retired white schoolteacher and was 69 years old at the time of the interview. She tells of her induction as an honorary chief of the Blackfoot reserve and shares her experiences among the Blackfoot.

Consists of an interview where he gives accounts of storytelling amongst the Oneida; accounts of the educational system and its abuses.

Author uses their personal narrative and experience as a way to describe various elements of the different Indigenous spiritual practices in which they participate.

Book review of: Medicine Bundle by Joshua David Bellin.

An image of several tipis with some wagons parked outside them. The tipis are painted, one with pictographs.

Interview describes a sweat lodge.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Syracuse University, 2003.

Memorial service at Batoche cemetery on opening day, June 28, 1961. John Diefenbaker visible in both images.

An examination of the use of memory in the novel Ceremony. The main character Tayo has painful memories he is trying to forget but as the novel progresses he learns to embrace memories of his Indigenous traditions as a way to control his own life.

Discusses the relationship between menstruation and puberty rites.

Looks at the eight day ritual where young girls are sung into womanhood.

Book review of Mestizaje and Globalization edited by Stefanie Wickstrom and Philip D. Young.