Sacred Sites
“Some Account of an Extraordinary Traveller”: Using Virtual Tours to Access Remote Heritage Sites of Inuit Cultural Knowledge
Alternate Title
Quelques recits d’un voyageur extraordinaire : Recourir aux tours virtuels pour acceder a des sites patrimoniaux eloignes des savoirs culturels inuit
« Quelques récits d’un voyageur extraordinaire » : Recourir aux tours virtuels pour accéder à des sites patrimoniaux éloignés des savoirs culturels inuit
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter C. Dawson
Cecilia Porter
Denis Gadbois
Darren Keith
Colleen Hughes
Luke Suluk
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, Arctic Collections and Museology: Presentations, Disseminations, and Interpretations, 2018, pp. 243-268
Description
Discusses the possibility of using contemporary GPS technology and satellite imaging as a means of connecting people to global heritage sites that might otherwise be inaccessible; uses the Arvia’juaq National Historic site near Arviat as an example.
Special Problems in Teaching Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paula Gunn Allen
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 379-386
Description
Author discusses some of the difficulties raised by teaching pieces of Indigenous literature that contain information considered to be sacred, ceremonial, or confidential.
Standing on Sacred Ground: Eight Cultures - One Fight
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Yarlott
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 3, Global Indigenous Higher Education, Spring, 2015
Description
Film review of: Standing on Sacred Ground: Eight Cultures - One Fight directed by Christopher McLeod, narrated by Graham Greene.
Storying Swí:lhcha: Place Making and Power at a Stó:lō Landmark
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sabina Trimble
BC Studies, no. 190, Histories of Settler Colonialism, Summer, 2016, pp. 39-66
Description
Looks at three types of place making stories about Swidhcha or Cultus Lake: original stories, trail stories, and boundary-making stories.
The Sun Dagger: Teaching Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Don Reid
Description
To accompany film The Sun Dagger about discovery of a prehistoric calendar system in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico and the culture that built the site. Guide is for grades seven to twelve. Contains lesson plans, handouts and suggested readings.
The Sun Dance and the Gustafsen Lake Standoff: Healing Through Resistance and the Danger of Dismissing Religion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas D. Shrubsole
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, Traditional Knowledge, Spirituality and Lands, 2011, pp. 1-17
Description
Examines renewal and interpretation of spiritual practices and the failures to safeguard ceremonies and off-reserve sacred sites.
Tales That Dead Men Tell - J.E. Pearce.
Documents & Presentations
Description
From foreword: "This paper was written for the purpose of aiding in the proper orientation of archaeology among the other social sciences and in the world of learning generally. It is meant for the intelligent lay reader rather than for the professional archaeologist."
Taos Pueblo and the Struggle for Blue Lake
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert A. Hecht
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, 1989, pp. 53-77
Description
Recalls struggles, both in the past and currently, to retain local Pueblo control of what is considered the source of all Taos life.
Tatanga Ishtima hinkna Įyá Waká: Sleeping Buffalo and Medicine Rock and Assiniboine Dislocation and Persistence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joshua Horowitz
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 123-145
Description
Uses the Sleeping Buffalo and Medicine Rock site as an example to talk about Assiniboine peoples’ ongoing relationship to sacred places and how ongoing connection to spaces has helped Indigenous peoples retain Indigenous knowledges and way of knowing despite colonization, settlement, national borders, residential schools, and reservation systems.
Teacher's Guide: In the Light of Reverence
E-Books
Author/Creator
Faith Regow
Description
For use with documentary of the same title which explores clashes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people over three sacred sites and the use of land for recreational and commercial enterprises. They are: the Lakota and Devil's Tower; the Hopi and the Colorado Plateau; and the Wintu and Mt. Shasta.
Recommended for Grade Seven to adult audiences.
Therapeutic Landscapes and First Nations Peoples: An Exploration of Culture, Health and Place
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Wilson
Health & Place , vol. 9, 2003, pp. 83-93
Description
Summarizes interviews held with Anishinabek (Ojibway and Odawa) First Nations of northern Ontario which show the importance of culture in everyday life.
These Bones Are Read: The Science and Politics of Ancient Native America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arion T. Mayes
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 131-156
Description
Focuses on the study of human remains and the science of determining the orgins of all remains of great antiquity.
Tombstones at Batoche, Saskatchewan
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Canadian Government Office of Tourism (photographer)
Description
On back of photo: Tombstones at Batoche, Saskatchewan mark the final resting place of many of Louis Riel's companions. Riel's grave is in Winnipeg, where he was born. The Batoche church is in the background and the rectory, to the left of the church, is now a museum.
Too Long, Too Silent: The Threat to Cedar and the Sacred Ways of the Skokomish
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D. Michael Pavel
Gerald B. Miller
Mary J. Pavel
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 53-80
Description
Why the Skokomish have a concern over the Cedar's fate and the legal issues surrounding efforts to protect the Cedar.
La Toponymie Religieuse et l’Appropriation Symbolique du Territoire par les Inuit du Nunavik et du Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bernard Saladin d’Anglure
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, Espaces-Lieux-Noms / Spaces-Places-Names, 2004, pp. 107-131
Description
Discusses the complexity of the Inuit's relationship with their territory as expressed in place names and conceptions of scared sites.
Treaty and Aboriginal Rights
Alternate Title
Discussion Paper on Treaty and Aboriginal Rights
Ipperwash Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nye Thomas
Description
Discussion paper submitted to Part Two of the Ipperwash Inquiry, which was established to look into events surrounding the death of Dudley George during a protest over land rights.
UNESCO: (Dis)honoring Indigenous Rights
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mililani Trask
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discusses concerns about the management and protection of World Heritage sites, and Indigenous peoples' rights to self-determination and sovereignty.
UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention at 40: Challenging the Economic and Political Order of International Heritage Conservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Meskell
Current Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 4, August 2013, pp. 483-494
Description
Discusses some of the pressing issues facing the World Heritage Convention regarding the protection of cultural property, monuments and sites.
Uno Native Film Festival
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brady DeSanti
Michele M. Desmarais
Beth R. Ritter
Journal of Religion & Film, vol. 18, no. 1, 2014, p. Article 40
Description
Film reviews of:
40 Years Celebrating Wounded Knee directed by Christopher Marshall.
The Medicine Game directed by Lukas Korver.
Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer.
Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork.
Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith.
Yellow Fever: The Navajo Uranium Legacy directed by Sophie Rousmaniere.
Unpredictable Consequences of Sámi Self-determination: Rethinking the Legal Protection of Sámi Cultural Heritage in Norway
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marit Myrvoll
Alma Thuestad
Elin Rose Myrvoll
Inger Marie Holm-Olsen
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 3, no. 1, 2012, pp. 30-50
Description
Looks at policy documents and legislation that could block future planning and development by communities.
An Unraveling Rope: The Looting of America's Past
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert J. Mallouf
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 197-208
Description
Article describes the phenomenon of site-looting, or artefact collecting by amateur or hobbyist archeologists; discusses the motivations of the collectors and the effects for the scholarly archeological community.
Värro Muorra: The Landscape Significance of Sami Sacred Wooden objects and Sacrificial Altars
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ingela Bergman
Lars Östlund
Olle Zackrisson
Lars Liedgren
Ethnohisotry, vol. 55, no. 1, Winter, 2008, pp. 1-28
Description
Discusses wooden objects: platforms, idols and sacred trees from three sacrificial sites from three different time periods.
Visions on the Rocks
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bruce Bower
Science News, vol. 150, no. 14, October 5, 1996, pp. 216-217
Description
Contends that rock and cave art may offer insights about the trance-induced, supernatural journeys and spiritual sightings of shamans around the world.
Wakan Tipi and Indian Mounds Park: Reclaiming an Indigenous Feminine Sacred Site
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roxanne Gould
Jim Rock
AlterNative, vol. 12, no. 3, 2016, pp. 224-235
Description
Looks at the history, destruction and restoration of a sacred site site near St. Paul's Minnesota that had become a toxic waste dump.
Wanuskewin Heritage Park: Understanding the Cultural Legacy of the Northern Plains Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ernest G. Walker
Saskatchewan History, vol. 44, no. 3, Autumn, 1992, pp. 81-85
Description
Discusses the purpose and process of developing the Wanuskewin Heritage site; describes the different spaces on the site, and the different stakeholders involved with the park’s development.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 81.
Water Jar Boy: A Petroglyph and Story From La Cienga Pueblo
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Patterson-Rudolph
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, 1990, pp. 1-23
Description
Paper presents a culturally specific perspective, from the aspect of the myth itself, as a guide towards understanding images as metaphors.