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Peer reviewedWeber-Pillwax, Cora – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 2001
Examines the importance and centrality of orality, rather than literacy, in the shared lives of the Cree of northern Alberta. Discusses orality consciousness related to the practice of shared memories and personal and communal healing during the "dance of the ancestors" or "ghost dance." Includes a short history of the Cree…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Ceremonies
Barreiro, Jose, Ed.; Cornelius, Carol, Ed. – 1991
This study guide, developed for high school students, looks at Eastern Woodlands history and tradition through the words of Cayuga Nation elder Jacob Thomas. The Six Nations, also known as the Iroquois, are a confederacy of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora tribes. The Iroquois have a population of more than 60,000 living…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History, Ceremonies
