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Audiovisual
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Listen to
Real Audio of a the presentation: Knowledge,
Belief and the Moral Obligation of the
Intellectual by Timothy Weiskel from Luce
Fellow, Harvard Divinity School at the Tribal
Lands Conference - found at http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/audio/a2a/
You will
also find talks on a variety of Indigenous
issues.
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Children's
favourites.
Montreal : National Film Board of Canada,
1993. 1 videocassette (30 min.). SUMMARY:
Presents a compilation of three animated
children's films. The second story, Mary of
Mile 18, a young girl's dream comes true when
she is allowed to keep a wolf puppy even
though animals kept in the North are those
that work or provide food. Audience: Grades K-6.
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Fables
and fantasy.
[Montreal] : National Film Board of Canada,
1982. 1 videocassette (58 min.). SUMMARY:
Presents a compilation of six animated
children's films. In program five, Mary of
Mile 18, a young girl's dream comes true when
she is allowed to keep a wolf puppy even
though animals kept in the North are those
that work or provide food. Audience: Grades K-6.
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Indian
Games (Filmstrip) ED/FA:
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Knots
on a counting rope. [United States] : WNED-TV
: Great Plains National Television Library ;
Scarborough, Ont., 1988. 1 videocassette (30
min.). SUMMARY: Influenced by the feature
story in which a young Native American boy
faces his blindness, LeVar tests his own
courage when he camps out alone at night.
Audience: Ages 6-11 ; grades 1-6.
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Mary
of Mile 18.
Weston, Conn. : Weston Woods Studios, 1978. 1
sound cassette, 1 book, 1 filmstrip + 1
booklet. SUMMARY: Mary's father tells her she
cannot keep a wolf puppy since the only
animals kept by families in the cold north
are those that work or provide food. Audience:
Primary, elementary grades.
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Mathematics
from many cultures. Scarborough, ON: Ginn,
1995. Each package contains 1 big book, 6
posters, 1 map and teacher's notes. Packages
1 - 6.
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Murdo's
story. [Winnipeg,Man.]
: Manitoba Native Education Branch, 1988. 1
videocassette (17 min.). SUMMARY: This legend
from northern Manitoba, tells the story of
how the fisher became the Big Dipper, and how
the animals of long ago decided to divide
time and share winter and summer, as recorded
by Murdo scribe. He was deeply concerned that
the unique personalities and events of Native
life would be forgotten through the passing
of time, so he decided to record his stories
and some of the legends which had been passed
on to him by his elders, in order to preserve
them. Audience: Primary, elementary grades.
Also in Cree and Ojibway.
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Murphy, James R.
(1990). The Black Fox Gift of
Strings: The Diamonds. Learning Hands
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Murphy, James R.
(1990). The Black Fox Gift of
Strings: Ten Men. Learning Hands
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Textbooks, Teacher Resources
and Journal Articles
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Averkieva, J
& Sherman, M. (1992). Kwakiutl
String Figures. Vancouver, BC: UBC
Press. SIFC: GN 2 A27 v.71
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Gabriel, Kathryn.
Gambler's Way. SIFC: E98 G2 G33 1996
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Jenness, D. (1924).
Canadian Artic Expedition
1913-18 Volume XIII: Eskimo Folk Lore Part B:
Eskimo String Figures. Ottawa: F. A. Acland.
SIFC EENIWUK Collection: 793.9 Jen
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Moore, Charles G.
The Implications of
String Figures for American Indian
Mathematics Education. In Journal of American
Education. October 1988 pp. 16-26.
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Nishimoto, Kim
and Berken, Bernadette. Symmetry
Patterns of the Wisconsin Woodland Indians. In International Study
Group on Ethnomathematics Newsletter. Volume12
Number 1 November 1996.
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Saskatchewan
Professional Development Unit.
Aboriginal Cultures and Perspectives: Making
a Difference in the Classroom. Number Five in the
Diversity in the Classroom Series. 1996.
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