In the words of elders : aboriginal cultures in transition / Pauloosie Angmarlik [and fifteen others] ; edited by Peter Kulchyski, Don McCaskill, David Newhouse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angmarlik, Pauloosie, 1911- author.

Contributor:

Kulchyski, Peter Keith, 1959- editor.

McCaskill, Don N., editor.

Newhouse, David, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older Indigenous people--Canada--Interviews.

Older Indigenous people.

Indians of North America--Canada--History.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.

Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation--Canada.

Canada.

Genre:

Livres numeriques.

Interviews.

History.

e-books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (485 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over years of teaching, it became increasingly apparent to the editors of this book (the Aboriginal Education Council at Trent University) that students in their Native Studies classes were dissatisfied with many of the texts they were assigned, which were usually anthropological in nature. Their response was to propose a new text that would provide an overview of the thought-worlds of Aboriginal cultures from the inside.Bringing together the voices of sixteen Elders and traditional teachers from across Canada, this collection allows readers to compare the vision and experience of a generation of Aboriginal people. Today, Elders are the historians of the Aboriginal past and the keepers of cultural events and ceremonies. They are teachers, healers, and experts in survival, sharing a world view based on the knowledge that all things in life are related and are governed by natural laws. Those represented here include men and women from a variety of traditions and geographical locations. This unique collection sets a new standard for the representation of First Nations cultures in the academic context. Not only does it mark a shift in the production of knowledge, it fulfils a need for a closer and more respectful collaboration between Native and non-Native communities.

Contents:

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Introduction

Eastern Canada Cultures

1 'Every song you sing just keeps getting better and better.'

2 'I have seen a real beautiful thing.'

Central/Great Lakes Region Cultures

3 'My heritage was so ingrained in me that I knew I would never lose it.'

4 'I would say when you search after truth, truth is that which you will find that is dependable and is of use to you.'

Anishinabe Cultures

5 ' We have to go back to the original teachings.'

6 'It's just like reading a book when I am talking to you.'

Mid-North Cultures7 'I really believe in the land and I care about my people.'

8 'The Elders have waited for the young people to ask such things.'

Inuit Cultures

9 'Life today is what I find strange.'

10 'I never say what I have heard, I only tell what I have experienced, because I do not want to lie.'

Plains Cultures

11 'If they read what you are writing, this is the teachings, this is some of the teachings that we want them to read about.'

12 'This was one of the predictions, that our traditions will come back some day.'

Dene Cultures

13 'Our culture will not die because our culture is nature through God, that's the way it's always going to be. It will never die.'14 'I still am in love with the land, I am still in love with my history.'

Pacific Coast Cultures

15 'That's why I figure, well, this is a chance for me to tell. It was a tough life'

16 'When I came home my Elders taught us that all our people who have passed on are still around us'

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-02939-8

9786612029394

1-4426-7611-6

OCLC:

923068935