1983 Elders' Conference 2/5
Date
1983-08
Authors
Wheatley, Ted
Benedict, Ernest
Nogongiig, Angus
Dumont, Jim
Thomas, Johnny
Osawamick, Sam
Fox, Alex
Tootoosis, John
Bruce, Louis
Fiddler, Sid
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Canadian Plains Research Centre
Abstract
Talks about the traditional teacher in the University setting ; proposal for friendship ceremony between Iroquois and Ojibway ; the Iroquois confederacy ; Kootenay plains initiative to return to traditional lifestyles ; reflections on past and future wars ; and the importance of elders in recovery of traditional values.
Description
13 p. transcript of a conference conducted during August 1983. Tape number IH-AA.15-1, transcript disc 88.
Keywords
Alcohol -- Abuse of, Ceremonialism -- Pipes, Ceremonies -- Sundance (Ojibway), Education -- Advanced, Education -- And cultural suppression, Education -- Attitudes toward, Education -- Traditional, Elders -- As teachers, Elders -- Respect for, Iroquois confederacy, Iroquois Indians, Ojibway Indians, Pipes and smoking -- Thunder pipe, Power -- Vision quests, Religion and Spirituality -- Revival of, Religion and Spirituality -- Sacred places, Religion and Spirituality -- Sweat lodge, War -- Danger of, Bell Rock, Ontario, Dreamers Rock, Ontario, Kootenay Plains, Alberta, John Logan, Tecumseh