Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xi
5. Eastern Canada Cultures
6. 1 'Every song you sing just keeps getting better and better.' 1
7. 2 'I have seen a real beautiful thing,' 37
8. Central/Great Lakes Region Cultures
9. 3 'My heritage was so ingrained in me that I knew I would never lose it.' 65
10. 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.' 95
11. Anishinabe Cultures
12. 5 ' We have to go back to the original teachings.' 139
13. 6 'It's just like reading a book when I am talking to you.' 167
14. Mid-North Cultures
15. 7 'I really believe in the land and I care about my people.' 197
16. 8 ' The Elders have waited for the young people to ask such things.' 217
17. Inuit Cultures
18. 9 'Life today is what I find strange.' 255
19. 10 'I never say what I have heard, I only tell what I have experienced, because I do not want to lie.' 273
20. Plains Cultures
21. 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.' 287
22. 12 ' This was one of the predictions, that our traditions will come back some day.' 311
23. Dene Cultures
24. 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.' 361
25. 14 'I still am in love with the land, I am still in love with my history.' 377
26. Pacific Coast Cultures
27. 15 ' That's why I figure, well, this is a chance for me to tell. It was a tough life.' 415
28. 16 ' When I came home my Elders taught us that all our people who have passed on are still around us.' 443