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Working with Corn: Two Conversations. Interview with Mohawk Midwife Katsi Cook in Her Home on June 6, 1992.
Cornelius, Carol – Akwe:kon Journal, 1992
Presents interviews with a Mohawk midwife and an Onondaga chief concerning the importance of corn in Native American culture. Compares gestational cycle of corn to that of women. Describes the numerous uses of corn from eating and weaving. Explains how Native Americans and non-Native Americans can be taught about corn by incorporating art,…
Descriptors: Agriculture, American Indian Culture, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
The Thanksgiving Address: An Expression of Haudenosaunee Worldview.
Cornelius, Carol – Akwe:kon Journal, 1992
Provides overview of Thanksgiving Address of Haudenosaunee, which defines and expresses Native American worldview. Summarizes three epic narratives: Creation Story, which explains forces of good and evil on earth; Great Law of Peace, which provides system of government; and Code of Handsome Lake, which outlines way to continue old ways and adapt…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Ceremonies
Language as Culture: Preservation and Survival.
Cornelius, Carol – Akwe:kon Journal, 1994
Presents an overview of the contemporary struggle of American Indians to relearn their native languages. Examines the loss of native languages resulting from assimilationist policies at federal boarding schools; bilingual programs of the 1970s that emphasized writing, reading, and "survival" vocabulary; and recent tribal language programs…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indians
Native American Children's Books. Book Reviews.
Moulton, Kathryn Elizabeth; Cornelius, Carol – Akwe:kon Journal, 1993
Reviews 11 children's books, published 1990-93, suitable for elementary and middle school students, covering Native riddles; Hiawatha as founder of the Iroquois confederacy; Chief Seattle's famous speech; stories about Inuit life and Mexican village life during the 1500s; Sequoyah and the Cherokee alphabet; the Iroquois creation myth; Wampanoag…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Literature
Iroquois Corn in a Culture-Based Curriculum: A Framework for Respectfully Teaching about Cultures. SUNY Series, the Social Context of Education.
Cornelius, Carol – 1999
This book offers a new culture-based framework that provides a way to research and develop curricula based on respect for diverse cultures. The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) culture is used as an example to examine the reasons for prevailing stereotypes about American Indians and to explain how those stereotypes became the standard curriculum taught in…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Case Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
The Six Nations Series: Grades 7-11, Teacher Guide and Student's Guide.
Cornelius, Carol – 1990
This document consists of teacher and student guides that provide a historical overview of the Six Nations from precontact with the Europeans to the present day. The Six Nations consist of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora tribes. These tribes call themselves the Haudenosaunee and are often referred to as the Iroquois.…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Reservations