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Juzwik, Mary M., Ed.; Stone, Jennifer C., Ed.; Burke, Kevin J., Ed.; Dávila, Denise, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2019
Because spiritual life and religious participation are widespread human and cultural phenomena, these experiences unsurprisingly find their way into English language arts curriculum, learning, teaching, and teacher education work. Yet many public school literacy teachers and secondary teacher educators feel unsure how to engage religious and…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Christianity, Language Usage, Racial Bias
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Cassady, Joslyn – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2008
Inuit myths, folklore, and material culture are filled with examples of people who turn into animals. Margaret Lantis, a well-known Eskimologist of the mid-twentieth century, once commented that human-animal transformation in Inuit mythology had an "immediacy and a reality" that was unknown in other parts of the world. It is hard to…
Descriptors: Animals, Mythology, Eskimos, Ethnography
Jacobson, Anna W. – 1998
Six traditional Yup'ik stories are presented in Yup'ik along with English word-for-word translations. Five of the selections are traditional Yup'ik myths or legends called "qulirat"--stories that have been transmitted from generation to generation and often have supernatural elements. The sixth is a personal account of life in a…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Audiotape Recordings, Folk Culture, Mythology
Peter, Katherine – 1974
This reader is intended for use in a bilingual education setting with advanced students of Gwich'in Athabascan. It consists of three traditional Athapascan myths. A free translation in English is provided for each story. (NCR)
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Languages, Athapascan Languages, Bilingual Education