The Stone Canoe : Two Lost Mi'Kmaq Texts / translated by Elizabeth Paul. Kentville : Gaspereau Press, Printers & Publishers, 2007. 183 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E99 M6 S86 2007
This work showcases two forgotten stories from Silas T. Rand, Baptist missionary who wanted to translate bibles into the Mi'Kmaq language and learned how to do so by recording the oral traditions of the Mi'Kmaq people, published in 'Legends of the Micmacs'. Peter Sanger uncovered two manuscripts in the Rand holdings of Acadia University, including the story of Little Thunder (dictated to Rand by Susan Barss in 1847) and a manuscript of stories told by someone we only know as old man Stevens. Rand's original book and these manuscripts are some of the earliest examples of indigenous Canadian literature recorded in the original language.
essays, notes, and supporting material by Peter Sanger
illustrations by Alan Syliboy
Rand, Silas Tertius, — 1810-1889
Barss, Susan
Micmac — Folklore
Micmac language — Texts
Micmac mythology — Manuscripts
Oral tradition — Nova Scotia
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Archives, oral history, and oral tradition : a RAMP study / prepared by William W. Moss and Peter C. Mazikana. Paris : General Information Programme and UNISIST, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, 1986. iii, 97 pages : 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.313 #24 - Vertical File
PGI-86/WS/2. January 1986.
Oral history
Oral tradition
Audio-visual archives.
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Histoire orale : communications du 2e Colloque d'histoire orale en Atlantique, Memramcook, Nouveau-Brunswick, du 17 au 19 octobre 1980 / rédacteur, Ronald Labelle = Oral history : papers from the 2nd Atlantic Oral History Conference, Memramcook, New Brunswick, 17-19 October 1980 / editor, Ronald Labelle. Moncton, N.-B. : Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1981. iii, 72 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D16.14 A879
Text in French and English.
Université de Moncton. Centre d'études acadiennes.
Oral history — Congresses
Oral tradition — Maritime Provinces — Congresses.
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