Here are the following resources listed within this section.
1. All My Relations produced by Matika Wilbur & Adrienne Keene
2. Ancestral Voices of the Passamaquoddy Tribe
3. Bush Lady (1988) composed & performed by Alanis Obomsawin
4. Ghosts of Celilo (2011) directed by Greg Tamblyn
5. Native ChocTalk by Rachael Youngman
All My Relations
produced by Matika Wilbur & Adrienne Keene
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This resource is a podcast located on various streaming platforms, and can also be listened to on their website.
Citation:
Wilbur, M. (director, co-host), & Keene, A. (co-host). (2025). All my relations [Podcast]. www.allmyrelationspodcast.com
Annotation:
This podcast is a collection of Indigenous people sharing their ideas and discussing mainstream media with one another. This is a wonderful resource for learning more about the state of representation of Indigenous people. Often, their discussions are informed by Native women's perspectives from a variety of backgrounds.
Resource's Description:
All My Relations is a team of folks who care about representations, and how Native peoples are represented in mainstream media. Between us we have decades of experience working in and with Native communities, and writing and speaking about issues of representation.
Resource's Keywords: Indigenous Feminism; Podcasts, Indigenous
Ancestral Voices of the Passamaquoddy Tribe
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This resource is a collection of audio based items held by the Library of Congress.
Citation:
Passamaquoddy, & Fewkes, J. W. (1890). Ancestral Voices | Digital Collections | Library of Congress. The Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/collections/ancestral-voices/about-this-collection/
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Being able to access an Indigenous language through audio recordings is incredible important for the continued revitalization of endangered langauges. These recordings of the Passamaquoddy are incredibly valuable and preserve only a small portion of the wealth of knowledge possessed by the Passamaquoddy. Due to the wax cylinder medium, there were restrictions to the length of the recordings during Jesse Walter Fewkes' days. However, the snippets of audio are still words spoken, sung, and shared by historical Passamaquoddy people.
Resource's Description:
The Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings was created in March 1890 when the anthropologist Fewkes travelled to Calais, Maine, to undertake one of the very first experiments in ethnographic audio documentation with the Passamaquoddy Tribe. Over the course of three days, Fewkes recorded thirty-six cylinders of partial songs, legends, creation stories, and linguistic terms provided by Passamaquoddy community members, principally Peter Selmore and Newell Josephs. These recordings are the oldest ethnographic field recordings known to survive anywhere. Fewkes's recordings were eventually deposited in Harvard University's Peabody Museum, and then donated by the Museum to the Library of Congress in the 1970s for inclusion in the Federal Cylinder Project.
Resource's Listed Keywords: Recordings, Historical - Indigenous; Recordings, Wax Cylinder
Bush Lady (1988)
composed & performed by Alanis Obomsawin
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This musical album is a physical rarity, but is available for streaming on various music platforms such as Spotify, Youtube, Bandcamp, etc.
Citation:
Obomsawin, A. (1988). Bush Lady [Album]. Alanis Obomsawin.
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Obomsawin presents a rich and compelling narrative through her music. The album features different stories about the people that populate the Abenaki Nation, but also about the titular character, Bush Lady. The story follows her romance, the birth of her child, and more. This is a valuable resource for any writer hoping to find more examples of creative Indigenous narratives. The way Obomsawin expresses her story in song is magical and deeply inspirational.
Resource's Description:
Obomsawin sings and speaks in English and French as well as Waban-Aki, with her voice ranging from light and airy and sweet to dark and haunting and heavy. Sometimes she is accompanied by a single, hypnotic drumbeat, other times by violin, cello, flutes, or oboe, but the instrumentation is always fairly sparse and in the background, leaving lots of room for Obomsawin’s voice and the stories she wants to tell. Many of them, like the one in the title song, describe the exploitation of Indigenous women by white culture or individual white men; others detail the theft of Abenaki land and the destruction of Indigenous communities. The gentle vocals and understated instrumentation make the songs sound less like cries of rage and calls to action than mournful, matter-of-fact recitings of painful histories. But they are no less powerful.
Ghosts of Celilo (2011)
directed by Greg Tamblyn
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This item is a musical that was performed in 2011, in Portland, OR. However, the musical is still accessible on various streaming platforms, and can be watched on Youtube.
Citation:
Tamblyn, G. (2011). Ghosts of Celilo. Ross Productions.
Annotation:
This musical is a powerful story focused on the historical occurence of colonizers building dams in the rivers of the Celilo people. This musical features strong conflict, characters, narrative, and songs. This is a powerful resource for artists looking to write music or stories with an Indigenous presence, or to design theater sets, or for playwrighting, or so much more. This musical features it all; a murder mystery, forced religious conversion, weaponized language assimilation, romance, and ghosts!
Resource's Description:
The Ghosts of Celilo is a collaborative dramatic production developed, written, and composed during the last 10 years by Marv Ross, Thomas Morning Owl (Umatilla), Chenoa Egawa (Lummi), Arlie Neshakhi (Navajo), and Tom Hampson. Greg Tamblyn joined this group several years ago as the director of The Ghosts of Celilo.
Resource's Listed Keywords: Musicals - Native American; Pacific Northwest, History of
Native ChocTalk
by Rachael Youngman
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This resource is an online podcasts that is accessible through various streaming platforms. For a full list of the seasons and where one can listen to episodes, navigate to the website here.
Citation:
Youngman, R. (2025). Native choctalk [Podcast].
Annotation:
This resources gathers a wide variety of Indigenous perspectives that speak on spefic issues related to varying lands, cultures, and people. This is a strong resource for those looking to learn more about a variety of Indigenous perpsectives, or someone who wants to find something spefic to research futher.
Resource's Description:
Native ChocTalk is an informative and educational podcast and resource center.
Resource's Listed Keywords: Podcasts, Indigenous