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Elders Knowledge

Campus Resource

Elders Knowledge

Recorded interviews with Elders sharing teachings on family, ceremony, song, language and resilience, for the Old Sun community.

Students & Staff Access

The Elders Archive is shared only with the Old Sun community. Sign in with your Old Sun Google account to watch the interviews.

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Use your @oldsuncollege.ca email. Personal Gmail accounts will not work. If you see “You need access,” switch to your Old Sun account in the top right corner of the Google page.

What You Will Learn

Each interview is a full conversation on a single area of knowledge. Here is what has been recorded so far.

6Interviews
4Elders
6 hr 43Of teachings
2Languages
  1. 1Family & Clanwith Herman Yellow Old Woman1 hr 19 minBlackfoot & English
  2. 2Resilience & Recoverywith Ruth Scalplock58 minBlackfoot & English
  3. 3Traditional Songswith Eldon Weaselchild56 minBlackfoot & English
  4. 4Child Rearing & Namingwith Ruth Scalplock65 minEnglish
  5. 5Ceremonieswith Eldon Weaselchild1 hr 21 minBlackfoot & English
  6. 6Ceremony & Ways of Knowingwith Lee Breaker64 minEnglish & Blackfoot

Watch the Interviews

Six conversations recorded at Natosapi – Old Sun Community College. Select an episode to sign in and watch.

Episode 1. Herman Yellow Old Woman, Family and Clan. 1 hr 19 min, Blackfoot and English.Episode 1 Watch → Episode 2. Ruth Scalplock, Resilience and Recovery. 58 min, Blackfoot and English.Episode 2 Watch → Episode 3. Eldon Weaselchild, Traditional Songs. 56 min, Blackfoot and English.Episode 3 Watch → Episode 4. Ruth Scalplock, Child Rearing and Naming. 65 min, English.Episode 4 Watch → Episode 5. Eldon Weaselchild, Ceremonies. 1 hr 21 min, Blackfoot and English.Episode 5 Watch → Episode 6. Lee Breaker, Ceremony and Ways of Knowing. 64 min, English and Blackfoot.Episode 6 Watch →

Additional Learning Resources

Short video resources from Old Sun’s Indigenous Bachelor of Social Work (IBSW) program.

Title card for Resource 1, Learning Objectives: Stephanie Weasel Child, IBSW student, and Elder Herman Yellow Old Woman seated in conversation. 50 minutes, Blackfoot and English.

Resource 1 · The Seven Learning Objectives

Stephanie Weasel Child, an IBSW student, and Elder in residence Herman Yellow Old Woman talk through the seven learning objectives, spoken in Blackfoot and translated into English. About 50 minutes.

Watch the conversation

Respect the teachings

These interviews are shared with the permission of the Elders for learning within our community. Please do not download, record, copy or share them outside Old Sun.

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