Legends Project

The Legends Project

Thursday, March 1, 2012 | Categories: Legends Project |

Ernie Swanson and his Haida chums, in artist Christian White's longhouse.The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's...

Legends XII: Legends of the Cayuga

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 | Categories: Legends Project, Past Episodes |

In their longhouses, the Cayuga tell stories of a world where hunters stalk a powerful bear in the sky, maple trees hold the secret to... Read More »

Legends XI: Legends from Ahtahkakoop

Monday, March 7, 2011 | Categories: Legends Project |

These evocative stories from the Ahtahkakoop, a Plains Cree nation in central Saskatchewan, create a world where the buffalo once reigned supreme, animals protected each... Read More »

Legends X: Legends of the Kwak'wala

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 | Categories: Legends Project |

The Gwich'in Legends were originally broadcast on May 18, 2010 on Ideas on CBC Radio One. Alert Bay (Google Maps link) nestles on Cormorant...

Legends IX: Gwich'in Legends

Monday, October 26, 2009 | Categories: Legends Project |

The Gwich'in Legends were originally broadcast on October 26, 2009 and re-broadcast on February 24th, 2010 on Ideas on CBC Radio One. The CBC...

Legends VIII: Legends of the Ilnu of Mashteuiatsh of Quebec

Monday, April 6, 2009 | Categories: Legends Project |

Legends of the Ilnu of Mashteuiatsh of Quebec was originally broadcast on Ideas on CBC Radio One. From the shores of Lac St Jean,...

Legends VII: Legends of the Kainai

Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | Categories: Legends Project |

Legends of the Kainai: Stories from the Blackfoot People of southern Alberta was originally broadcast on Ideas on CBC Radio One. This segment features...

Legends VI: Legends of the Mi'kmaq

Friday, February 27, 2009 | Categories: Legends Project |

Kluskap's People: Stories of the Mi'kmaq was originally broadcast on Ideas on CBC Radio One. The six bilingual legends included here are dramatizations selected...

Legends V: Legends of the Old Massett Haida

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 | Categories: Legends Project |

Twenty original stories from northern Haida Gwaii were recorded, transcribed and digitally preserved for the Masset Haida Heritage and Repatriation Society, in 2005. Five...

Legends IV: Legends of the Shuswap

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 | Categories: Legends Project |

Stories from the Secwepemc of Salmon Arm, B.C. aired nationally on CBC Radio Ideas in March, 2006. This collection of traditional oral legends was recorded,...

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