Article: BID TO REVIVE ORAL TRADITIONS OF TRIBES

Article: Teaching Oral Traditions
Journal of American Folklore;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Teaching Oral Traditions. Ed. John Miles Foley. (New York...literature. In 1998, Teaching Oral Traditions joined this well-established series...book, for both those teaching oral traditions for the first time and those with...

Article: Exalted Sits the Chief: The Ancient History of Hawai'i Island.(Book Review)
Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific;  September 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ......cautions about firsthand accounts and oral traditions, his assessment of Hawai'i Island...obstacles involved in linking chiefs in oral traditions to sites not referenced in those traditions...relationships among variables in the oral traditions and the archaeological record. In...

Article: Truth dwells in the deeps: southwestern oral traditions and archaeological interpretations.
Journal of the Southwest;  December 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......American Indian traditional narratives or oral traditions as data in archaeological interpretations...meaning that archaeologists must take oral traditions into account when constructing culture...of the opinion of Anyon and others: Oral traditions and scientific knowledge both ...

Article: On narrative expectations: Greenlandic oral traditions about the cultural encounter between Inuit and Norsemen.
Scandinavian Studies;  September 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ......their to attention to recording their oral traditions in writing and in doing so remained...systematic collection of Greenlandic oral traditions. With a background in the natural...song). (2) This collection of the oral traditions became part of a multi-faceted national...

Article: Making blood white: Historical transformations in early modern Makassar.(Book Review)
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......by drawing contrasts between oral traditions and written histories. The author asserts that Makassarese oral traditions have been 'passed from generation...Cummings argues that Makassarese oral traditions focus almost exclusively on...

Article: Alexander Posey. Chinnubbie and the Owl: Muscogee (Creek) Stories, Orations, and Oral Traditions.(Book review)
The American Indian Quarterly;  March 22, 2007 ;     667 words ......Muscogee (Creek) Stories, Orations, and Oral Traditions. Edited by Matthew Wynn Sivils. Lincoln...doubt discovered the importance of oral traditions for obtaining a greater understanding...nine stories, five orations, and nine oral traditions, each important for different content...

Article: Oral Traditions as Philosophy: Okot p'Bitek's Legacy for African Philosophy.(Book Review)
African Studies Quarterly;  March 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Oral Traditions as Philosophy: Okot p'Bitek's Legacy...search for African philosophy in oral traditions as well. Though the author relies...discussed. Therefore, in reading Oral Traditions as Philosophy one gets a holistic...

Article: ethnohistory
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology;      56 words ......societies (usually non-literate) based upon information gleaned from oral traditions, written materials from outsiders, linguistic and archaeological...using non-western, indigenous historical records, and especially oral traditions.

Article: REFLECTIONS ON THE ORAL TRADITIONS OF THE NTERAPO OF THE SALAGA AREA
History In Africa;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......archeological significance of the oral traditions of Nterapo communities in the Salaga...source of data on the past such as oral traditions, archeological records, photographs...past cultural processes. In Africa oral traditions are a major source of information...

Article: SUMMER SESSIONS 2006: The Graduate INstitute offers master's degrees
New Haven Register;  April 14, 2006 ;     320 words ......Graduate Institute's master of arts in Oral Traditions program asks participants,What stories...who you are?" The master of arts in Oral Traditions is one of four unique, transdisciplinary...offered by The Graduate Institute. The Oral Traditions program explores the function of ...

Article: Kurpershoek, P. Marcel. Oral Poetry and Narrative from Central Arabia, 4. A Saudi Tribal History: Honour and Faith in the Traditions of the Dawasir.(Book Review)
Asian Folklore Studies;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......provides an in-depth analysis of the oral traditions and the performers of the abovementioned...both aim at presenting the literary oral traditions of the Arabian Peninsula within the...been clearly presented in the Wadi's oral traditions (14), and the only source for records...

Article: CONTENTS AND CONTEXTS THE RHETORIC OF ORAL TRADITIONS IN THE ??MAN OF SEFWI WIAWSO, GHANA.
Africa;  September 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT This article examines political oral traditions in the Sefwi (Akan) area of Ghana...of the context of the emergence of oral traditions--hostility between particular stool...political levels. The first is centred on oral traditions regarding the relationship between...

Article: Historical Archaeology in Africa: Representation, Social Memory, and Oral Traditions
African Studies Review;  December 1, 2007 ;     589 words ......Representation, Social Memory, and Oral Traditions. Lanham, Md.: AltaMira Press, 2006...Many deal with the application of oral traditions to the archaeological record, emphasizing...expansion and one that makes heavy use of oral traditions? How far back in time can archaeologists...

Article: Shamanic epics and narrative construction of identity on Cheju Island.
Asian Folklore Studies;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......been widely acknowledged that oral traditions can provide important historical data. Although oral traditions do not describe actual historical...historical evidence. By definition, oral traditions stress the fact of transmission...