{"id":26618,"date":"2012-11-23T04:01:43","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T04:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=26618"},"modified":"2012-11-23T04:01:43","modified_gmt":"2012-11-23T04:01:43","slug":"reviving-native-culture-and-tradition-with-the-help-of-elders-%e2%80%93-a-study-of-maria-campbell%e2%80%99s-halfbreed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=26618","title":{"rendered":"Reviving Native Culture and Tradition with the Help of Elders \u2013 A Study of Maria Campbell\u2019s Halfbreed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviving Native Culture and Tradition with the Help of Elders \u2013 A Study of Maria Campbell\u2019s Halfbreed<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Criterion: An International Journal in English<\/a>
\nVolume III, Issue III (September 2012)
\n8 pages
\nISSN 0976-8165<\/p>\n

A. Kamaleswari<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of English
\nSaiva Bhanu Kshatriya (S. B. K.) College, Aruppukottai, India<\/em><\/p>\n

Elders should be role models for everyone. Elders should be teachers of the grandchildren and all young people because of their wisdom. Elders should be advisors, law-givers, dispensers of justice. Elders should be knowledgeable in all aspects of Innu Culture. Elders should be teachers for everyone of the past history of Innu people. Elders should be teachers of values to be passed from generation to generation\u2026 We place great importance in our elders. Their directions for us will guide our lives. (Statement by the Innu<\/a> delegation from Sheshatshiu Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, April 27, 1989).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The role of Elders has become increasingly meaningful in First Nation<\/a> Communities, especially urban communities. Elders are important for their symbolic connection to the past and for their knowledge of traditional ways, teachings, stories and ceremonies. A number of community organizations in Toronto, such as the Native Canadian Centre, Anishnawbe Health of Toronto, Aboriginal Legal Services to Toronto, First Nations House of the University of Toronto and many more have introduced either a resident \u201cElder\u201d, \u201ca visiting Elder programme, or an Elders\u2019 Advisory committee to provide guidance and information to the organization and its community. Such a strategy provides the community with contact with tradition, traditional beliefs, ceremonies and experiences and a philosophy unique to First Nation Cultures. If the knowledge of tradition is lost, the Native identity will be lost. They are symbols of Aboriginal culture not only in their words and actions but in their very being. This paper is an attempt in analyzing the revival of Native culture and tradition in Maria Campbell\u2019s<\/a> autobiography Halfbreed<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Intimate familiarity with Native culture is a key to the survival of the M\u00e9tis<\/a>. It can help them to take pride in being M\u00e9tis and to retain their M\u00e9tis identity. Without it, they are most likely to become nothing and fail in a pluralistic society. Maria Campbell, born in 1940 in Northern Saskatchewan<\/a>, produced her book. \u2018Half-breed\u2019, in 1973. This is a story of her own life up to the time she became a writer. Campbell never dreamed of becoming a writer. It was growing frustration and anger with her powerlessness that spurred her to write about herself. Since then, she has been active in publishing short illustrated histories for children, which include \u2018The People of Buffalow\u2019 (1976), Little Badger and the Fire Spirit<\/em> (1977), Riel\u2019s People<\/em> (1978) and Achimoona<\/em> (1985). These books are designed to provide young Native people with Native stories, which help to instill in them a pride in their heritage and a positive self-image…<\/p>\n

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Reviving Native Culture and Tradition with the Help of Elders \u2013 A Study of Maria Campbell\u2019s Halfbreed The Criterion: An International Journal in English Volume III, Issue III (September 2012) 8 pages ISSN 0976-8165 A. Kamaleswari, Assistant Professor of English Saiva Bhanu Kshatriya (S. B. K.) College, Aruppukottai, India Elders should be role models for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5,19,8,3015],"tags":[12826,8128,12825,12824],"class_list":["post-26618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-book-reviews","category-canada","category-media-archive","category-native-americans","tag-a-kamaleswari","tag-maria-campbell","tag-the-criterion","tag-the-criterion-an-international-journal-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}