Subtitle: An Interdisciplinary Review of the Literatures on Oral Traditions and Oral Histories. By Professor Alexander von Gernet, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto (Erindale), April, 1996. From the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada web site.
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& Native Cultures: Oral Cultures in Print
From the web site, "Most
native cultures preserved and passed on their traditions orally. Written
texts only partially reveal this oral dimension. Nevertheless, Europeans
continally testified to native oratorical abilities." From the Cultural
Readings: Colonization & Print in the Americas web exhibit, sponsored
by the University of Pennsylvania Library.
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