Raymond Yakeleya
Raymond Yakeleya is an award-winning Dene television Producer, Director and Writer. Raymond is originally from Tulita (formally Fort Norman) in the central Northwest Territories and he now calls Edmonton home. Raymond has over 30 year experience in the television industry. The documentary films he has made have been selected for showing at festivals around the world including the John Grierson Film Festival, the Robert Faherty Festival and the Margaret Mead Film Festival, as well as the Museum of the American Indian in New York and the British Museum of Mankind in London. He has won national and international awards for his work. Raymond received his photography and advanced television production at the Banff School of Fine Arts and attended the University of Southern California summer cinema program in Hollywood, Los Angeles. In 1979, Raymond produced, for CBC, the first award winning documentary titled We Remember, and in 1981 produced and directed The Last Mooseskin Boat, also an award winner, for the National Film Board. Since 1998, Raymond has produced five national television series and is currently in production of another. Raymond has always believed that Canada's Native people need to have a voice in mainstream media in order to tell our People's stories, our way. With the passing of many of our Elders, the telling of these stories has become more important. Raymond is a guest presenter at NorthWord NWT 2018 festival in Yellowknife.
Kids Books (2)
The Rainbow, the Midwife, and the Birds: 4 Dene Tales
$29.95
Artists:
Format:
Paperback
Text Content Territories:
Indigenous Canadian; First Nations; Dene;
ISBN / Barcode: 9781988824574
Synopsis:
Synopsis:
The book contains four Dene stories, as told by Raymond Yakeleya. "Flight Through the Rainbow" is about flying through a rainbow in a small plane and experiencing multi-sensations of colour. It also tells the legend of the spider and how its web catches raindrops that create the rainbow. "The Midwife and the Spirit of Life," dedicated to Raymond's Granny Harriet Gladue, is about the birth of babies and bringing their spirits into the world. "The Slingshot and the Songbird" is about a boy's sadness over killing a friendly songbird. "The Medicine Brothers and the Giant Birds" is a tale told to Raymond by his uncle George Blondin about the hazards of giant animals when the world was new.
The book also contains Dene language translation of terms from the book.
Educator & Series Information
This book is recommended for ages 8 to 12.
This book is part of the Indigenous Spirit of Nature series.
Additional Information
48 pages | 8.50" x 8.50" | Paperback
The Tree by the Woodpile: And Other Dene Spirit of Nature Tales
$16.95
Artists:
Format:
Paperback
Text Content Territories:
Indigenous Canadian; First Nations; Dene;
ISBN / Barcode: 9781988824031
Synopsis:
Synopsis:
“With the passing of many of our Elders, the telling of these stories becomes more valuable than ever.” — Raymond Yakeleya
The Tree by the Woodpile is a story about a First Nations boy who is told an enchanting tale by his grandmother about how an old tree by the woodpile provides food and shelter for the birds and animals of the North. Other stories in the book are “The Wolf,” and “The Mountain, the Wind, and the Wildflowers.” The stories are suffused with Newet'sine, the Creator and Spirit of Nature, who brings a message of how we must to cherish our land.
Educator & Series Information
The book, written in English and Dene for middle-grade children, ages 7 to 12, supports the "First Peoples Principles of Learning," particularly recognizing the role of Indigenous knowledge and learning embedded in memory, history, and story.
Recommended for these subject areas: English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies.
This is the first book in the UpRoute Indigenous Spirit of Nature Series.
Additional Information
64 pages | 5.50" x 8.50" | 25 b&w illustrations |18 colour illustrations | Dene translation by Jane Modeste (Dene).
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