American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 1999, pp. 177-189
Description
Argues that Wampum was a historical record, containing matters that were held sacred, but when first encountered by Europeans, because it was held with such respect, Wampum was assumed by the Europeans to be money.
Early American Literature, vol. 48, no. 1, 2013, pp. 201-212
Description
Book review essay of:
Colonial Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Rolena Adorno.
Indigenous Writings from the Convent: Negotiating Ethnic Autonomy in Colonial Mexico by Mónica Díaz.
On the Wings of Time: Rome, the Incas, Spain, and Peru by Sabine MacCormack.
The Art of Being In-Between: Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca by Yanna Yannakakis.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 28, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 65-76
Description
Uses media reports, websites, legal documents, and empirical literature in an analysis of themes which emerged in the debate between Native Americans and scientists as to who "owned" the nine-thousand-year-old remains.
Looks at politics and practices of cross cultural communication by examining the historical and current status of American Indians as subjects and participants in the educational system.
Early American Literature, vol. 48, no. 3, 2013, pp. 743-754
Description
Book review essay of:
English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750–1830 by Hilary E. Wyss.
Queequeg’s Coffin: Indigenous Literacies and Early American Literature by Birgit Rasmussen.
On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and Memory by Andrew Newman.
Journal of Surrealism and the Americas, vol. 7, no. 1, 2013, pp. 52-70
Description
Discuses the Native American fine arts movement of personal expression and active engagement with mainstream modern art during the late 1940s. Focuses on the work of artists Chief Terry Saul, Walter Richard "Dick" West, and Oscar Howe.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 149-207
Description
Book reviews of:
American Indian Activism: Alcatraz to the Longest Walk edited by Troy Johnson, Joane Nagel, and Duane Champagne.
As We Are Now: Mixblood Essays on Race and Identity edited by William S. Penn.
Cahokia: Domination and Ideology in the Mississippian World edited by Timothy R. Pauketat and Thomas E.
American Literary History, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2013, pp. 625-637
Description
Book reviews of 3 books:
On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and Memory by Andrew Newman.
Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England by Jean O'Brien.
English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750-1830 by Hilary E. Wyss.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 14, no. 2, Autumn, 1999, pp. 32-45
Description
Argues that Native American literature, whether oral or written, serves all the functions any literature can or does serve, including spiritual inspiration and political insight.