Mixedblood Messages: Literature, Film, Family, Place
Off the Reservation: Reflections on Boundary-Busting, Border Crossing, and Loose Canons
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Payne
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1999, pp. 84-89
Description
Book reviews of:
Mixedblood Messages: Literature, Film, Family, Place by Louis Owens.
Off the Reservation: Reflections on Boundary-Busting, Border Crossing, and Loose Canons by Paula Gunn Allen.
To Access Reviews, scroll to Page 84-89
Brief overview of history of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation located on Bruce Peninsula in Ontario. Website includes timeline, map, and historic photos with accompanying text.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
Black and white photograph of a group of Blackfeet at the Calgary Stampede as spectators. They wear European styled clothing.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 51, no. 1, Spring, 1999, pp. 8-
Description
A short article by the editor accompanying and commenting selected photographs that can be found throughout the issue.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 8.
A photograph of the cast of the first play performed by School for the Deaf, entitled "The Historical Life of the Indians." Photo taken front of school. The cast appears to be all non-Aboriginal except for perhaps the girl seated at right in front row with a white doll in a papoose style wrapping. They wear stereotypical Indian style costumes fashioned out of [burlap?] All have head-bands or hats with feathers and one wears a mask. On the back is written: Xmas 1932.
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.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1999, pp. [51]-65
Description
Examines the ways in which photography, both past and present, by Western photographers and the Aboriginal character of Will, is used as a plot device in the novel.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Paintings of totem pole villages created in the early 20th century done by Emily Carr and other artists. The voice of First Nations people describes and provides context for the artworks.