Literature & Stories

Presents a fictional story of cross cultural relations and friendship.

Discussion with LeAnne Howe on her novels Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story and Shell Shaker and their representations of Choctawan cultural elements such as spirituality, linguistic characteristics, ancient trade and diplomacy practices, and gender roles.

Editorial article examines how the execution of the Choctaw man Silon Lewis is framed in the social narrative which surrounds it and how that framing allows Lewis to be seen as a “savage” or villain rather that a hero protecting his people and culture.

Discusses the importance of dance as a metaphor for the fusion of ritual, art and religion inherent in Aboriginal culture.

General account of his life.

Provides alternative fictional history of Columbus' voyage, contact and effects through use of Coyote to illustrate the teaching.

Book review of: The Circle and the Spiral by Eva Rusk Knudsen.

Reflects on the contributions of Blackfeet author James Welch as a poet and philosopher who sought alternate ways of explaining issues using narration, passion, and commitment. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 3.

Examines to what extent Native writers, critics, and researchers, as well as non-Native people who work in Native Studies, are led or constrained by beliefs about what is traditional, spiritually appropriate, politically effective and beneficial to Native communities.

Author discusses how a 'negative space' was articulated in relation to Indigenous women, which was in turn used to oppress European women.

Describes approach to songs, spoken and written words from the Inuit perspective.

Freda Ahenakew of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation named Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations' Citizen of the Year.

Argues that the focus of this novel is the loss of status and membership (enfranchisement) of the Oneida Peoples.

Fiction by a creative writing student from a mission school.

Book review of: Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom by Tiya Miles.

Looks at a novel in which the characters, events, and fictional geography resemble that of James Bay, but the authors disclaimer states otherwise.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Masaryk University, 2007.

Discusses successful children's writers that falsely claim Indigenous ancestry and the effect their success had on maintaining stereotypes that fit the popular conception of what constitutes an Indigenous person. The four of the writers profiled are: Jamake Highwater Anpao, Paul Goble, Sharon Creech, and Asa Carter.

Teaching tool for children 7-12; story designed to raise awareness of both historical and contemporary contributions of First Nation, Inuit and Metis peoples.

Consists of an interview where Clarence Joe speaks of the conversion of the Sechelt Indians to Roman Catholicism and he discusses at various points the industry and initiative of the Sechelt Indians.

Examines novel Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. English Language and Literature Thesis (B.A.)--Masaryk University, 2013.

Master of Arts Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 1999.

Graphic novel. Video version.

Authors contend that climate change is providing an occasion to raise questions about values and priorities.

Short comment by Sherman Alexie regarding Patsy Cline and the local Tribal school.

Argues that the limitations of the medium or cultural materials and the offered resistance fuel the creative tension in the novel. Entire issue on one pdf. To access issue, scroll to page 85.

Argues that James Welch's work Fools Crow constructs the story of first contact from within Native American subjectivity and redefines the meanings of religion, culture and virtue by exploring the gap that exists between official national histories, early novels by Euroamericans, and the voice of Native Americans. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 90.

Fiction short story about an Aboriginal writer.

Theology Thesis (D.Min.)--St. Stephen's College, 1999. Doctoral dissertation based on life of missionary James Evans.

Introduction to special issue on Native Americans.

Noted author discusses his work.

Curriculum has flexibility to be adapted for use with grades 4-12. Novel is about the Navajo Marines of World War II.

Presents an introduction to the issue and the works of Gerald Vizenor. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Arlington, 2012. References works written by Karl May and Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich.

Looks at traditional definitions of writer versus author and how these definitions do not fit within Indigenous literatures.

Investigates the efforts of authors in their chronicle of Sami life in the book, Muitalus Sámiid Birra.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2010.

English Thesis (DLitt et Phil)--University of South Africa, 2007.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Baylor University, 2002.

Book review of: The Collected Writings of Samson Occom, Mohegan edited by Joanna Brooks.

Short story.

Lists authentic materials by and about Indigenous people and suggests appropriate grade level.

Argument that Jessica was representative of what was happening in regional theatre (Saskatoon) in the 1970s and 1980s.

Scandinavian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2001.

Author analyzes three different novels in order to provide a complex and nuanced perspective on the different ways that the ‘60’s Scoop has been treated by Indigenous authors over a prolonged period (1983-2018). Includes discussion of Beatrice Mosionier In Search of April Raintree, Robert Arthur Alexie's The Pale Indian, and James Bartleman's A Matter of Conscience.

Analytical review, that should be approached from an holistic perspective that is both realistic, and historically and socially accurate.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Iowa, 2002.