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Ambigere: The Euro-American Picaro and the Native American Trickster

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Franchot Ballinger
MELUS, vol. 17, no. 1, Native American Fiction: Myth and Criticism , Spring, 1991-1992, pp. [21]-38
Contends that despite commonalities between the two figures, many more dissimilarities exist due to differences in Aboriginal and Western cultures and worldviews.
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American Indian Autobiography and Written Composition: A Course Proposal

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Sudol
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1991, pp. 28-35
Introduces a proposal for a composition course that is based on American Indian autobiography, and is designed for upper-level English majors. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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The American Indian in the Great War: Real and Imagined [Part One, Chapter Three]

Alternate Title
Chapter III: Portraying the Indian
Part I: The Road to War
The Road to War: Portraying the Indian
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Diane Camurat
Master's Thesis submitted in 1993 to the Institut Charles V of the University of Paris VII. Content includes: Inventing the Indian and Representing Him from the First Encounters to the Civil War, and Various Images of the Indian: 1860-1917.
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American Indian Intellectualism and the New Indian Story

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Winter, 1996, pp. 57-76
Discusses representations and themes in various genres of literature involving Aboriginal characters.
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American Indian Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Hunter
MELUS, vol. 8, no. 2, Summer, 1981, pp. 82-85
Overview of works produced during the 1980s, as well predictions for the future.
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American Indian Literature: A Tradition of Renewal

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Nabakov
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 21-28
Discusses the effects of recording oral traditions in print form. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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American Indian Stories

Alternate Title
A Warrior's Daughter
An Indian Teacher Among Indians
Impressions of an Indian Childhood
School Days of an Indian Girl
The Soft-Hearted Sioux
The Trial Path
E-Books
Author/Creator
Zitkala-Sa [Gertrude Simmons Bonnin]
Compilation of essays previously published as magazine artices.
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American Indian Women: Nurturing American Indian Cultural and Political Continuance

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christopher B. Teuton
NWSA Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, Summer, 2003, pp. 123-134
Book reviews of: Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary edited by Gretchen M. Bataille and Laurie Lisa, Sifters: Native American Women's Lives edited by Theda Perdue, Te Ata: Chickasaw Storyteller, American Treasure by Richard Green, Esther Ross: Stillaguamish Champion by Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown, Off the Reservation: Reflections on Boundary-Busting, Border Crossing, Loose Cannons by Paula Gunn Allen, Anti-Indianism in Modern America: A Voice from Tatekeya's Earth by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn.
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The American Indian Writer as a Cultural Broker: An Interview with N. Scott Momaday

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniele Fiorentino
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 4, Series 2; European Writings on Native American Literatures, Winter, 1996, pp. [61]-72
In the interview, the acclaimed author of House Made of Dawn, discusses, among other things, oral traditions as compared to the written word. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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[American Indians and Popular Culture]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Levin Arnsperger
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 262-265
Book review of: American Indians and Popular Culture: Vol. 1, Media, Sports and Politics, Vol. 2. Literature, Arts, and Resistance edited by Elizabeth DeLaney Hoffman.
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American Indians and the Urban Experience

Alternate Title
Contemporary Native American Communities: Stepping Stones to the Seventh Generation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Susan Lobo
Jack D. Forbes
Dugan Aguilar
Carol Miller
L. Franck Manriquez ... [et al.]
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American Lazarus

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joel W. Martin
Church History, vol. 75, no. 4, pp. 941-942
Book review of: American Lazarus: Religion and the Rise of African-American and Native American Literatures by Joanna Brooks.
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Amherst College Collection of Native American Literature (Selections)

Alternate Title
[The Kim-Wait/Eisenberg Native American Literature Collection]
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
The collection includes fiction, poetry, history, philosophy, sermons, anthropological works, photography, activist manifestos, books for children, etc. Currently the project involves digitizing material published prior to 1923.
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Amō’s Sapotawan = Amō ōsapotawan: Teacher's Guide

Alternate Title
Six Seasons Series ; book two
Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak
E-Books
Author/Creator
Connie Wyatt Anderson
Margaret Dumas
Renée Gillis
Doris Wolf

"Set in the mid-1600s, the books follow the daily seasonal lives of one family group of asiniskaw īthiniwak who live in northern Manitoba’s Rocky Cree territory along the Churchill River".

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The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Chuck Hamsa
Whispering Wind, vol. 34, no. 6, November/December 2004, p. 36
Book review of: The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives by Heather McKilop.
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“And Then, Twenty Years Later . . .”: A Conversation with Paula Gunn Allen

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Purdy
Paula Gunn Allen
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 3, Series 2; Twentieth-Anniversary Issue on the Flagstaff Conference on Native American Literatures, Fall, 1997, pp. [5]-16
Interview with the acclaimed poet, scholar, and author of such works as Pocahontas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat and The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Androgyny as Resistance to Authoritarianism in Two Postmodern Canadian Novels

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Lamont-Stewart
Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature, vol. 30, no. 3, September 1997, pp. 115-[?]
Critiques Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water and states the novel employs counter-narratives that deploy androgynous figures to parody popular literature texts.
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Anecdotal Humour in Maria Campbell's Halfbreed

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. E. Jannetta
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 1996, pp. 62-75
Argues that Métis life in Maria Campbell's Halfbreed are structured around humorous anecdotes which are often in stark contrast to the tragic nature of the story.
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The Animals' Ballgame

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Geary Hobson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 4, Animal Studies, Winter, 2013, pp. 83-99
Short story. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 83.
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Anishinaabe Syndicated: A View From the Rez

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lawrence Gross
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 29, no. 1, Special Issue: A Tribute to Russell Means, Spring, 2014, pp. 102-105
Book review of: Anishinaabe Syndicated: A View From the Rez by Jim Northrup.
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Annie York & Arthur Urquhart Interview #1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Annie York
Arthur Urquhart
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview that tells of the arrival of Simon Fraser amongst the Thompson Indians. Annie York discusses the life of her grandfather and speaks at great length of her devotion to the Christian religion.
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Annie York & Arthur Urquhart Interview #2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Annie York
Arthur Urquhart
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
An interview where they give general reminiscences of their lives. There is also mention of a legend concerning the creation of the sun and moon.
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