Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 2, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-21
Description
Looks at Choctaw mythology involving self-discovery and the false divisions between this world and the spirit world in Louis Owens’s The Sharpest Sight.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 1, Series 2: Feminist and Post-Colonial Approaches, Spring, 1994, pp. 83-98
Description
Discussion on the contemporary Native American crises of identity and injustice and how community and kinship can be restored and strengthened without sacrificing the rights and the differences of individuals and cultures.
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The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 29, no. 1/2, 2009, pp. 165-182
Description
Examines how storytelling in theater, by the representation of past and present, history and myth and through the performance of the rituals of sacrifice, can perform a humanistic healing act.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la langue et les savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 360-363
Description
Book review of: Ungipaghaghlanga. Let Me Tell You a Story. Quutmiit Yupigita Unigpaghaatangit. Legends of the Siberian Eskimos transliterated and translated by Christopher Patuwaq Koonooka from Stories Told By Ayveghhaq, Asuya, Alghalek, Nanughhaq, Wiri by G. A. Menovshchikov.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 3, Food Sovereignty, Spring, 2011, pp. 50-51
Description
Looks at the creation of a campus-wide book club with the the intent of encouraging reading, writing and conversation among students, faculty, administration and members of the community.
[Teacher Resource Guide: English 12 First Peoples]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Starla Anderson
Jo-Anne Chrona
David Ellison
Nora Greenway
Stephen Naylor ... [et al.]]
Description
Developed for grade twelve students. Presented in six parts: Introduction, Novel Study I: (Halfbreed by Maria Campbell), Novel Study II: (In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton), poetry, drama and humour.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 94-116
Description
Provides critical analysis of Erdrich’s novel which examines the high rates of sexual assault of Indigenous women as a metaphor for colonization, and draws parallels between the aftermath of an assault and the state and status of Ojibwe culture.
Journal of Religion & Film, vol. 18, no. 1, 2014, p. Article 40
Description
Film reviews of:
40 Years Celebrating Wounded Knee directed by Christopher Marshall.
The Medicine Game directed by Lukas Korver.
Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer.
Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork.
Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith.
Yellow Fever: The Navajo Uranium Legacy directed by Sophie Rousmaniere.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 91-93
Description
Book reviews of:
Unraveling the Spreading Cloth of Time edited by MariJo Moore and Trace A. Demeyer.
Walking in the Land of Many Gods by A. James Wohlpart.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 91.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 25, no. 2, 2000, pp. [96]-107
Description
Explores national and personal identities, with half the English Canadians wishing they were really English and the other half wishing they were Americans; then there is the Aboriginal presence that surfaces, but then becomes invisible once again.
Linguistics, Literature and Culture Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of A Coruña, 2018.
Discusses: two narratives by Gordon Henry and Michele Serros, two books of poems by Natalie Diaz and David Tomas Martinez, the films Quinceañera and Smoke Signals, and the video games Never Alone and Guacamelee!.
Consists of an interview where Verna Patronella Johnston speaks of uses for traditional foods and medicines. She also gives an account of Grandma Jones, a storyteller.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1996, pp. [13]-24
Description
Discusses treatment of these subjects in the work of Ella Doloria, LeAnne Howe, Mary Crow Dog, Louise Erdrich, and Janet Campbell Hale.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 3, Winter, 2008, pp. 29-51
Description
Explores Sherman Alexie's novel, Indian Killer, focusing on the final chapter entitled, "Creation Story."
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GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 157-181
Description
Discusses the construction of two-spirit identities, and the theme of division in three contemporary narrative films, showing how they continue to mirror the ongoing legacy of settler colonialism.
Book reviews of 2 books: Visions of British Columbia: A Landscape Manual edited by Bruce Grenville and Scott Steedman.
Solitary Raven: The Essential Writings of Bill Reid edited by Robert Bringhurst.
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Examines works by four authors: Leslie Marmon Silko, Linda Hogan, Sherman Alexie and Jeannette Armstrong.
English and Film Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2013.