Drama

Book review of: 3 Plays by Alanis King.

Comments on some of the first Aboriginal authors published according to genre.

Theatre Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

A description of the narrative style of using events in the novel Ceremony to engage the reader's attention to look into deeper into the feelings and ideas behind the narrative's actions. Silko's style is a bridge between oral and written traditions for Indigenous storytelling.

Discusses the adaptation, by Marie Clements, of Euripides's Trojan Women.

Director/dramaturge discusses development of the award-winning one-man show by Waawaate Fobister. Duration: 41:38.

A discussion on ritual in James Welch's Winter in the Blood and its a representation of Indigenous Americans fighting their own cultural alienation in society.

Guide to accompany the play written by Daniel David Moses.

Looks at the role animals play in Leslie Silko's story and its reflections on Indigenous people needing to learn what to accept and what to resist in order to survive.

Looks into the role of humor for the main character in James Welch's novel to take control of his life as things out of his control occur throughout the narrative.

Book review of: Blue Ravens by Gerald Vizenor.

Discusses the play, published in 1936, which centered around culturally displaced mixed-blood youths in Oklahoma

Play about the Dene people, uranium mining in the Bear Lake region of the Northwest Territories, and the bombing of Hiroshima. Originally published by Talonbooks, 2003.

Play about a Chinese-Cree girl growing up in Saskatchewan. It is a fictionalized account of Dr. Lillian Dyck's life.

Compares and contrasts Sartre’s play and Harjo’s short film; focuses on the setting, characters, and themes of confinement and social / personal interaction.

Reflects on the importance of evolving traditional Indigenous ceremonies in contemporary Indigenous communities.

Film review of: Chasing Shakespeare directed by Norry Niven.

Writer/director of the play Night discusses his work. Duration: 28:55.

An analysis of the "tripratate" structural design of Silko's novel and how it places the hoop dance ceremony at the heart of the story despite the ritual only appearing in the middle of the novel.

Examines Sami author's last novel from a post colonial perspective.

Explores the interconnections between theater and history and the black and Native americanization program at Hampton Institute.

Guide includes: synopses, production who's who, forms and facts, interviews with playwright/performers, themes, set design and extension activities.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Baylor University, 2001.

Comments on George Vizenor narrative style to help readers from different cultures relate to one another through his writing.

Focuses on the Native Earth Performing Arts workshop presentation of the play based on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 1998.

This review essay uses Visualities 2: More Perspectives on Contemporary American Indian Film and Art edited by Denise K. Cummings to discuss the recent developments in Indigenous films and visual texts.

A discussion between six writers regarding Leslie Marmon Silko's novel Ceremony.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kannur University, Thalassery Campus, 2012.

Plot involves a young Shuswap woman who leaves her reserve for the city and is ultimately raped and murdered. Originally published by Talonbooks, 1970.

Study guide developed to accompany play written by Marie Clements, photography by Rita Leistner. Includes synopsis, information about the playwright, curriculum connections, discussion questions, and exercises.

Includes advice for non-Indigenous teachers teaching the class, list of recommended texts, and instruction and assessment units. Course conforms to the British Columbia curriculum, but incorporates literature from across Canada and the United States.

Arguments made regarding the need to "bring the erotic back into Indigenous arts".

Modern Languages and Literatures Thesis (M.A.?)--University of Lodz, 2009.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1998.

Review essay in which the author examines the reoccurring elements and themes in several plays written by Indigenous playwrights and published in Canada by Playwrights Canada Press.

English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alaska Anchorage, 1997.

Discusses the play The Edward S. Curtis Project: A Modern Picture Story by Marie Clements; photographs by Rita Leistner.

Describes how Gerald Vizenor literary work examines the inter-relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultures.

Presents three plays and home movies. Duration: 1:38:47.

Looks at the use of traditional Navajo spiritual practices for healing the main protagonist Tayo in Leslie Silko's Ceremony.

Reflects on Gerald Vizenor's The People Named the Chippewa challenging the historical depictions of Indigenous cultures in the United States.

An examination of the Blackfeet's migration to Montana and through the interactions between the Blackfeet and Cree characters in James Welch's Winter in the Blood.

Provides historical background about issues relating to the play about the murdered and missing women from the "Highway of Tears", a section of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

Literary criticism article which focuses on various ways that Salisbury’s work deals thematically with Germans and Germany. Compares and contrasts this engagement with Gerald Vizenor's in Blue Ravens: Historical Novel (2014) and Drew Hayden Taylor's in The Berlin Blues, a 2007 play.

Examines the protagonists and use of the trickster archetype in Indigenous author's fictional stories. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn and James Welch's Winter in the Blood and The Death of Jim Loney are the novels examined.