Valandra, Edward C.

Edward Charles Valandra, Edward Valandra

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"God Made Me an Indian": Who Made Native Studies?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
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Edward Valandra
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 31, no. 1, Special Issue: Essentializing Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Spring, 2016, pp. 46-63
Analysis of the first dissertation written about Elizabeth Cook-Lynn's role in the development of Native studies as a discipline: Reading Cook-Lynn: Anti-Colonialism, Cultural Resistance, and Native Empowerment by Kodjo Ruben Afagla.
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National Coexistence is Our Bull Durham: Revisiting "The Indian Today"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
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Edward C. Valandra
American Studies, vol. 46, no. 3-4, Indigeneity at the Crossroads of American Studies, Fall/Winter, 2005, pp. 59-76
Analyzes an essay published in the 1965 special issue of the Midcontinent American Studies Journal entitled "An American Indian Renascence?" by Nancy Oestreich Lurie. Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.
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Remember 9-11!: White Belligerency in the Academy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
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Edward C. Valandra
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 420-428
Author examines the criticism faced by university faculty in the United States who choose to vocalize any criticisms of the war on terrorism initiated by the Bush administration following the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
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The As-Told-To Native [Auto]biography: Whose Voice is Speaking?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward Valandra
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 20, no. 2, Fall, 2005, pp. 103-119
Explores the problems associated with authorship, the representation of Native Americans in literature, and argues that Native American people need to author their own stories to ensure that the thought, philosophy, experience and wisdom of authentic Native American voices will ensure cultural survival.
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