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Canadian Crusoes: A Tale of the Rice Lake Plains
Contemporary Native Women's Voices in Literature
Looks at one way to cross the cultural boundary in Aboriginal literature by examining the purpose of author Maria Campbell, in Halfbreed, Beatrice Culleton, in In Search of April Raintree, and Lee Maracle, in I Am Woman.
D.C. Scott's View of History & the Indians
Discusses the seeming inconsistencies between Scott's actions as a bureaucrat for the Dept. of Indian Affairs, and the attitudes expressed in his poetry.
Jeannette Armstrong & The Colonial Legacy
Discussion on the effects of colonization, the solutions to a path of healing and the changes required to alter the future.
Lines and Circles: The "Rez" Plays of Tomson Highway
Discussion of two plays, The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, which expose the problems, challenges and injustices that Aboriginal people face.
Mourning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography
Mourning Dove's Canadian Recovery Years, 1917-1919
Discusses the period in Christine Quintasket's life when her health improved and she regained the strength to pursue her ambitions as a writer.
A Narrow Vision: Duncan Campbell Scott and the Administration of Indian Affairs in Canada
Pauline Johnson
The Politics of Representation: Some Native Canadian Women Writers
Discussion on reviving traditional storytelling techniques, in new forms, and challenging the Canadian literary tradition.