American Indian Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 3, Autumn, 1975, pp. 237-245
Description
To rectify the lack of interest in Indigenous literature, the author critically examines nine Indigenous autobiographies to explore their literary value. Since Indigenous narratives are usually oral autobiographies, they are an ideal bridge between the written and the spoken forms.
Traces Chief Lelooska’s artistic development as a carver and describes the ways in which Northwest Coast Indian art and cultural tradition were conveyed to people living in or visiting the region during the twentieth century.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 343-362
Description
Literary criticism article (from a conference paper) which uses the text Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King to illustrate the conversation narrative style of many Indigenous authors.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 18, no. 2, Autumn, 2003, pp. 127-134
Description
Highlights the importance of incorporating the Ojibwa's cultural history in the analysis of their sacred stories and explores the variety and many versions of stories regarding Anishinaabe myth.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. 101-118
Description
Review essay on: Remember This! Dakota Decolonization and the Eli Taylor Narratives by Waziyatawin Angela Wilson and In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors edited by Waziyatawin Angela Wilson.
Journal of the Southwest, vol. 47, no. 1, Oral History Remembered: Native Americans, Doris Duke, and the Young Anthropologists, Spring, 2005, pp. 11-28
Description
Provides overview of the program and goals which included documentation of the history of Native Americans in their own voices and from their own perspectives.
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 91, no. 360, April-June 1978, pp. 691-699
Description
Explores the "relationship between the various features of the Star-Husband tale and the social insitutions of the tribes in which this story was told."
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Fall, 2011
Description
Author reflects on the differences between mainstream and Indigenous concepts of knowledge on the economy through stories of his grandmother and other relatives.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, January 1, 1996, pp. 7-13
Description
Focuses on oral traditions within families and presents a story of a Dakota family's struggles during their removal following the 1862 United States Dakota Conflict in Minnesota.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 1984, pp. 117-125
Description
Using the work of writer-artist Paul Goble to compare the depiction of Plains natives in his books versus the more stereotypical images found in most children literature. These inaccurate depictions become part of children's worldviews depicting Indigenous peoples as a lost culture rather than a group that continues to adapt throughout history.