American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Autumn, 1994, pp. 481-494
Description
Literary criticism article which examines Black Hawk: An Autobiography and argues that in addition to its value as a historical text, it should also be considered as an act of literary resistance against the narratives imposed on Indigenous peoples by mainstream society.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 4, Fall, 2019, pp. 439-470
Description
Author examines several images contemporary to the 1904 World’s Fair, discusses the way in which Indigenous people were portrayed as "spectacle, commodity and spoil of American conquest;" articulates ways that some Indigenous Leaders both corroborated these portrayals and subverted them.
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Red Readings, December 30, 2018, pp. 63-79
Description
Article engages with the visual art of two different Indigenous women artists, Sarah Sense and Shan Goshorn, and the work it does to challenge colonial narratives and representations of Indigeneity, and Indigenous women by addressing "chasms of misunderstanding and collisions of cultural representation."
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Summer, 1992, pp. 361-372
Description
Author explores the tropes of exoticism contained in Fergusson’s novel Dancing Gods, situates Fergusson’s writing within the genre, and relates it to similar works by other writers within the genre.
Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses the way that story shapes our understanding of people and places, and how only having one narrative about a place or a people leads to a stereotypical and incomplete understanding.
Duration: 18:33.
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 125-140
Description
Introduction to and commentary on the special issue which features extracts from a conference with the same name and articles which focus on the ways that Indigenous peoples represent European people(s), and vice versa, in art.
Hakaru Maruumatu Kwitaka? Seeking Representational Jurisdiction in Comanchería Cinema
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dustin Tahmahkera
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 100-135
Description
Discusses representations of the Comanche people in both historic and contemporary films and other media; describes ways in which cinematic Comanche (actors and performers) worked to subvert mainstream narratives and portrayals of their people.
Studies in American Indian Literature, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 121-150
Description
Discuss Waln’s use of hip hop as a venue to resist colonially imposed tropes of toxic/hyper masculinity and the indian, and to reestablish authentic Indigenous masculinities and collaboration with Indigenous feminists.
Discusses the work of visual artist Summer Zah; highlights the way in which the artist engages with media stereotypes and representations, and the effects they can have on individual identities as well as on mainstream perceptions of Indigenous peoples.
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 117-150
Description
Discusses how the work of these visual artists participates in Indigenous storytelling about the future by engaging with contemporary artistic practices and mainstream popular culture; author examines the way that the artists challenge Western colonial narratives and stereotypes.
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 79-110
Description
The authors explore the ways that the design of two different Indigenous video games compels players to enact survivance, and how that experience of survivance creates a space for teaching and learning about culture and for decolonizing perspectives.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 409-422
Description
Author examines different frameworks and themes related to mixed ethnicities/identities and considers how these factors might motivate an author to create mixed characters.
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 30-52
Description
Author discusses the work of two Indigenous pop-artists and how they appropriate iconic mainstream imagery in order to subvert popular narratives and stereotypes in the Star Wars franchise and in the wider film industry.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 53-61
Description
Author works to articulate a strategy for the introduction and study of Indigenous text in the post-secondary classroom. Focuses on identifying a text as an “Indigenous text,” diversity of authors, cultural elements of the texts.
Transmotion, vol. 2, no. 1-2, November 28, 2016, pp. 5-11
Description
Critical review of a 2014 run of the play Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Details the ways in which the play promotes racialized language and slurs, misinformation about, and the mistreatment of Indigenous people.
Matika Wilbur shares photographs and stories from Project 562, her multi-year project to document members of federally recognized tribes in the United States.
Duration: 1:42:58.
[Re]inventing the Wheel: Advancing the Dialogue on Contemporary American Indian Art
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Nancy Marie Mithlo
Description
Looks at the consequences of stereotypical images.
Chapter 4 from: [Re]inventing the Wheel: Advancing the Dialogue on Contemporary American Indian Art edited by Nancy J. Blomberg.
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018 , pp. i-vii
Description
Guest editor introduces the issue and discusses the origins and evolution of the idea for an issue that focuses on Indigenous-centered film criticism and literary criticism. Discusses the process and value of “Red Readings.”
Transmotion, vol. 2, no. 1-2, November 28, 2016, pp. 52-75
Description
Literary criticism article considers author Blake Hausman's Riding the Trail of Tears arguing that the text harnesses the science fiction genre to criticize not only the historical “Trail of Tears,” but also the ongoing romanization of the narrative in the United States.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, 2004, pp. 131-181
Description
Book reviews of :
American Indian Education, a History by Jon Allan Reyhner and Jeanne Eder.
The Anguish of Snails: Native American Folklore in the West by Barre Toelken.
Battle for the BIA: G.E.E. Lindquist and the Missionary Crusade against John Collier by David W.