Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 29-33
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Discusses self-discovery and self-creation in the poetry of Wendy Rose, and her growth as a poet.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 4, Series 2 , Winter, 1990, pp. 16-23
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Commentary includes:
From the Editors by Helen Jaskoski and Robert M. Nelson
On the Creation of ASAIL: Comment and Response by Larry Evers
Response to Larry Evers by Arnold Krupat
Hillerman Again from the SSILA Newsletter
American Indian Studies Series"Returning the Gift": A Native American Writers FestivalLetters to the Editor by Bob Reising, Charles G. Ballard, Toby C. S. Langen and Ellen Nore
Coming AttractionsCall for Papers on Early Written Literature
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 3, Summer, 1993, pp. 319-327
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Illustrates how Blackfeet author James Welch uses small surprises, ambiguities, and arguable resolutions to end his novels, thus avoiding the open-and-shut case ending.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 45-67
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Literary Criticism article in which the author examines the place-based and relational nature of Indigenous spiritual practices, and the treatment of these in the McNickle’s novel.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 39-45
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Looks at various works by Gerald Vizenor, and his vision and dream to restore tribal values.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 23-30
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Examines how Vizenor enters the role of narrative mediator and intervenes to effect communication and renegotiate the terms of the discourse in works such as, Thomas White Hawk.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 133-145
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Reviews three of James Welch's novels discussing the intersect of culture, motion used as a central unifying theme that helps shap the identity, understanding, and interaction of characters with places and actions.
American Literature, vol. 62, no. 3, September 1990, pp. 405-422
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Contends that works of this Chippewa author reflect the ambivalence and tension in the lives of her characters who are of mixed heritage and explores their use of both powerlessness and power.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 29-32
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Books reviews of: The Summer in the Spring: Ojibway Lyric Poems and Tribal Stories edited by Gerald Vizenor
Tony Hillerman by Fred Erisman
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1990, pp. 24-49
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Book reviews of:
The Voice in the Margin: Native American Literature and the Canon by Arnold Krupat
The Good Red Road: Passages into Native America by Kenneth Lincoln, with Al Logan Slagle
The Singing Spirit edited by Bernd C. Peyer
The Droning Shaman by Nora Marks Dauenhauer
The Witch of Goingsnake and Other Stories by Robert Conley
Chainbreaker: The Revolutionary War Memoirs of Governor Blacksnake as Told to Benjamin Williams edited by Thomas S. Abler
Another View [Blacksnake] edited by Thomas S.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1993, pp. 86-100
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Book reviews of:
Native American Literatures edited by Laura Coltelli
Alex Posey: Creek Poet, Journalist, and Humorist by Daniel F. Littlefield
Sending My Heart Back Across the Years: Tradition
and Innovation in Native American Autobiography by Hertha Dawn Wong
Choteau Creek: A Sioux Reminiscence by Joseph Iron Eye Dudley
Not First in Nobody’s Heart: The Life Story of a
Contemporary Chippewa by Ron Paquin and Robert Doherty
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, 1993, pp. 7-30
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Discussion of shadow literature and the language of Indigenous poets and novelists could be the "new ghost dance literature," that is, literature that encourages survival.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 9, no. 2, Autumn, 1993, pp. 37-43
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Argues that sovereignty is the glue that binds communities together and that the characters in James Welch's novels respond to an Indigenous specific concept of sovereignty.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 379-386
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Author discusses some of the difficulties raised by teaching pieces of Indigenous literature that contain information considered to be sacred, ceremonial, or confidential.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 367-377
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Literary criticism article in which the author considers the role that “spirit animals” play as symbols of adaptation and resistance in Leslie M. Silko’s novel Ceremony.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1990, pp. 1-9
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Presents an interview with Linda Hogan and discusses the roles of storytelling and healing traditions in novels by American Indian women writers.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1990, pp. 10-15
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Presents three book reviews of The Ancient Child by Scott Momaday:
Planes of Reality: A Review by Charles G. Ballard
Alienation and Art in The Ancient Child by Marie M. Schein
The Ancient Child: A Note on Background by Helen Jaskoski
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, Summer, 1990, pp. 277-287
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Uses postmodern discourse and theory to discuss the realities created in Indigenous narratives; focuses on the the trickster role as one that is both comic and critical in Indigenous story telling and meaning-making.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 349-354
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Reviews and discusses how Blackfeet author James Welch used history, realism, and myth as themes to affirm the power of storytelling and language Fools Crow.