Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 83-98
Description
Explores the dominance of English as the language of communication particularly in poetry and novels.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 83.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 37-49
Description
Explores the difficulties of translating a poem by Rex Lee Jim due to phonetic, rhythmic, symbolic and morphological differences and concludes that linguistic critical analysis and ethnographic knowledge are crucial to translation projects.
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American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
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Author/Creator
Marian L. Escalanti
Description
Presents a poem highlighting the author's AILDI involvement.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 61-86
Description
Discusses the creative aspects of Blackhorse Mitchell’s use of Navajo English in Miracle Hill, as well as Mitchell’s own discussions of what he was attempting to do in the poem The Drifting Lonely Seed.
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 1-22
Description
Discusses examples of intellectual and aesthetic practices in Hawaiian literature that layer cultural and historic ideologies within deeper meanings and themes important to Hawaiian culture.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 137-188
Description
Book reviews of:
America’s Second Tongue: American Indian Education and the Ownership of English, 1860–1900 by Ruth Spack.
Anthropologists and Indians in the New South edited by Rachel A. Bonney and J.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1991, pp. 47-84
Description
Book reviews of:
The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich
A Second View: The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich
Baptism of Desire: Poems by Louise Erdrich
Interior Landscapes: Autobiographical Myths and Metaphors by Gerald Vizenor
Griever: An American Monkey King in China by Gerald Vizenor
Native Writers and Canadian Writing edited by W.H.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 91-109
Description
Book reviews of:
On the Translation of Native American Literatures edited by Brian Swann
a/b: Auto/Biography Studies 7.2 (Fall 1992) with guest editor, Hertha Wong
Forked Tongues: Speech, Writing and Representation
in North American Indian Texts by David Murray
Black Eagle Child: The Facepaint Narratives by Ray A. Young Bear
Another Distance: New and Selected Poems by Lance Henson
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Canadian Literature, no. 124-125 , Native Writers & Canadian Writing, Spring/Summer , 1990, pp. 32-47
Description
Essays examining the conventional portrayals of Native people in literature, exposing prejudices and misconceptions entrenched since colonial days regarding Native societies, including their moral, spiritual, and political values.
Entire journal in one pdf. Scroll down to page 32 to read article.