American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 265-298
Description
Literary criticism article which explores the way that Indigenous bodies appear and are used to articulate the struggles between Indigenous and Euro-American cultures in the novels Winter in the Blood and Bearhear.
Discussion of how television and radio media can aid cultural survival by providing culturally sensitive programming in minority languages, and how Canada has been a leader in First Nations programming.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 703-712
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Literary Criticism article which explores the motivations of and the stylistic choices made by Mourning Dove and her collaborator, Lucullus V. McWhorter, in the novel Co-ge-we-a, The Half-Blood: A Depiction of the Montana Cattle Range<.>
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 713-728
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Article presents two different narratives surrounding the treaty rights of the Chippewa people, the first is the perspective of the author, Chippewa band member and Journalist, Patty Loew. The second narrative is one that has been constructed through ethnohistorical research.
Ethnohistory, vol. 44, no. 4, Autumn, 1997, pp. 727-739
Description
Ten documentary reviews:
Itam Hakim Hopiit by Victor Masayesva, Jr.
Siskyavi: The Place of Chasms by Victor Masayesva, Jr.
The Place of Falling Waters by Roy Bigcrane and Thompson Smith.
Pueblo Peoples: First Contact by George Burdeau and Larry Walsh.
Transitions by Darrel Kipp and Joe Fisher.
Warrior Chiefs in a New Age by Dean Bearclaw.
Wiping the Tears of Seven Generations by Gary Rhine and Fidel Moreno.
In the White Man's Image by Christine Lesiak and Matt Jones.
Kahnesatake: 270 Years of Resistance by Alanis Obomsawin.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 675-702
Description
Author examines the neocolonial practice of cultural appropriation as “theft of cultural property” and notes its connection to the erasure of history and language performed by colonial states.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, 1997, pp. 229-254
Description
Argues that future research will determine whether Native Americans share in biased condemnations against suspects in crimes, based on internalized negative stereotypes.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Gerald Vizenor, Spring, 1997, pp. [47]-59
Description
Discusses how Vizenor, in Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles, not only challenges how whites perceive Indians, but how Native Americans see themselves, as he asks the question "What does Indian mean?".
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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.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2: Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. 52-70
Description
Contends that the author uses his characters to illustrate the damage stereotypes, imposed by the dominant culture, have inflicted on the Native American psyche.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 2, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Louis Owens, Summer, 1998, pp. 61-75
Description
Explores the conflict between white and traditional values and their expression in two mixedblood brothers, as well as parallels with the Old West genre.
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Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 159-161
Description
Video review of: The Place of Falling Water produced by Roy Bigcrane and Thompson Smith about the experiences of the Salish and Kootenai peoples on the Flathead Reservation.
American Journalism, vol. 14, no. 1, Winter, 1997, pp. 3-18
Description
Argues that the publication mirrored the attitudes of mainstream society in it's idealized version of the past and promotion of assimilation as "progress", but its founder displayed little understanding of issues confronting traditional Native Americans.
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication ; 80th, 1997. History Division
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Beth A. Haller
Description
Agues that publications served an advocacy purpose to combat the negative attitudes held by the general public, but only presented what would further cause these attitudes, not the true opinions of students.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 280-304
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Author offers a critical examination of the ways that the Coast Salish Chief Seattle is remembered; considers both Indigenous and settler perspectives, and different social and cultural discourses that have evolved around the leader.
Examines narratives about the life of Nanye'hi to illustrate the power of representation which stereotypically defines both individuals and their social groups.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, 1998, pp. 103-115
Description
Looks at, what the author calls "internal colonialism", how a whole generation have been born, raised and socialized in the city and cut off from the "natural" world.