Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1990, pp. 23-49
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Books review of:
Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women edited by Paula Gunn Allen.
Blood Salt by Doris Seale.
Coyote's Journal edited by James Koller, Carroll Arnett, Steve Nemirow, and Peter Blue Cloud.
American Indian Autobiography by H. David Brumble.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 1, Winter, 1994, pp. 61-70
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Discusses the role of reoccurring themes and metaphors in the traditional stories of the Yup’ik people by comparing two different narratives “The Boy Who Went to Live with the Seals” and “The Girl Who Returned from the Dead.”
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 11-25
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Looks at the historical and cultural process of communication, before the first written records had been created between mainstream American culture and the Native American cultures of the Northern Plains.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 1, Winter, 1994, pp. 43-59
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Article examines the records made by Jesuit missionaries of the oral literary traditions of the Algonquian-speaking First Nations; discusses how these texts have become foundational in the study of Indigenous literatures.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Autumn, 1994, pp. 98-99
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Excerpt from a public lecture by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn commenting on the use of myths in the Native American story.
See also : Indian Newspapers, or "Say, Ain't You Some Kind of Indians?"
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 3, Series 2 , Fall, 1990, pp. 1-17
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Looks at a chapter from the book, The Last Woman From Cache Creek: Conversations with Mabel McKay.
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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. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 1-10
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Examines hidden cultural patterns, establishing the expression of historical thought, in Native Alaskan narratives which describe first contact with Russians.
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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.
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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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 Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 3, 1994, pp. 211-233
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Analysis of the political problems faced by Native American people in United States local government and the lack of consensus attained due to the complexity of some of the issues.
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.