Video clip from the performance storytellling presentation An Evening with Richard Wagamese. In the video Richard, an Ojibway columnist / novelist / storyteller, expresses his views on language, orality and storytelling.
Video clip from An Evening with Richard Wagamese, an Ojibway columnist / novelist / storyteller. In the clip, Richard expresses his views on language, orality and storytelling.
Video clip from An Evening with Richard Wagamese an Ojibway columnist / novelist / storyteller. In the clip Richard expresses his views on language, orality and storytelling.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1999, pp. [22]-41
Description
Discusses the problematic nature of recording tales for posterity in print while remaining true to the original meaning and spirit of the oral version. The article argues that those who do so are treading a fine line between author/ethnographer.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 1999, pp. 137-163
Description
Presents the rhetorical-poetic devices used in the coyote narratives told to Harry Hoijer in the 1930s; argues that oral literature is a living tradition and narrative voices contribute to genealogies.
Contends Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (1844?-1891) first Native American autobiographer, is often regarded as an assimilationist, which contradicts her championing Paiute and tribal survival.
Fictionalized narrative is based on authors' experiences working in rural communities, knowledge of substance abuse prevention programs, and discussions with residents about their needs and visions. Presents dilemmas, challenges and innovations specific to Alaska.
Natural Resources Forum, vol. 34, no. 2, May 2010, pp. 106-123
Description
Identifies perceptions of the risks and benefits of the shellfish aquaculture tenuring system, and presents the results of 56 interviews conducted with individuals involved
in shellfish production in BC.