Canadian Native Law Reporter, vol. 1, 1988, pp. 1-13
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Explains that the Constitution Act, 1982 does not diminish any of the the rights of Aboriginal peoples guaranteed by earlier Constitutional declarations or Agreements, but it provides additional guarantees.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 1974, pp. 1-26
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An examination of portrayals of Indigenous peoples in fictional writings and how they reflected the prejudices of the time and helped to perpetuate stereotypes.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 4, 1988, pp. 1-15
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Discusses the concept of order in Navajo Creation, identifies the sets of markers for the division of time and explores how these markers influence human thought and conduct.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 515-534
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Literary criticism article in which the author considers the role of the trickster Coyote in King’s novel Green Grass, Running Water; highlights the ways that the character and by extension the text subvert mainstream narratives and expectations.
Discussion by Elders who express regrets at loss of traditional customs and values and desire a return of schools on reserves ; a need to preserve Indian ceremonies and Indian medicines ; concerns about problems with alcohol recur throughout.
Elders discuss contemporary problems. Recurring themes are: problems with alcohol; education by whites from an early age; need to return to traditional teaching by elders in combination with white education.
Elders discuss concerns regarding: loss of Indian culture and traditions; failure to educate young Indians in traditionalways; young well-educated chiefs who will not take advice from elders.
Elders speak of their concerns regarding leadership on the reserves; new young leaders with education but no experience who ignore the elders and their advice; the failure to educate the young in traditional Indian ways.
Discussion of the educational system: relative merits of day schools, residential schools, integrated schools, etc.; need for inclusion of Indian culture into the curriculum at all levels ; the role of the elder as teacher.
Discussion of Indian ceremonies: how these are passed on from generation to generation; the role of women. Tipis: particular kinds of tipis; decorated tipis; tipis inrelation to death customs. No date given but probably January 1974, same as the others in this series.
Discussion of: Role of elders in setting young people on the right road ; Importance of breast-feeding and giving up alcohol ; Need for a tipi on each reserve, to be kept for prayer, pipe ceremonies and the counselling of the young.
Ethnohistory, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1974, pp. 95-122
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Examines the ethnic, linguistic, territorial, cultural and societal aspects of each group and the alliances, intermarriage and fused identities among groups.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 499-514
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Literary criticism piece which defines enthymemes and uses that definition as a framework that makes meaning from Momaday’s novels House Made of Dawn and The Ancient Child.