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 Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 343-362
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Literary criticism article (from a conference paper) which uses the text Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King to illustrate the conversation narrative style of many Indigenous authors.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 305-325
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Contends contemporary authors like Owen's explore the complexites of relationships fundamental to individual and cultural identity in an attempt to rediscover a sense of place and community, but also to bring about political and cultural change.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 2, Summer, 1974, pp. 103-113
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A discussion of the works of the Garland, who wrote both fiction and non-fiction about Indigenous people during the transitional period when nations were being moved to reservations. The author notes the value in Garland's work lies not only in his stories but in his notes and observations of the Indigenous populations.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, Autumn, 1998, pp. 469-484
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Contends that the authenticity of the autobiographical work, Crashing Thunder edited by Paul Radin, relies in large part on the circumspect confessions of the narrator, Sam Blowsnake, and should be approached as trickster discourse.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 259-279
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Literary criticism article in which the author examines the ways that Hopkins uses liminality and liminal identity as a means of social critique and of subversion, as well as an intersection of creativity.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 3, Autumn, 1974, pp. [183]-192
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An analysis of the writings of the author and discussion about how both her fiction and non-fiction works provided a better understanding of Indigenous people during her time.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 104-115
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Abbott interviews film producer and director Sandra Sunrising Osawa about her work and how it relates to her family's history, her identity and her sense of place, and the larger cultural survivance and resurgence movements.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 326-342
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Literary criticism piece in which the author considers the fictional writings and autobiography of Oliver La Farge, who was both a novelist and an anthropologist; argues that La Farge’s work engages in a process of critique of the anthropology and ethnography disciplines.
Essays on Canadian Writing, no. 65, 1998, pp. 141-164
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Discusses aspects of the works of Pauline Johnson that illustrate an interrelationship between issues of identity, Indigenous peoples and legislative amendments.
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alaska Anchorage, 1998.
Examines Disappearing Moon Café by SKY Lee, Away by Jan Urquhart and Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Rochester, 1998.
Discusses works by Paula Gunn Allen, Beth Brant, Leslie Marmon Silko, Louise Erdrich, Radclyffe Hall, and Louise Feinberg.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 1974, pp. 27-33
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An investigation of how the author's fictional works use Native American characters to accentuate the relationships between races in the American South.