Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2019, pp. 135-157
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In this literary criticism article, the author deconstructs the colonial narrative practice of portraying a place or space as a wasteland and as uninhabited in order to justify extractive practices and describes Indigenous narrative strategies of resistance.
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 74, Spring, 1993, pp. 35-[?]
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Discusses the theatre and how rehearsal can aid in the development of an identity through of role playing and acting, and recognizing identity as a dynamic concept.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 4, Winter, 2017, pp. 29-57
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Author discusses novel’s criticism of white masculinity and the way in which its nature allows white men to feel that they are offering solidarity Indigenous people while effectively controlling the narrative and undermining sovereignty.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 3/4, Summer/Fall, June 1, 1999, pp. 13-23
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Featuring the prose poetry of Native American writer Joy Harjo, Johnson offers an analysis of the poet's style and form and discusses the reader's responsibilities within the context of the work In Mad Love and War.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4, Autumn, 1995, pp. 519-525
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Examines how Blackfeet author James Welch depicts characters from two eras who improvise and appropriate Blackfeet and white cultures while facing loss of political autonomy, illness and attack while retaining hope for the future.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 54-71
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Describes Miranda’s tribal memoir as an act of resistance which disrupts archival and mainstream narratives around Indigenous nations, dispossession, and human-land relationships. Focuses of female voices and perspectives, and on narrative sovereignty.
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.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 169-201
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Interview with Linda Smith, an Indigenous researcher, about alternative education of the Maori in New Zealand, impact of colonialism and current contexts.
Whispering Wind, vol. 35, no. 3, May-June 2005, pp. 32-33
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Interview with author who immigrated to the United States from England in 1977. Goble has written books about Lakota, Cheyenne, Blackfoot and Pawnee tradition.
MFS: Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 45, no. 1, Native American Literature, Spring, 1999, pp. 1-9
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Essay introduces special issue marking the 30th anniversary of N. Scott Momaday winning the 1969 Pulitzer prize for fiction for his book House of Made of Dawn.
Interview of James Welch by South Dakota Review on October 27, 1989, which includes biographical information and discussion of major works.
Chapter from Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volulme 249
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.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, Winter, 2013, pp. 3-33
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Contends that Oskison believed Native Americans need not assimilate fully into United States society but should be self-sustaining and make contributions equal to those of other citizens.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 1, 1978, pp. 19-31
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An examination of how writer John Muir's views on the American Indigenous populations changed due to his own personal interactions with the Indigenous populations throughout his life.
Modern Drama, vol. 48, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 819-841
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Study of a Chickasaw playright's work, which proposes a model for investigating distinctive Indigenous perspectives of language, movement, and resistance.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 155-170
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Literary criticism article that deals with Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel Ceremony. Author explores the relationship between the belly and the mind in Pueblo cultural and spiritual contexts and through this lens explores Tayo’s, Ceremony’s main character, expression of his PTSD.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 229-249
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Looks at the journey spiritual of Leslie Silko's protagonist Tayo through a Laguna symbolic world created by the Spider Women character. Laguna Pueblo is located in northwestern New Mexico.
European Journal of American Culture, vol. 31, no. 3, Native Americans in Europe in the Twentieth Century, October 18, 2012, pp. 219-230
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Focuses on the specific influences James Fenimore Cooper had on Polish writers. Uses writings by Henryk Sienkiewicz and adaptations of Leatherstocking Tales as examples.
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.
World Literature Today, vol. 66, no. 2, From This World: Contemporary American Indian Literature, Spring, 1992, pp. 230-235
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Looks at selections from the work of Leslie Marmon Silko, Diane Glancy, N. Scott Momaday, Linda Hogan, and Gerald Vizenor that illustrate the historical struggle with literacy.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010
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Discussion on stories shared by Jeff Baker and his father, Lee Baker on physical and cultural disconnection, and the benefits of listening to and learning from each another.
University of Toronto Quarterly: A Canadian Journal of the Humanities, vol. 75, no. 2, Spring, 2006, pp. 801-813
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Critical analysis of the novel states the challenge is how to talk about the cultural intersections of and clashes between European and First Nation traditions and beliefs.