Theatre Journal , vol. 55, no. 4, December 2003, pp. 679-698
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Discusses the concept of "racechange" using Susan Gubar's book RaceChanges: White Skin, Black Face in American Culture to assess the various functions of whiteface performance as a strategic mode of representation in theatre" and how theatre can contribute to debates about racialsim.
Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, vol. 41, no. 1, May 2008, pp. 31-42
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Examines to what extent Native writers, critics, and researchers, as well as non-Native people who work in Native Studies, are led or constrained by beliefs about what is traditional, spiritually appropriate, politically effective and beneficial to Native communities.
Theatre Journal, vol. 59, no. 3, October 2007, pp. 449-465
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Article investigates the politics of theatre translation in two plays: The Rez Sisters by Tomson Highway, and Up the Ladder by Roger Bennett to determine how plays are altered for different audiences and cultures.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 1-55
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Examines the role of religion in the stereotyping of Native Americans, and looks at the representations of Native American religion in theater through an analysis of visual images including John White's drawings, Theodor de Bry's engravings, and Paul Green's outdoor drama.
Montana: The Magazine of Western History, vol. 58, no. 3, Autumn, 2008, pp. 3-22, 92-94
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Examines how Native communities maintained their social and cultural identities amidst the attempt of middle class whites to preserve their own version of Indian culture.
Theatre Journal, vol. 45, no. 4, December 1993, pp. 461-486
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Argues that "Indians" and "Americans" were replayed on the national stage, and because of this a theatre culture emerged with a history of the "Native" in what became Native history.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 16, no. 1, February 1992, pp. 29-43
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Assesses two major museum exhibits as individual projects and as illustrations of broader issues concerning the representation of Native Americans: Objects of Myth and Memory: American Indian Art at the Brooklyn Museum and Chiefly Feast: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch at the American Museum of Natural History.0892-8339
Canadian Theatre Review, no. 108, Fall, 2001, pp. 48-51
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Reviews the large scale northern tour of an award winning First Nations play, fareWel by Ian Ross, which looks at issues such as identity, poverty, substance abuse, and racism.