MELUS, vol. 12, no. 1, Native American Literature , Spring, 1985, pp. 5-23
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Examines the underlying symbolism through the metaphor of the horse as messenger and contends that because of editing by Neihardt (the transcriber), much of spirit of the medicine man's autobiography is missed.
American Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 5, Winter, 1985, pp. 702-718
Description
Contains transcripts of these early autobiographies and argues that they represent two conceptions of self, each tailored to a different audience and occasion.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, 2008, pp. 177-231
Description
Book reviews of 18 books:
Before the Country: Native Renaissance, Canadian Mythology by Stephanie McKenzie.
Beyond Red Power: American Indian Politics and Activism Since 1900 edited by Daniel M. Cobb and Loretta Fowler.
The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand: Roanoke's Forgotten Indians by Michale Leroy Oberg.
How Choctaws Invented Civilization and Why Choctaws Will Conquer the World by D. L. Birchfield.
I Swallow Turquoise For Courage: Poems by Hershman R. John.
Long Journey Home: Oral Histories of Contemporary Delaware Indians edited by James W.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, 2008, pp. 311-317
Description
Author shares a mnemoic pictograph, symbolic of a dream, with the audience at an American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting held in Chicago in May 2007.
MELUS, vol. 12, no. 1, Native American Literature , Spring, 1985, pp. 65-78
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Contends that N. Scott Momaday and Leslie Marmon Silko show linkages between their writings and specific folk traditions, although they are expressed differently.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, Winter, 1985, pp. 49-54
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Explains how Vizenor uses the oral storytelling tradition to challenge some historiographical questions regarding how colonialist representation influenced the historical population of his people.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 4, Fall, 2008, pp. 547-548
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Book review of: Landscape Travelled by Coyote and Crane: The World of the Schitsu'umsh (Coeur d'Alene Indians) by Rodney Frey in collaboration with the Schitsu'umsh.
Looks at selected digital stories, from the Omushkegowuk area in Ontario, to show the dissonance experienced by Aboriginal peoples resulting from the exploitation of western colonial influence.
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, vol. 19, no. 2, 2008, pp. [204-223]
Description
Discusses theme of "Indian" versus "White" identities, intertwining of real-world setting with mythology, and the juxtaposition of biblical and Aboriginal creation stories.