Interview with the respected storyteller and singer Antoine Lonesinger. Interview includes the Legend of Cut Knife Hill and stories of BlackRock and Chokecherry Wood.
Antoine Lonesinger discusses different methods of earning a living that included making charcoal and lime. Also included is the story of a boy saved a camp from starvation with the help of the raven spirit.
Interview includes stories about a ghost priest and a non-existent camp. Also included is a story of how a lame boy's skill as a medicine man won him a chieftainship and a wife.
Interview includes a story of a woman, who when captured by enemy warriors betrays her husband and brothers to her captors and so brings about her death.
Interview includes stories about a Cree band who avenged the killing of a young boy by the Blackfoot. He tells of his grandfather who helped a Cree raiding party find food.
Interview with Mr Lonesinger who tells stories of Indian agents both good and bad. He also tells of the Battle of the Cut Knife Hill and the banning of the Sundance.
Interview includes stories of attacks on women by Blackfoot and Cree raiders. It also includes the story of the acquisition of the Sioux Dance (or Grass Dance) from the bone grass spirits.
Interview of Charlie Chief who discusses the a Grass Dance, Round Dance and Sioux Dance (including songs). Also included are songs. The discusses the difference between old and new ways. Alphonse Littlepoplar is the intterpreter
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 1, Series 2 , Spring, 1991, pp. 19-39
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Looks at a collection of oral literature from the Clackamas Chinook Indians, collected my Melville Jacobs in 1929, and interprets what the myths reveal about Clackamas women.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 66-79
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Includes a glossary and bibliography for The Marriage Cow, outlining the differences between translation and interpretation of the oral story.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 2, Series 2 , Summer, 1991, pp. 8-21
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Discusses the differences between Native and mainstream texts, and how teachers and scholars should place Indian literatures at the center of the canon.
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The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 11, no. 1, 1991, pp. 49-93
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Montagnais myth, The Caribou-Man, undergoes ethnoscientific analysis using Indigenous knowledge to understand mythical elements. (Abstract in French/English, article in French only)
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1991, pp. 1-13
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Examines how translation of Native American oral literatures into European-language texts have reflected the translators' preconceptions about Native Americans and literature.
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The interview includes stories about the animal world before humans. Flood and creation myths combine elements of Indian and Christian stories. Also included are tales of Wasakedjak.
Interview includes a description of life on the reserve that describes milking, sheep-shearing and fishing weirs. It also consists of stories about a woman whose husband turned into a lizard; a story of Wisakedjak; and how Thunder Blanket killed his wife and then himself.
Interview includes a story of an evil spirit which caused an epidemic that killed many people. She also tells of the sale of their reserve and the subsequent moves to Sweet Grass Reserve and then to Moosomin Reserve.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 48-65
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Presents an oral story titled, The Marriage Crow, told my Martha Lamont, transcribed by Thom Hess and Levi Lamont, and translated by Crisca Bierwert.
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Mrs. Adams is a retired white schoolteacher and was 69 years old at the time of the interview. She tells of her induction as an honorary chief of the Blackfoot reserve and shares her experiences among the Blackfoot.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1991, pp. 1-12
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Explores oral traditions and their importance to tribal culture in Louise Erdrich's novelTracks.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 84-97
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Book reviews of:
Word and Image in Maya Culture edited by William F. Hanks and Don S. Rice
Ugiuvangmiut Quliapyuit / King Island Tales: Eskimo History and Legends from Bering Strait edited by Laurence D. Kaplan
Seneca Myths and Folk Tales by Arthur C. Parker
Wintu Texts edited by Alice Shepard
Mirror and Pattern: George Laird’s World of Chemehuevi Mythology by Carobeth Laird
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 2, Series 2 , Summer, 1991, pp. 53-89
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Book reviews of:
Books Without Bias: Through Indian Eyes edited by Beverly Slapin and Doris Seale
Teaching the Native American edited by Hap Gilliland, Jon Reyhner, and Rachel Schafer
Indian School Days by Basil H. Johnston
Ojibway Heritage by Basil H. Johnston
Ojibway Ceremonies by Basil H.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1991, pp. 45-88
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Book reviews of:
American Indian Literatures: An Introduction, Bibliographic Review, and Selected Bibliography by A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff
Wolverine Myths and Visions: Dene Traditions from Northern Alberta by Dene Wodih Society
California Indian Nights by Edward W. Gifford and Gwendoline Harris Block
Bighorse the Warrior by Tiana Bighorse and edited by Noël Bennett
Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Charles A.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1991, pp. 47-84
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Book reviews of:
The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich
A Second View: The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich
Baptism of Desire: Poems by Louise Erdrich
Interior Landscapes: Autobiographical Myths and Metaphors by Gerald Vizenor
Griever: An American Monkey King in China by Gerald Vizenor
Native Writers and Canadian Writing edited by W.H.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1991, pp. 13-26
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Looks at the characters in Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine, and their connections to community, landscape and myth.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1991, pp. 22-27
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Looks at McNickle's The Surrounded, and outlines the importance of trust and acknowledgment when reading contemporary Indian literary stories.
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