Gender Balance and Cultural Renewal in Oyate/Sioux Literature
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Author/Creator
Cecilia Ragaini
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Dakota, 2005.
Considers the extent to which traditional gender roles are reflected in writings of authors including: Charles Eastman, Zitkal-Sa, Luther Standing Bear, Ella C. Deloria, Joseph Marshall and Elizabet Cook Lynn.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 17-24
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Examines how new structures of human relationships are formed to replace traditional ones in Louise Erdrich's The Beet Queen.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 703-712
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Literary Criticism article which explores the motivations of and the stylistic choices made by Mourning Dove and her collaborator, Lucullus V. McWhorter, in the novel Co-ge-we-a, The Half-Blood: A Depiction of the Montana Cattle Range<.>
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2&3, Summer/Fall, 1989, pp. 27-30
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Rita Joe discusses her poetry and how she attempts to show Native people in a more favourable light, which is one way for her to express concern about the way Mi’kmaq were treated and the racism they suffered.
Journal of Northern Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, 2014, pp. 29-42
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Discusses Historia by Olaus Magnus and Lapponia by Johannes Schefferus which both contain themes of the Sami people, their way of life, skills, and magical powers.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 1, Winter, 1994, pp. 71-86
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Literary criticism article that examines the social and historical commentary contained in Vizenor’s novel, Heirs of Columbus, and how that commentary works to dismantle mainstream realities.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, Winter, 1985, pp. 67-73
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Reviews the work and achievements of the Ojibwe author in poetry, prose and drama which examine the interrelationship between the "tribal and non-tribal worlds" through a satirical lens.
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 33-55
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Literary criticism article in which the author explores Vizenor’s use of trickster tropes and transnational narrative to explore different expressions of Indigenous identity and how it adapts to and is affected by sites solidarity and sovereignty.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2013, pp. 33-56
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Examines strategies and techniques used to sway American public opinion in three Atlantic Monthly articles: Impressions of an Indian Childhood, School Days of an Indian Girl, and An Indian Teacher Among Indians, and in the report Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 24-49
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Considers the possibility of a gothic aesthetic or genre specific to Aboriginal and Native American writings by examining the latent content of texts for experiences of genocide and colonization, rather the manifest elements for monstrosity.
Investigates Campbell's work for anticolonial qualities and subsequent responses.
Chapter from Maria Campbell: Essays on Her Works edited by Jolene Armstrong.
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.
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 197-220
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Literary criticism essay which examines Mathew Kaopio’s novels. Highlight the construction of an Indigenous world through the subversion of settler–colonial expectations; discusses frameworks of resurgence and Chadwick Allen’s notion of purposeful Indigenous juxtapositions.
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
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Author/Creator
Gay Barton
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Examines some of Louise Erdrich's more significant familial protagonists, and her intra- and inter-family webs.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2, A Special Symposium Issue on James Welch's , 1978, pp. 169-172
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An examination of the Blackfeet's migration to Montana and through the interactions between the Blackfeet and Cree characters in James Welch's Winter in the Blood.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 1984, pp. 117-125
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Using the work of writer-artist Paul Goble to compare the depiction of Plains natives in his books versus the more stereotypical images found in most children literature. These inaccurate depictions become part of children's worldviews depicting Indigenous peoples as a lost culture rather than a group that continues to adapt throughout history.
Examines writings by Eden Robinson, Monique Mojica, Beatrice Culleton, Marilyn Dumont and Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm.
Gender Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Northern British Columbia, 2005.
Authors covered are: Jeanette Armstrong, Maria Campbell, Linda Griffiths, Ruby Slipperjack, Beatrice Culleton, Beverly Hungry Wolf, Lee Maracle, and Eden Robinson.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 3 & 4, Series 2; [Indigenous Intersections], Fall/Winter, 2003/2004, pp. 192-194
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Book review of: How Should I Read These? Native Women Writers in Canada by Helen Hoy.
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Canadian Literature, no. 167, First Nations Writing, Winter, 2000, pp. 141-144
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Book reviews of:
I Knew Two Métis Women: The Lives of Dorothy Scofield and Georgina Houle Young by Gregory Scofield.
Red Blood: One (Mostly) White Guy's Encounters with the Native World by Robert Hunter.
The Visions and Revelations of St. Louis the Métis edited by David Day.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, Special Issue on New Directions in American Indian Autobiography, 2006, pp. 33-52
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Author questions whether those with positive residential school experiences should participate in the overall debate and struggle for healing, justice, and political and monetary redress for individuals and communities.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 159-178
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Interview in which Larocque talks about her work and her focus on collaborative practices; includes discussion of representations of Aboriginal Canadians, identity, post-colonial criticism, decolonization, resistance and resurgence, and colonial schooling of Indigenous peoples.
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.
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 221-228
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Personal essay in which the author articulates the relationship between her practice of the traditional West African religion Ifa and her practice as a science fiction writer.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 621-631
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Literary criticism article that emphasizes the need for a culturally informed perspective in the criticism of Indigenous literatures; stresses the roles of reciprocity, humour, and the act of positioning the self as a fiction.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, 1981, pp. 1-12
Description
Looks at cross-cultural language shift, cultural resistance to it's assimilationist effects, and connection between literary output and political activism.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 227-235
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Author discusses worldview, identity, Indigeneity, and religion in the context of The Spirit and the Sky: Lakota Visions of the Cosmos, God’s Red Son: The Ghost Dance and the Making of Modern America, and Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary.