American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, 2001, pp. 107-127
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Investigates Catholicism and its relationship and conflict with traditional shamans. It looks at the spiritual failure of this European religion among the Ojibwa nations.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Special Issue on Teaching Leslie Marmon Silkos Ceremony, 2004, pp. 53-65
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Explains the use of symbolism, shamanism, medicine plants, and animals and how these relate to ceremonies in the novel, which move the main character, Tayo, toward healing.
Speaker discusses Pimachiowin Aki, a project involving six Aboriginal communities and two provincial parks that are lobbying for 4.3 million hectors of land in Northern Manitoba and Ontario to be designated a UNESCO world heritage site.
Part 1: 30:42.
Part 2: 26:44.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2011.
Discusses works by Susan Power, James Welch, Sherman Alexie, Anna Lee Walters, Louis Owens, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Louise Erdrich.
Articles cover five themes: Arctic cosmologies, beliefs, art and shamanism; Arctic lands, waters, and environment; Indigenous rights and customary law; topics for future teaching.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2002, pp. [1]-11
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Reflects on changes that have taken place since the publication of his essay Rise of the White Shaman and asserts that medicine makers still exist in the American Indian community, although they may not ostensibly resemble their earlier, traditional counterparts.
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Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Populations et Migrations / Populations and Migrations, 2002, pp. 107-131
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Discusses how despite the influence of Christianity and although no longer associated with the Inuit shaman, the concept of the Tuurngait still permeates the worldview of contemporary Inuit.
Science News, vol. 150, no. 14, October 5, 1996, pp. 216-217
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Contends that rock and cave art may offer insights about the trance-induced, supernatural journeys and spiritual sightings of shamans around the world.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring, 1994, pp. [20]-29
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Presents contrasting views, between the Inuit and early ethnographers, on the ancient drum dance and its meaning.
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