MELUS, vol. 7, no. 1, The Need for Choice, Spring, 1980, pp. 61-78
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Contends that James Welch's novel is strongly influenced by the Gros Ventre and Arapaho cultures, especially the themes of spirituality and commitment to insight.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 3, 1980, pp. 1-19
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Discusses how the myth and ideas it embodies are foundational to a worldview which informs all relationships, codes of behavior, and ways of governing.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 1-2, 1980, pp. 165-177
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Discusses the attributes and attitudes that make this literature unique and argues that because of this it requires a different approach to literary criticism. Focuses on works by N. Scott Momaday and Leslie Silko.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 1-2, 1980, pp. 51-95
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Looks at narrations recorded by Constenla Umaña while interviewing Doña Isolina de Gonzalez and Don Espiritu Santo Maroto. Text of stories in Spanish and Boruca.