MELUS, vol. 7, no. 1, The Need for Choice, Spring, 1980, pp. 61-78
Description
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 Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 229-249
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Looks at the journey spiritual of Leslie Silko's protagonist Tayo through a Laguna symbolic world created by the Spider Women character. Laguna Pueblo is located in northwestern New Mexico.
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 Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 213-220
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Looks at three Indigenous authors use of ceremonies and rituals to support the feminine principle of the ancient power of Indigenous women in tribal societies.
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.
The History Teacher, vol. 21, no. 4, August 1988, pp. 407-423
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Looks at how audio-visual materials, used to present a holistic overview of Native American history and culture, enhance lectures and the written word.
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.
Journal of the Southwest , vol. 30, no. 3, Autumn, 1988, pp. 325-355
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Discusses how Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller combines fiction, poetry, family history, and oral tradition to create a sense of personal, cultural, feminist, and human identity.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, 1988, pp. 33-48
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Reviews the history of the Turtle Mountain reserve and how the author portrays it's unique Native American development in fictional pieces based on the facts of the Chippewa Indians.