Language in Mari Sandoz’s Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Sam Kenoi’s “Coyote and the Whitemen”: Contact in and out of a Chiricahua Narrative
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Anthony K. Webster
Kimberli Lee
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Sam Kenoi’s “Coyote and the Whitemen”: Contact in and out of a Chiricahua Narrative by Anthony K. Webster examines specific narration by placing it within the context of received standards for a Coyote narrative.
Language in Mari Sandoz’s Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas by Kimberli Lee discusses the Indian perspectives used in Mari Sandoz’s work.
Ephanie’s Vision Quest: Blending Native American and Feminist Elements
Life Stories by a Cherokee Dreamer: John Oskison’s Historical Writings
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
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Barbara Jean Cook
Melissa Hearn
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Ephanie’s Vision Quest: Blending Native American and Feminist Elements by Barbara Jean Cook examines the differences between Indian feminism and "mainstream theoretical feminism" for Indian women.
Life Stories by a Cherokee Dreamer: John Oskison’s Historical Writings by Melissa Hearn discusses the cultural complexity of the Cherokee Nation.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 1-18
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Examines colonial documents and the Indian Act to illustrate efforts to force First Nations societies away from sexual diversity and make heterosexuality the only acceptable option.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 280-304
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Author offers a critical examination of the ways that the Coast Salish Chief Seattle is remembered; considers both Indigenous and settler perspectives, and different social and cultural discourses that have evolved around the leader.
Examines narratives about the life of Nanye'hi to illustrate the power of representation which stereotypically defines both individuals and their social groups.
Journal of Australian Studies, vol. 22, no. 59, Special Issue: Who Will Look After the Children?, 1998, pp. 8-19
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Discusses lasting effects on Australian Aboriginals who, as children, were taken away from their parents and the present day phenomenon of returning to one's Aboriginal family.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 2, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Louis Owens, Summer, 1998, pp. 112-120
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Features student essays which discuss the works of Hager (The Redbird's Cry; Hillerman (Thief of Time and Dancehall of the Dead; Querry (Death of Bernadette Lefthand; and Owens (The Sharpest Sight).
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1998, pp. 73-82
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Discusses themes and issues incorporated into the poems in such works as Not Vanishing, In Her I Am, Fugitive Colors, and Fire Power.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1998, pp. 86-95
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Book reviews of:
Reuben Snake, Your Humble Serpent: Indian Visionary and Activist edited, with introduction and epilogue by Jay C. Fikes; foreword by James Botsford; afterword by Walter Echo-Hawk.
Solar Storms by Linda Hogan.
Red Earth: Two Novellas by Philip H. Red Eagle.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1998, pp. 74-82
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Book reviews of:
a snake in her mouth by nila northSun.
The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp.
Two-Spirit People: Native American Gender Identity,
Sexuality, and Spirituality edited by Sue-Ellen Jacobs, Wesley Thomas, and Sabine Lang.
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American Studies in Scandinavia, vol. 30, no. 2, 1998, pp. 50-59
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Discusses two autobiographies: Wilma Mankiller's Mankiller: A Chief and Her People and Russell Mean's Where White Men Fear To Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 386-392
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Author describes the process of gaining and using ritual knowledge in a Hopi context; examines some of the misunderstandings created by anthropologists about those who hold ritual knowledge.
Lancet, vol. 352, no. 9139, November 7, 1998, pp. 1523-1524
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Outlines a study conducted of schoolchildren in the remote Ojibwa-Cree community of St Teresa Point First Nation to detect early signs of type-2 diabetes, and recommends screening for all people aged 7 years and older.
Selective Ethnobotanical Education Directory (SEED) compiled by four Ktunaxa/Kinbasket students. Includes information on plants used in daily life, information about the First Nation and a short quiz.