Journal of Transnational American Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-25
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Analysis of film directed by Zacharias Kunuk and performance piece by artist Rebecca Belmore in terms of representations of local concerns, as opposed to global concerns.
Author discusses the ways ghost are a part of the narrative in the films of Wanuri Kahiu and Georgina Lightning in cultural context; examines the variable roles that ghost can play (sacred ancestor – malevolent trickster) and the way that characters respond to their presence and actions.
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 117-150
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Discusses how the work of these visual artists participates in Indigenous storytelling about the future by engaging with contemporary artistic practices and mainstream popular culture; author examines the way that the artists challenge Western colonial narratives and stereotypes.
Approaches the case of R v. Kikkik using three different stories of encounter: the trial transcript on statement given by Kikkik, the narrative account in a book by Farley Mowat's The Desperate People, three Inuit sculptures carved by Peggy Ekagina, and the documentary film Kikkik.
An open letter about the premiere of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson in Minneapolis from Rhiana Yazziedab046Fri, 05/29/2020 - 00:00
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Rhiana Yazzie
Transmotion, vol. 2, no. 1-2, November 28, 2016, pp. 5-11
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Critical review of a 2014 run of the play Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Details the ways in which the play promotes racialized language and slurs, misinformation about, and the mistreatment of Indigenous people.
Transmotion, vol. 2, no. 1-2, November 28, 2016, pp. 52-75
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Literary criticism article considers author Blake Hausman's Riding the Trail of Tears arguing that the text harnesses the science fiction genre to criticize not only the historical “Trail of Tears,” but also the ongoing romanization of the narrative in the United States.
Applied Anthropologist, vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 23-33
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Looks at different interpretations of similar subject matter in Dustinn Craig's film, 4 Wheel War Pony and ethnographic film Trobriand Cricket by anthropologist Jerry Leach.