Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 4, Winter, 2001, pp. [51]-78
Description
Discusses how Pauline Johnson explores her own identity by way of the chief's story, a character in the book Legends of Vancouver.
Scroll to page 51 to access article.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, 1997, pp. 1-28
Description
Argues that a closer look at humour, in the work of Rowlandson, provides readers with a greater understanding of the Algonquian side of early cross-cultural relations and reveals the ways in which cultural discomfort and disharmony are not rare, but rather integral concepts for early American identity.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, 1997, pp. 105-124
Description
Argues that Cogewea, the novels main character, does not need to occupy the homeland of her own people, the Okanogans, but she does need to feel the presence of a Indigenous American past and this presence, for her, resides in the land.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, 2001, pp. 1-19
Description
Argues that the American Indian Renaissance in literature, of which Sherman Alexie is an included member, encourages readers to address the persisting question of homeless tribal identities on and off the street as well as on and off the literary reservation.