American Indian Quarterly , vol. 29, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 2005, pp. 56-83
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Article examines the work of Fred Gone and Mark “Rex” Flying and their use of the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) to collect and share the stories of the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine communities in Montana in order to tell the histories of their peoples.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Saskatchewan, 2005.
Includes analysis of works by Susan Power, Drew Taylor, Joy Harjo, Beth Cuthand, Louise Halfe, Patricia Monture-Angus, and Annharte.
Comments on how the late Vine Deloria Jr's books, which articulated the relationship between America and its First Peoples, still ring true today. One of Deloria books was Custer Died for Your Sins.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 139-159
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Discusses the complexities in determining identity , as revealed in personal correspondence of Chinquilla, Jones and Bonin regarding Native American organizations in the 1920s.
Gender Balance and Cultural Renewal in Oyate/Sioux Literature
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Author/Creator
Cecilia Ragaini
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English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Dakota, 2005.
Considers the extent to which traditional gender roles are reflected in writings of authors including: Charles Eastman, Zitkal-Sa, Luther Standing Bear, Ella C. Deloria, Joseph Marshall and Elizabet Cook Lynn.
Examines writings by Eden Robinson, Monique Mojica, Beatrice Culleton, Marilyn Dumont and Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm.
Gender Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Northern British Columbia, 2005.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, Special Issue on New Directions in American Indian Autobiography, 2006, pp. 33-52
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Author questions whether those with positive residential school experiences should participate in the overall debate and struggle for healing, justice, and political and monetary redress for individuals and communities.
Discusses works by authors: James Fenimore Cooper, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Leslie Marmon Silko.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
University of Toronto Quarterly: A Canadian Journal of the Humanities, vol. 75, no. 2, Spring, 2006, pp. 801-813
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Critical analysis of the novel states the challenge is how to talk about the cultural intersections of and clashes between European and First Nation traditions and beliefs.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, 2006, pp. 11-18
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Introductory remarks to delegates attending 'For the Love of Words': Aboriginal Writers of Canada conference held in Winnipeg in 2004.
American Literary History, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 600-617
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Presents Thomas King`s view of the effect of the Canada-US border on stories of Nations whose way of life and territories were not bounded by the contemporary borders.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 141-186
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Book reviews of:
Beyond the Reach of Time and Change: Native American Reflections on the Frank A. Rinehart Photograph Collection edited by Simon J. Ortiz.
Bringing Indians to the Book by Albert Furtwangler.
A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children edited by Doris Seale and Beverly Slapin.
Children of Coyote, Missionaries of Saint Francis: Indian-Spanish Relations in Colonial California, 1769–1850 by Steven W.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 105-131
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Contends that the work of Sioux writer Alexander Eastman reflects not only an assimilationist perspective but also examines Native Americans within the oppressive socio-cultural context of 19th and 20th century.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 105.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, 2006, pp. 23-43
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Essay arguing for a way of reading responsibly that takes into account socioeconomic realities. The essay further argues that the roles of reader and critic must also become that of active teacher and citizen to become agents for change.