Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 12, December 2008, p. 20
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Looks at the Métis theme of the book awards and the representative guest speaker, Maria Campbell and fiddler John Arcand.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 1-23
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Discusses the Pequot activist and writer's attempts to subvert the myth of the "Vanishing American", and his unique position as an Indian intellectual in the early 1800s.
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Site provides bibliographies of published works, biographical information and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and Tribal websites for many contemporary authors.
Examines how a new translation of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft's poem "Ain Dah Nuk Ke Yaun, prepared by Dennis Jones, Heidi Stark, and James Vukelich, differ from her husband Henry Schoolcraft's translation.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 2, Summer, 2008, pp. 102-112
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Discussion of the book, Reasoning Together: The Native Critics Collective, which contains essays by Aboriginal literary critics.
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Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 3, March 2008, p. 7
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Comments on the tenth anniversary of Eagle Feather News and tributes the hard work of the publisher, John Lagimodiere.
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Authors covered: Paula Gunn Allen, Beth E. Brant, Diane Glancy, Anna Lee Walters, Janet Campbell Hale, Linda Hogan, Leslie Marmon Silko, Patricia Riley, Joy Harjo, Anita Endrezze, Louise Erdrich, Kimberly M. Blaeser, Misha Nogha, Beth H. Piatote, Reid Gómez.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, Winter, 1985, pp. 55-59
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Describes how Ojibwe author Gerald Vizenor uses the trickster element throughout the satirical narratives of Earthdivers on Native American oral traditions, even if the trickery is placed within the contemporary world.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 74-91
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Presents an interview with Richard Wagamese, looking at his literary works and characters in his books.
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An analysis of Sherman Alexie's stories challenges the misrepresentations of Native American Indians and demonstrates the redemptive power of storytelling.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 38, no. 2, Spring, 1985, pp. 41-52
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Wheeler’s anecdotal 1934 article in The Canadian Surveyor has served as the basis for describing surveyors' role in the 1885 Resistance, the discovery of his journal allows historians to examine how his perception of the North-West Resistance has changed over time.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 4, Autumn, 1985, pp. 411-420
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Reviews John Cleland's 1758 satirical play Tombo-Chiqui: or, The American Savage that reflected the noble ignorant savage stereotype prevalent in Europe during the eighteenth century.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 68-75
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Discusses Allen's many contributions as a scholar, poet, novelist, theorist, political activist, and professor.
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American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 1, 2008, pp. 21-34
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Discusses tropes or traditions, the organizing devices societies cohere to, by comparing a book and a movie. As key elements of belief systems, tropes act as powerful mediators between the world and how we experience the world’s meaning . By structuring a shared reality cultures are created, however, sometimes tropes can structure incompatible realities across cultures and distort our ability to understand cultures different from our own.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, Winter, 1985, pp. 31-47
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Looks at French and Anishinaabe author Gerald Vizenor's recent work, Earthdivers, which attempts to create a "new consciousness of coexistence" by using the trickster to stimulate dialogue on contemporary Native American issues.