Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 3, Fall, 2004, pp. 47-69
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Argues this work demonstrates, to mainstream readers, the power and presence of an alternative reality by juxtaposing technological advances to the lives of Native American living on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota.
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English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 2004.
Includes discussion of Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine and Leslie Marmon Silko's The Garden of the Dunes.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 2, Summer, 2004, pp. 65-73
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Discusses elements of Nora Dauenhauer's Life Woven With Song which uses a variety of genres including memoir, essay, fiction, poetry, and autobiographical to reflect the relationship between the Tlingit people and their landscape.
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Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 29, no. 1, 2004, pp. 127-145
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Focuses on the effect financial/material pressures had on the work of the poet, E. Pauline Johnson, who had to rely solely on publication as a means of earning her living.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, 2004, pp. 93-105
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Examines racial and gender tensions during the Vietnam War and explains how Red Earth, a novel by Phillip Red Eagle, urges readers to question antagonism based on race and or gender and move toward a healthier alternative.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2004.
Considers writings from Thomas King's, Green Grass, Running Water and Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost.
Canadian Literature, no. 178, Autumn, 2003, pp. 58-70
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Book review of Indian School Days, a narrative re-creation of life at the Gamier Residential School for Boys, written by Basil Johnston.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 96-98
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Comments on how the work of the writer conveys both the tragedy of colonization and the courage and optimism of recovery.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 3, Fall, 2004, pp. 70-82
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Suggests the author's attempt to combine oral traditions with the written word for a Eurowestern audience with no explanation, will lead to misinterpretation of the stories being told.
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American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Special Issue on Teaching Leslie Marmon Silkos Ceremony, 2004, pp. 15-22
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The author describes how her father, Robert Leslie Evans, became the model used for the main character, Tayo, and how she is related to Leslie Marmon Silko.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [1]-15
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Speech delivered by Carter Revard at the Mystic Lake Symposium on Native American Literature, Prior Lake, Minnesota, April 11, 2002.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 3-4, Series 2, Fall-Winter, 2003-2004, pp. 7-22
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Interviews with Gloria E. Anzaldúa, author of the seminal work Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza and Simon J. Ortiz.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 3-8
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Introduction to a special issue featuring the works of Acoma Pueblo author Simon J. Ortiz. Includes select bibliography.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 51-53
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Reflects on the significant contributions Acoma Pueblo author Simon Ortiz has made to Native American literature.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 34-46
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Illustrates how the works of Acoma Pueblo author Simon Ortiz focus on the power of the land and the goal of reuniting people with it politically, historically, and spiritually.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 61-67
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Contends that the writings of Acoma Pueblo author Simon Ortiz cannot be examined by the limitations of a traditional mainstream critical approach.
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Canadian Literature, no. 181, Summer, 2004, pp. 78-91
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Examines Robinson's preoccupation with violence in her short stories and the effects of colonization or colonial attitudes on Indigenous peoples.
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Canadian Literature, no. 177, Summer, 2003, pp. 34-54
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Argues that literary narratives provide readers with a sense of nation, unlike legal documents, citing Wiebe's book as providing such identity Métis peoples of the prairies.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3/4, Urban American Indian Womens Activism, Summer-Fall, 2003, pp. 667-696
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Biographical sketch of the author of Waterlily, which was not published until 1988, forty years after it was completed and seventeen years after her death.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 3, Fall, 2004, pp. 29-46
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Contends that the Tlingit author's poetry, with its traditional themes and world concepts, successfully translates into a non-traditional form of English poetry.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 68-78
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Explores the theme of technological and governmental effects on Native American land in the work of writer Simon Ortiz.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [74]-88
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Author explains difficulties in translating poems from English to Spanish, recounts correspondence between herself and the poet, and gives four examples of her translations of his poems.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 99-100
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Author's thanks to the Acoma Pueblo writer for his power to move the reader to new insights.
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