American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 46-72
Description
Illustrates that works by Sherman Alexie, both poems and stories, use stereotypical and conventional character types to construct a realistic literary document.
Nothing But the Truth: An Anthology of Native American Literature
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Susan Pérez Castillo
Description
Presents analysis of Silko's review of The Beet Queen by Erdrich.
Chapter in book: Nothing But the Truth: An Anthology of Native American Literature edited by John L. Purdy and James Ruppert.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 29, no. 1, 2004, pp. 127-145
Description
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.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 2, 2010, pp. 42-58
Description
Looks at the challenges of publishing in the Sámi languages; the foundation of Sámi literature from oral tradition to written language; early Sámi authors; the Sámi Writers’ Association; and the emergence of Sámi publishing houses.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 42.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, 2004, pp. 93-105
Description
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.
English Thesis (M.A.)--Lakehead University, 2001.
Explores three novels: Silent Words by Ruby Slipperjack, Ravensong by Lee Maracle, and Slash by Jeannette Armstrong.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 45-71
Description
Discussses the ethical, political, and aesthetic issues surrounding the narrative exchange and the writing and editing process of Indigenous life stories.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 45.
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.
ESQ: A Journal of the American Renaissance, vol. 56, no. 1, 2010, pp. 33-70
Description
Looks at how Lydia Maria Child’s writings about Native people use tropes of domesticity to address the “woman question” by way of the “Indian problem.”
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2001, pp. [67]-77
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Book review of: The Chippewa Landscape of Louise Erdrich edited by Allan Chavkin; afterword by A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 96.
Video clip from the performance storytellling presentation An Evening with Richard Wagamese. In the video Richard, an Ojibway columnist / novelist / storyteller, expresses his views on language, orality and storytelling.
Video clip from An Evening with Richard Wagamese, an Ojibway columnist / novelist / storyteller. In the clip, Richard expresses his views on language, orality and storytelling.
Video clip from An Evening with Richard Wagamese an Ojibway columnist / novelist / storyteller. In the clip Richard expresses his views on language, orality and storytelling.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 3, Fall, 2004, pp. 70-82
Description
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.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 70.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Special Issue on Teaching Leslie Marmon Silkos Ceremony, 2004, pp. 15-22
Description
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.