Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2019, pp. 58-83
Description
Author discusses the 1846 translation and annotation of Black Hawk’s autobiography by the Dutch pastor Rinse Posthumus; offers critical commentary on Posthumus’ station and politics as an influencing factor in his additions to and translation of the text.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2019, pp. 168-203
Description
Critical essay in which the author argues that Coups’s autobiography, originally published in 1930 as American: The Life Story of a Great Indian, Plenty- coups, Chief of the Crows is best read as multivocal text that presents both human and more-than-human voices and perspectives.
One participant was Aboriginal hunter, one was a French Canadian farmer, and one was an immigrant from England. Focus was on six characteristics: language, religion, social relations, family, intergenerational links, and rites of passage.
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Travelling Exhibition Program
Art Gallery of Alberta
Description
Lesson plans for elementary and secondary school students for exhibition featuring works by Blackfoot artists Kristy North Peigan, Smith Wright, and Lori Scalplock.Topics include survey of First Nations art in the twentieth century, introduction to Blackfoot history and culture, and artist interviews and biographies.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Autumn, 1994, pp. 507-531
Description
Article draws on Collier’s autobiography and other writings to explore perceptions of his ideals and and actions as an Indian Affairs agent in the USA during the New Deal era (early 1900s).
Book review of: Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada edited by Jeanne Perreault and Sylvia Vance ; preface by Emma LaRocque ; introduction by Gloria Bird.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 1994, pp. 158-162
Description
Author laments on the decline of major institutions that once defined Canadians in such a way as to bind people together, comments on Canada's image to outsiders, and briefly mentions perspectives on First Nation peoples.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Educating: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, Spring, 1994, pp. 182-192
Description
Looks at life histories of Maliseet and Micmac university students and Bolivian Aymara, Quechua, and Uru women to help students realize their own identity and potential.