Journal of Postcolonial Writing, vol. 40, no. 1, 2002/2003, pp. 115-124
Description
Examines the autobiographical collection American Indian Stories by Native American women writer Gertrude Bonnin and considers various strategies of resistance to assimilation.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2, Spring, 2002, pp. 246-270
Description
Author discusses the effects of Euro-American cultural content control in early Native American autobiographies to give the appearance that personal narratives and colonial policy were not in conflict.
College English, vol. 65, no. 2, November 2002, pp. 117-141
Description
Argues that the author used her essays to criticize the school's agenda "civilizing" students and to assert that Native Americans should determine their own educational needs.
Story about Charlie Smoke who comes from the Akwasasne Mohawk Nation by way of the Oglala Nation in South Dakota and his quest to be recognized by the Canadian government.