American Art Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, 1989, pp. 7-21
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Discusses artists travels with the Hudson Bay Company passing through territories of nearly eighty Indian Tribes from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean. He produced 500 sketches and eventually painting over 100 canvases.
Biographies of six First Nation women from Saskatchewan: Chief Mary-Ann Day Walker of the Okanese First Nation, Jean Goodwill of the Little Pine First Nation, Lefa Buffalo of the Day Star First Nation, Betty Spence, Joan Greyeyes and Theresa Stevenson.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 1989, pp. 293-315
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Recognizes Inuit women for attaining a leadership role in the emerging Inuit art movement in terms of "artistic genius, economics, self-determination, traditional decision-making and southern marketing techniques."
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1997, pp. [41]-56
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Discusses the autobiography of John Joseph Mathews in terms of the discrepancy between the actual man and his depiction of himself.
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A portrait photograph taken in Toronto of George G. Mann's three children after the family was released from captivity in 1885. (l to r) George Mann Jr., Charlotte and Blanche. They spent the summer in Ontario with their mother Sarah and returned to Onion Lake in the fall of 1885.
Presents transliteration of statement made by Big Bear following sentencing at the 1885 trial in which he was tried for treason. Author presents a revised statement after considering words and meaning lost in translation.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 1, April 1997, p. 18
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Ocean Man First Nation elects an all-female Council and Chief for the first time in this country. The first election for Chief resulted in a tie, and in the runoff one month later Chief Laura Big Eagle was elected on February 14, 1997.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 149-157
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Reviews three books, each providing a life history of an Indigenous male: Blackfoot warrior Red Crow, Comanche Chief Quanah Parker, and Nuumuu farm labourer Corbett Mack.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 1989, pp. 107-138
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Book reviews of:
A Stranger in Her Native Land: Alice Fletcher and the American Indians by Joan Mark.
Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots and Affixes by D. G. Frantz and N. J. Russell.
The Indians' New World: Catawbas and Their Neighbors From European Contact Through the Era of Removal by James H. Merrell.
American Women Writing Fiction edited by Mickey Pearlman.
New Voices From the Longhouse: An Anthology of Contemporary Iroquois Writing edited by Joseph Bruchac.
Spirit of the New England Tribes: Indian History and Folklore, 1620-1984 by William S.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. 80-100
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Book reviews of:
From the Glittering World: A Navajo Story by Irvin Morris.
The Blue Jay’s Dance: A Birth Year by Louise Erdrich.
Gerald Vizenor: Writing in the Oral Tradition by Kimberly M. Blaeser.
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Illustrates that women's writings must not only deal with the marginalization of being Aboriginal, but with the further marginalization of being female.
From a series of interviews about health, this article reveals one woman's struggle with mental illness and discusses some differences between medical treatment and traditional healing.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 529-534
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The author describes his own experience of finding spiritual balance through a visit to the Tolowa's Yontockey village. The author examines how he found this spiritual balance, how he came to this realization and its implications.