American Indian Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 3, Autumn, 1975, pp. 237-245
Description
To rectify the lack of interest in Indigenous literature, the author critically examines nine Indigenous autobiographies to explore their literary value. Since Indigenous narratives are usually oral autobiographies, they are an ideal bridge between the written and the spoken forms.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 12, July 15, 1975, pp. 7-8
Description
Essay by Verna Kirkness of the Fisher River First Nation, Manitoba, publishes report in Encyclopaedia Britannica, the first Indigenous person to do so.
Short animated depiction of the life of Edouard Beaupré, the "Willow Bunch Giant", an 8'3" man from the Métis community of Willow Bunch, SK whose life was cut short at the age of 23 at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.
Duration: 2:25.
Author draws on Schmidt’s diary to create a biographical sketch of his life. Includes some details on Lois Riel, the Red River and North-West Resistances, St. Boniface, the Métis freighters, and other historical events and figures.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 1.
Contends that since early "autobiographies" were a collaboration between Aboriginals and Europeans, they are distorted and fail to convey the true essence of the personal narrative, which is an oral tradition.
Looks at factors which contributed to Pratt's goal of total assimilation of Native Americans into American society, and how he implemented it during his 25-year superintendency of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.