Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 33, no. 3, May 1994, pp. [6-13]
Description
Autobiographical account of a Yup'ik educator describing the establishment of a teacher-leader group, the Ciulistet, which combines cultural identity and the role of culture for Alaskan Native people.
Looks at aesthetic philosophies, techniques and personal styles of four Aboriginal female artists; Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras, Joane Cardinal-Schubert.
Duration: 51:49.
Contains links to Australian music, artist profiles, awards, encyclopedia, recordings of powwow music, listing of Native American artists, record companies, etc.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1997, pp. [41]-56
Description
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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Poitras, once labeled an angry artist, believes anger is foreign to Indigenous philosophies and traditions, instead dictates forgiveness. Her works have display evils done to First Nations people by the church, Western materialism, residential schools and alcohol, but her own worldview is that trials and suffering lead to redemption.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 23, no. 7, September/October 1994, p. 15
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This is the third in an ongoing series of stories on successful First Nations women. Features Lenore Stiffarm who holds a doctorate in Education from Harvard, teaches with the Indian and Northern Education Program (INEP) in Educational Foundations, University of Saskatchewan.
Based on the exhibition Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century, the focus is on artists from the Southwest and Oklahoma.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Fall, 1994, pp. 445-[?]
Description
Contends that while contemporary artists acknowledge those who came before, they have developed their own individual styles and the one common thread is their part in environmental, economic, and cultural politics. Article highlights several individual artists.
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
Description
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 Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Autumn, 1994, pp. 507-531
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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).
American Quarterly, vol. 46, no. 1, March 1994, pp. 81-91
Description
Reviews two books: Sending My Heart Back Across the Years; Tradition and Innovation in Native American Autobiography by Hertha Dawn Wong.
Keeping Slug Woman Alive: A Holistic Approach to American Indian Texts by Greg Sarris.
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.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. 80-100
Description
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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