Universitatea din Bucuresti. Analele. Limbi si Literaturi Straine, no. 2, 2011, pp. 149-156
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Discusses how both authors challenge stereotypes and show that while Aboriginal culture is distinctive, it is not static or frozen in the past.
Entire volume on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 149.
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 2, 2011, pp. 202-205
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Review of first volume of the serial: Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art and Thought edited by Guadalupe Solis and Judy Wilson.
Early American Literature, vol. 46, no. 1, 2011, pp. 165-184
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Review essay of: Cultural Narratives: Textuality and Performance in American Culture before 1900 edited by Sandra M. Gustafson and Caroline F. Sloat; Early Native Literacies in New England: A Documentary and Critical Anthology edited by Kristina Bross and Hilary E. Wyss.
Website contains links, some with access to the full text of presentations, from a conference which explores intellectual thought and cultural development of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many of the presenters were Canadian.
Examines effects of both mainstream and Indigenous cinema on Indigenous peoples, stereotyping, and concepts of geography, land, history and language.
Anthropology and Humanities Honors Paper (B.A.)--University of Colorado, 2011.
Alif, no. 31, The Other Americas, 2011, pp. 133-151
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Discusses Jim Northrup's Rez Road Follies, Thomas King's The Truth About Stories, and Paul Chaat Smith's Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong in terms of the techniques used to critique government actions in their respective countries.
Cultural Anthropology, vol. 11, no. 4, November 1996, pp. 547-576
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Investigates the deconstruction of Native American identity, bloodlines, racism, and stereotypes by examining the works of Native American visual artists and authors.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 1-18
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Discussion on the integration of two disparate intellectual trends in the humanities and social sciences, that of “unexpected places” and the work of linguistic anthropology.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 4, 1996, pp. 91-119
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Deals with problems of identity, especially as a construct imposed upon indigenous peoples. Also examines the identity threshold experience in Silko and Momaday's works.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 1-55
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Examines the role of religion in the stereotyping of Native Americans, and looks at the representations of Native American religion in theater through an analysis of visual images including John White's drawings, Theodor de Bry's engravings, and Paul Green's outdoor drama.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 191-192
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Book review of: Memories, Myths, and Dreams of an Ojibwe Leader by William Berens ; as told to A. Irving Hallowell and edited by Jennifer S.H. Brown and Susan Elaine Gray.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 2, Digital Technologies and Native Literature, Summer, 2011, pp. [48]-70
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Discusses how classroom teaching can be augmented with use of the internet, databases, and culturally specific websites. As examples author uses Flight by Sherman Alexie, the 3D virtual space Second Life, and direct email communication between students and writers.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 48.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2011.
Discusses works by Susan Power, James Welch, Sherman Alexie, Anna Lee Walters, Louis Owens, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Louise Erdrich.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 4, Series 2; European Writings on Native American Literatures, Winter, 1996, pp. [47]-60
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Describes the content of the Hopi film and analyzes it in terms of five elements: time, textual inserts, visual track, soundtrack, and film techniques.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies , vol. 33, no. 4, Racism, Colonialism, and Film in Canada, 2011, pp. 318-332
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A question and answer period on the 'Saskatoon freezing deaths' and the problem of police brutality and abuse of power with respect to Aboriginal people.
"Literary License" or "Mutated Plagiarism"?: Additional Comments about Ann Rinaldi's My Heart Is on the Ground
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Debbie Reese
Beverly Slapin
Barb Landis
Marlene Atleo
Naomi Caldwell
Jean Mendoza
Deborah Miranda
LaVera Rose
Cynthia Smith
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Criticism of book, aimed at 9-12 year old girls, on basis of: cultural appropriation, lack of historical accuracy, lack of cultural authenticity, stereotypes, and stereotypical language.
Podcast of interview with authors of book which deals with representations of Aboriginals in coverage of events such as signing of Treaty 3, the North-West Rebellion, Bill C-31, death of Pauline E. Johnson, and the Oka Crisis.
Duration: 34:42.