Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 28, no. 3, May 1989, pp. [1-13]
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Findings, consistent with earlier studies, indicate stereotypes being reinforced by unbalanced and under-represented Indigenous writers in literature textbooks.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 2, Settler Colonial Biopolitics and Indigenous Lifeways, 2018, pp. 77-96
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Literary criticism article explores the intersections of history, fiction and biopolitics in a variety of specific confrontations between the Canadian state and the Anishnaabeg in Michel Noël's teen novel Nipishish (2004).
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 2, Summer, 2018, pp. 56-78
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Discusses texts by Thomas King, Gerald Vizenor, and Leslie Marmon Silko and the way in which they engage the practices and results of neoliberalism, globalization, and extractive resource-based economies.
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018 , pp. 11-24
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Author uses translation to Anishinaabemowin, word play, and close readings to examine a different way of making meaning in and from Gertrude Stein’s cubist poetry.
This file contains a handwritten poem by James L. Robertson titled North West Rebellion / No. 2. March 19th, ‘85. The poem describes the gathering that led to the Prince Albert Volunteer force and includes various names of the Volunteers. Robertson writes of the impending battle against the Sioux at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan and wishes the volunteers well. The letter was donated to the Prince Albert Historical Society Museum by Fred M. Henderson of Victoria, BC in 1979.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 16-36
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Discusses the texts Halfbreed (Campbell, 1973) and Prison of Grass (Adams, 1975), contrasting their treatments of gender in the discussion of colonial violence; calls on contemporary scholars to consider in their works “the way gender is animated in a decolonizing political movement.”
Prairie Forum, vol. 14, no. 1, Spring, 1989, pp. 102-104
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Book review of: "The Orders of the Dreamed": George Nelson on Cree and Northern Ojibwa Religion and Myth, 1823 by Jennifer S. H. Brown and Robert Brightman.
Book review of: Part of the Land, Part of the Water by Catherine McClellan with Lucie Birckel, Robert Bringhurst, James Fall, Carol McCarthy, Janice Sheppard.
Scroll down to page 81 to read review.
Interviewee gives a general outline of his life. Also, talks of housing and work, including road construction using horses. No index terms are provided.
Documentary about artist Carey Newman's large-scale art installation made from artifacts from residential schools, churches, government buildings and traditional and cultural structures. Commemoration project was commissioned by The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Duration: 1:26:52.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 4, Summer, November 9, 2018, pp. 387-406
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Article examines the work of Marnie Walsh, a writer from South Dakota, who was frequently anthologized as a Sioux author, in spite of her not claiming to be so; discusses the way that the mistaken identity of Walsh has led to misrepresentations of Indigenous voices and lives.
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018
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An experimental video/art poem and accompanying text that examines issues including land rights, resource extraction, environmentalism, the Occupy Movement and the activism of Indigenous peoples.
Explores topics such as locating self and practice, Indigenous worldviews and pedagogies, ethical approach and relational protocols, colonization framework in Canada, and building an Indigenous practice.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 2, Summer, 2018, pp. 34-55
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Article seeks to disrupt the critical discussion surrounding Silko’s novel and the narratives it contains, asserting that the text demonstrates that mainstream culture forces people with divergent traits to choose between acceptance of their own difference and membership in the majority culture.
Looks at the challenges accessing Canadian residential school records and how the decision to destroy certain survivor accounts regarding abuse in residential schools is a threat to the memory of cultural genocide in Canada.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, 2018, pp. 129-152
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Article offers artistic/literary criticism of Simpson’s video poem; discusses new possibilities for human relationships with our more-than-human relations, and calls on settlers to take up “intergenerational responsibility” for settler colonial violence.
Personal diary of Major Smith of the I.S.C. Toronto Brigade during the Brigade's march west. Observations include health of fellow soldiers, the weather, and the monotony of waiting for next orders. Brief entries after 23 April 1885, final entry on 18 May 1885. Diary has metal clasp, black cloth covers and marbleized end papers. Item found within folder 2 of file Rebellion, 1885.
Small notebook of "C" Company, Infantry School Corps, documenting daily 'officer of the day' postings, brigade orders from Lt.-Col. Otter, arrival of padres, daily lists of company orders and notification of church parades and target practice. All entries made from Battleford, NWT; most made by Lt. J.M. Sears and Lt. R.L. Wadmore. Entries made in black ink and primarily blue pencil. Item found within folder 2 of file Rebellion, 1885.
Order book of the North-West Field Force, with Winnipeg being the first entry. Entries made from (all NWT / SK) Troy (Qu'Appelle), Fort Qu'Appelle and area, Humboldt, Clark's Crossing, Fish Creek, Gabriel's Crossing, Birch Hills, Batoche, Lepine, Prince Albert, while on board the steamer "North West," Battleford, Fort Pitt, while on board the steamer "Marquis"; (all NWT / MB) Cedar Lake, while on board the steamer "Princess," ending at Selkirk, MB. Entries made by Colonel Houghton, Lord Melgund, General Middleton's Chief of Staff, and a third unidentified officer.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 471-480
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Looks at the historical merits of two Kashaya Pomo oral stories regarding the Hudson Bay Company's 1833 expeditions in California by comparing the stories with Russian and English written accounts from the era.
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018 , pp. i-vii
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Guest editor introduces the issue and discusses the origins and evolution of the idea for an issue that focuses on Indigenous-centered film criticism and literary criticism. Discusses the process and value of “Red Readings.”
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 3, Summer, 1989, pp. 239-248
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Looks at Indigenous author D'Arcy McNickle's first novel and his creation of the lost conflicted mixed-blood protagonist that would become common in Indigenous literature.
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018 , pp. 1-10
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Literary criticism article which examines Charlotte Perkins Gilman's “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Author performs a close reading of the text to examine the ways that Gilman engages with and criticizes America’s federal Indian policy.