The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative. Pt. 4
[2003 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Thomas King
Description
In speech, noted author discusses Louis Owens' I Hear the Train, M. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn, Robert Alexie's Porcupines and China Dolls, and the works of other contemporary Native writers. To listen to this audio, scroll down to Part 4.
Duration: 54:22.
Canadian Literature, no. 178, Autumn, 2003, pp. 111-113
Description
Comparative review of essay collections in three interdisciplinary books:
Contemporary American Indian Writing: Unsettling Literature by Dee Home
The Mythology of Native North America by David Leeming and Jake Page
Mirror Writing: (Re-)Constructions of Native American Identity edited by Thomas Claviez and Maria Moss.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll to page 111.
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women , 2019, p. Article 2
Description
Profiles activities of two post-secondary students. The discussion includes motivations, tactics and what can be learned by other Indigenous student activists.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 409-422
Description
Author examines different frameworks and themes related to mixed ethnicities/identities and considers how these factors might motivate an author to create mixed characters.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 172-176
Description
In this editorial article the author discusses Indigenous rights and Indigenous resistance to colonization and considers the other articles in this journal issue in the context of resistance and sovereignty.
Extracts from the diary of George B. Murphy, of Qu'Appelle, transport officer of the Battleford Column, Second Division of the North West Field Force, sent out to suppress the 1885 resistance. Entries from March 17 - July 16, 1885. Entries mostly include communications regarding troop movements.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2: Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. 52-70
Description
Contends that the author uses his characters to illustrate the damage stereotypes, imposed by the dominant culture, have inflicted on the Native American psyche.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 19-26
Description
Armstrong gives her personal account of the Indigenous rights movements that took place in British Columbia and across Canada, connecting the events and attitudes of the time to the larger Civil Rights Movement taking place across the continent and to other contemporary social/cultural shifts.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Spring, 1997, pp. 47-87
Description
Examination of literary forms, as some non-Native scholars believe that oral myths are the only genuine Aboriginal literature. The author questions if something Aboriginal remains, despite the form?
Includes links which highlight individuals in various artistic fields: photography, basketry, picture stories, resources, and museums as well as narratives, stories and legends.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 579-593
Description
Focuses on the overlapping legal and ethical issues regarding non-Native collaborators and the colonizing relationship to Native American texts or put more simply intellectual property rights of Native American life stories.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 1, Advancing Aboriginal Language and Literacy, 2003, pp. 23-28
Description
Native literacy is explored in terms of oral tradition, storytelling, culture, and language. Compares Native and Euro-Western definitions of literacy and looks at implications in the field of education.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, 1997, pp. 43-60
Description
Looks at basketball in works of fiction such as James Welch's The Indian Lawyer and Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Reservation Blues.
Virtual exhibition divided into six sections: how we lived with the buffalo; how we lived with the land; how we lived with other people; our world; and traditional stories.
Includes link to teacher toolkit.
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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, 1997, pp. 1-28
Description
Argues that a closer look at humour, in the work of Rowlandson, provides readers with a greater understanding of the Algonquian side of early cross-cultural relations and reveals the ways in which cultural discomfort and disharmony are not rare, but rather integral concepts for early American identity.
"Oh How Different": Regimes of Knowledge in Aboriginal Texts for Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clare Bradford
The Lion and the Unicorn, vol. 27, no. 2, April 2003, pp. 199-217
Description
Examines Australian children's literature including Booyooburra, a story of the Wakka Wakka people from Barambah in Queensland, Australia, the Papunya School Book of Country and History and Killing Darcy, a novel for adolescents.