American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Special Issue on Teaching Leslie Marmon Silkos Ceremony, 2004, pp. 75-82
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Discusses the use of Leslie Mormom Silko's novel Ceremony in non-Native classrooms to teach the scope of past genocide and awareness of contemporary Native issues.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 2, Summer, 2004, pp. 14-49
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Examines how the poetry of Native American author Wendy Rose contributes to debates about authenticity and identity politics in literature and society.
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American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 1-28
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Examines a subset of oral literature that teachs listeners about human health concerns, including how to prevent certain illnesses, avoid bodily harm, deal with mental health issues, instruct in sexual matters, discuss spirit-power contact and deal with old age.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Gerald Vizenor, Spring, 1997, pp. [73]-92
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Discusses the play, based on a true occurrence, the central themes of which are the importance of stories and names, and the issue of what constitutes tribal identity.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1997, pp. [11]-21
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Discusses the works of the author and poet, including Walking the Rez Road, War Talk, Culture Clash and Wewibitaan. Many of the authors works center on the Vietnam War experience.
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
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Jia-Yi Cheng-Levine
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Examines the link between environmental injustice, racism and cultural genocide; and discusses the importance of creating a nature based culture that is both environmentally sustainable and socially just.
File contains a photocopy of Arthur O. Wheeler's daily diary from March to July, 1885. Wheeler served in the Survey (scout) Corp for the Government, and was present during some of the battles of the 1885 rebellion.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2: Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997
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Explores the author's use of Indian characters, shadowed by non-Indian doubles, to illuminate the differences in the mores of the two cultures.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Fall, 1997, pp. 663-673
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Argues that while Indigenous authors are determined to express their unique perspectives while doing so in a hostile environment..
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Spring, 1997, pp. 205-215
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Examines the fragmentary nature of Native American literature and argues that the literature represents but a tiny fraction of Indigenous diversity and life.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 93-95
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Reflects on the influence of Acoma Pueblo author Simon Ortiz on the Native American literary world.
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The English Journal, vol. 93, no. 4, March 2004, pp. 64-69
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Examines how the works of Blackfeet author James Welch can be used to overcome Native American stereotypes and be used to explore themes of identity, family and love.
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 28, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Empowerment Through Literature, Winter-Spring, 2004, p. 351
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Poem that deals with the 1862 removal of the Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota from their lands, their forced march to a concentration camp at Fort Snelling, and the execution of 38 men by the United States government following the “Sioux Uprising of 1862.”
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 3, Fall, 2004, pp. 1-28
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Examines how Native American teacher Gertrude Simmons Bonnin's autobiography combines her shared Anglo and Yankton Sioux cultures to produce a new bicultural type of Native American female role.
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