Explains the need for a theatre where youth could tell their stories and develop their skills and how this became a reality with the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 82-89
Description
Discusses the poetry within Blackfeet author James Welch's work Riding the Earthboy 40 as an influential American Indian literary work more than three decades after its publication.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 82.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 1/2, Indigenous Languages and Indigenous Literature, Winter - Spring, 2006, pp. 153-165
Description
Memoir piece in which the author describes the process of learning Tuscarora as a child, relearning it as an adult, and the choices they continue to make around language use and cultural survivance.
The Grove: Working Papers on English Studies, no. 9, 2002, pp. 139-150
Description
Analysis of: The Days of Augusta (1973) by Mary Augusta Tappage, The Ways of My Grandmothers (1982) by Beverly Hungry Wolf and I Walk in Two Worlds (1987) by Eleanor Brass.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 2 & 3, Series 2 , Summer/Fall, 2002, pp. 50-54
Description
Book review of: Throwing Fire at the Sun, Water at the Moon by Anita Endrezze.
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Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Plea For Integration
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[John W. Friesen
Virginia Lyons Friesen]
Description
Chapter Four in book: Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Plea For Integration by John W. Lyons Friesen and Virginia Lyons Friesen.
Presents learning opportunities for non-Aboriginal educators.
Indian Review of World Literature in English, vol. 2, no. 1, January 2006, p. [?]
Description
Focuses on the trepidations of Native Women writers and their appreciation of the cultures and traditions of their People, including the role of mother earth, hunting and fishing traditions, the peoples and the wars, and the waters and fires.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 4, Winter, 2006, pp. 43-63
Description
Examines the translation of a legend from Dakota to English as a dynamic and complex process that extends beyond literal translation to understanding the context of both cultures and languages.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 67-81
Description
Argues that James Welch's novel The Death of Jim Loney presents a way to understand how genocide is represented as a catastrophic event and a recurrent condition and denial as a culturally specific response to trauma.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 43-45
Description
Accolades for Blackfeet author James Welch (1940-2003) and a statement about his influence on the author.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 46-48
Description
Humourous commentary as "mistaken identity and trickery" in honour of Blackfeet author James Welch (1940-2003).
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Psychology Thesis (Psy.D.)--The Wright Institute, 2002.
Analyses of resiliency in the work of authors including Sherman Alexie, Leslie Silko, Louise Erdrich,
Full version (1 hr. 48 min.) of documentary about abuse at residential schools which won Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and Best Director for an International Documentary at the New York International Film Festival.
Based on Annett's book Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust.
American Studies International, vol. 40, no. 3, October 1, 2002, pp. 6-32
Description
Impact on the life of Tecumseh's descendant, Thomas Wildcat Alford of the Shawnee tribe, who was selected by elders to attend a government boarding school in the late 1800's.
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 119, no. 473, Summer, 2006, pp. 312-336
Description
Studies the Mi'kmaq Indians' descriptions of journeys between six parallel worlds as found in tales collected from the early seventeenth century to the early twentieth.
Argues for a curriculum of inclusion rather than exclusion as demonstrated by incorporating Native American literature into the mainstream Language Arts programs.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2002, pp. 35-38
Description
Book review of: Voices of American Indian Assimilation and Resistance by Siobhan Senier.
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Looks at the history and contemporary life of the Abenaki and the importance of basket making to their way of life.
Duration: 1:44:05.
Accompanying material.