Race and Class, vol. 52, no. 1, July-September 2010, pp. 9-18
Description
Presents an interview with Bonita Lawrence who discusses issues facing Aboriginal people such as: the definition of 'indianness', cultural identity, and colonialism.
Extensive and detailed teacher's guide to accompany a graphic novel aimed at suicide prevention in youth and young adults. The comic book is produced by the Healthy Aboriginal Network.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 2, Summer, 2010, pp. 96-99
Description
Book review of: The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast by Lisa Brooks.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 96.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2010, pp. 1-6
Description
Ojibwe Traditional Elder briefly discusses the pipe ceremony, language, clan system, legends/stories, code of conduct, beginning of man and womanhood, and the eagle feather.
Oral History Review, vol. 37, no. 2, Summer/Fall, 2010, pp. 170-190
Description
Looks at written documents and oral recollections to uncover the experiences of Indigenous soldiers and their contributions in World War II, the Northern Territory, and Australian history.
The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region
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Winona Wheeler
Description
Discusses the importance of Elders as storytellers and oral historians.
Chapter from The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region edited Alvin Finkel, Sarah Carter, and Peter Fortna.
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The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 1-19
Description
Contends that the nineteen Native American college students interviewed in this study persist in college due to the culture of their families and communities rather than that of the educational institutions.
Western American Literature, vol. 45, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 228-251
Description
Looks at how role reversals and racial imitations in Joe the Painter and the Deer Island Massacre transforms the stereotypical trappings of Indian roles by redescribing and incorporating a sense of the past into the present.
Analyzes the use of Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee references in Alexie's works.
Chapter 1 from Sherman Alexie: A Collection of Critical Essays edited by Jeff Berglund and Jan Roush.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 35, no. 2, Special Section: Indigeneity in Dialogue: Indigenous Library Expression Across Linguistic Divides, 2010, pp. [53]-75
Description
Comments on a play that focuses on the contemporary situation of youth in Montreal and the imaginary community of Kinogamish.
Consists of an interview with non-Indian employed at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in Regina. At the time of the interview he was writing a book on the history of the Metis nation.
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 69-92
Description
Looks at how Two-Spirit critiques, critiques that centralize Native peoples, nations, identities, land bases, and survival tactics, challenge and strengthen work in queer studies.
Consists of an interview where she discusses Medicine Men and their purported powers. She briefly mentions Indian superstitions (being born with a caul on her face; being the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter).
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, 2010, pp. 27-46
Description
Study probes the importance of kinship relations, with respect to individual and collective identity, for members of the Cowessess First Nation, Saskatchewan.