Indigenous Knowledge and Colonial Power: The Oral Narrative as a Site of Resistance
Theses
Author/Creator
Elizabeth W. McIsaac
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 1995.
Presents brief biographies, plus poems by Mike Cutler and Lance Henson illustrating various writing styles.
Personal narratives of Elders from Barrows, Cold Lake, Cranberry Portage, Crane River, Cross Lake, Duck Bay, Mallard, Manigotagan, Moose Lake, Norway House, Pelican Rapids, and Wabowden, communities located in Manitoba.
Discusses Mourning Dove's legend story,The House of Little Men, which contains elements of assimilation and illustrates the writer's storytelling skills.