Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 3, 2010, pp. 83-106
Description
"This study interviewed 33 tribal education and human service leaders to examine the challenges faced by one American Indian tribe in providing access to higher education".
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. 88-93
Description
Book reviews of Lost Creeks by Alexander Posey, edited by Matthew Sivils and Song of the Oktahutche edited by Matthew Sivils
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to p. 88.
Animated short tells story of a woman who blinds and mistreats her son, a loon that restores his vision, and the act of revenge which turns her into a narwahl. Part of a legend. Accompanying material: Lumaajuuq: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 7:36.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 423-449
Description
Author explores the stories of the Jigonsaseh (Haudenosaunee Clan Mothers), how these women’s stories have been skewed through the Western lens of ethnography, and how reclamation of these narratives is important in the ongoing reevaluation of women’s social roles.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2: Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. [39]-51
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Discusses the blurring of lines between the living and dead, and past and present as a literary device in the novel.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Documentary looks at the family and life of a trapper, Frank Ladouceur living in northern Alberta. This movie contains scenes of violence. Viewer discretion advised.
Duration 28.54
Interviewee, who is age 82 years, describes the discovery of Chipewyan Lake by her great-great-grandfather, and tells something of the land area covered by the Indians who lived by traditional hunting, trapping and fishing.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 20-48
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Argues that Maria Campbell's use of Michif was necessary to convey the true essence of the narratives.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 20.
The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2010, pp. 344-364
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Examines traditional Indigenous art-making practices, exploring a complex range of issues extending beyond those of gender into the realm of Indigenous cultural history.
American Quarterly, vol. 62, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 639-661
Description
Looks at how Todd Downing appropriates and refigures Mexico's Indigenous history and culture to reveal evidence of the modern Indigenous people obscured by Indigenismo discourse. The article also anticipates the anticolonial discourses of the American Indian civil rights movement.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 409-422
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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 Literature, vol. 82, no. 1, March 2010, pp. 183-186
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Book reviews of:
Moving Encounters: Sympathy and the Indian Question in Antebellum Literature by Laura L. Mielke
The Transatlantic Indian, 1776-1930 by Kate Flint All That Remains: Varieties of Indigenous Expression by Arnold Krupat.
Scroll down to page 183 to see reviews.
Mrs. Buffalo of the Peigan Reserve, who is 93 years of age, answers questions about what her ancestors told her of buffalo, fur trade, treaty, smallpox and attitudes to the land.
Theatre Research in Canada, vol. 31, no. 2, 2010, pp. 193-207
Description
Discusses a play centered around an orphaned First Nations girl, Forever, who runs away from residential school and finds shelter in an abandoned boat.
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.
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American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Marian L. Escalanti
Description
Presents a poem highlighting the author's AILDI involvement.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Danny Lopez
Description
Author shares cultural knowledge that he learned from O'odham elders.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.