Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2010, pp. 1-6
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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.
Finding Common Ground: Re-Examining the Theme of Renewal in James Welch's The Death of Jim Loney
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Contemporary Literary Criticism, vol. 249, 2008, pp. 342-343
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Argues that Jim Loney's life symbolizes a regeneration of Aboriginal American culture. This article was originally published as "Finding Common Ground: Re-Examining the Theme of Renewal in James Welch's The Death of Jim Loney" in South Dakota Review vol. 40, no. 4, (winter 2002) at pages 67-87.
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Oral History Review, vol. 37, no. 2, Summer/Fall, 2010, pp. 170-190
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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.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 2, Summer, 2008, pp. 47-63
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Comments on e-mails, phone calls and a luncheon meeting that spanned over three years with Native American author David Treuer.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 47.
Explores themes such as use of oral tradition, humour, dreams and visions, nature, and family.
Excerpt from the book, A Literary History of the American West..
Focuses on the methodological challenges and accomplishments associated with project entitled Visualizing Breast Cancer.
Chapter 13 in the book Doing Cross-Cultural Research: Ethical and Methodological Perspectives edited by Pranee Liamputtong.
The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region
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Winona Wheeler
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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
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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
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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.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 204-207
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Author reflects on the effects of her mixed heritage and non-Aboriginal upbringing in rural Alberta.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, Summer, 2008, pp. 324-351
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Author believes televison shows dehumanize Native Americans and takes a critical look at how audiences' percieve representations, what frame of reference the audience uses to evaluate what they view, and argues that there is a need to view representations without accepting the status quo provided in encoded form.
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
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Comments on a play that focuses on the contemporary situation of youth in Montreal and the imaginary community of Kinogamish.
Argues that stories about food gathering and recipes have become ways to revitalize food knowledge, cultural integrity, and community and therefore are necessary when healing trauma from colonization.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 2, 2008, pp. 77-101
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Discussion of the book, Reasoning Together: The Native Critics Collection, which the author considers a very important theoretical work, contains essays by Indigenous literary critics.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 77.