Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, 2006, pp. 46-47
Looks at a project which attempted to bring together scientific and Aboriginal knowledge by recording stories, oral histories and other forms of documentation.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 20-48
Description
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
Description
Examines traditional Indigenous art-making practices, exploring a complex range of issues extending beyond those of gender into the realm of Indigenous cultural history.
Brief biographical essay, as well as question and answer session with the author of Traplines, Monkey Beach and Blood Sports, a novel in which the author revisits the characters in an earlier short story titled Contact Sports.
Argues that politically correct multiculturalism applied in American literary criticism is actually counter-productive to assertions of identity and uniqueness.
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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.
Comparative Literature Studies , vol. 43, no. 3, Classics and Contemporary Literature/Culture/Theory, 2006, pp. 355-374
Description
Shows how the tradition of monkey stories can be blended into American literature in Gerald Vizenor's Griever: An American Monkey King in China, Maxine Hong Kingston's Tipmaster Monkey: His Fake Book and Patricia Chao's Monkey King.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2 & 3, Summer/Fall, 1989, pp. 169-173
Description
Short story, set in a village along the banks of the St. Lawrence River, about a Mohawk girl and her struggles before and after she becomes a woman.
Attached to the short story here is a poem: A Seneca Indian Praise by Twylah Nitsch (Yey-Wen-Node).
Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory, vol. 62, no. 1, 2006, pp. 65-83
Description
Discussion of how the narrative by Mounring Dove (or Hum-ishu-ma) is a complex read due to intrusion of the collaborating author, nevertheless reveals her perspectives, which places Metis women in roles equal to men.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 37-49
Description
Explores the difficulties of translating a poem by Rex Lee Jim due to phonetic, rhythmic, symbolic and morphological differences and concludes that linguistic critical analysis and ethnographic knowledge are crucial to translation projects.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 37.
American Literature, vol. 82, no. 1, March 2010, pp. 183-186
Description
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.
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.
Satirical essay which parallels discussion about the creation of the National Museum of the American Indian.
Designed to accompany the film A Seat at the Drum from the Public Broadcasting Service series Indian Country Diaries.
American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
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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.