Alternate Title
No take backs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen Graham Jones
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 139-169
Description
Short fiction piece. When two friends develop an app for mobile devices the results are much different than they expect.
The "Noble Savage" in American Music and Literature, 1790-1855
Theses
Author/Creator
Jacob Mathew Somers
Description
Music History and Literature Thesis (M.A.)--Marshall University, 2017
Refers to James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans, Henry Russell's "The Indian Hunter", and Henry Woodsworth Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha .
Nobody is an Orphan: Interview with Luci Tapahonso
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sylvie Moulin
Studies in American Indian Literature, vol. 3, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1991, pp. 14-18
Description
Presents an interview with Luci Tapahonso.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Northern Journey
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Richard Harrington
The Beaver, vol. 71, no. 1, February/March 1991, pp. 53-[?]
Description
Book review of: Across the Keewatin Ice Fields: Three Years Among the Canadian Eskimos, 1913-1916 by Christian Leden. Originally published in German in 1927, translated by Lesliie Neatby in 1990.
Northern Literature: Look Here, Look Again
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maureen Long
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 5-8
Description
Introduction to the special literary issue.
Norway House Anthology: Stories of the Elders; Volume I
Alternate Title
Norway House Anthology: Stories of the Elders; Volume II
Norway House Anthology: Local Stories and Legends; Volume III
[Frontier School Division Native Studies Publications]
E-Books
Description
Volume II: Stories of the Elders. Volume III: Local Stories and Legends.
A Note on Narrative Perspective in Tracks
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria Walker
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 4, Series 2 , Winter , 1991, pp. 37-40
Description
Outlines Erdrich's unique narrative perspectives in Tracks and how the reader learns about each character through their intimate conversations.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
The Novel as Performance Communication in Louise Erdrich's Tracks
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Flavin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1991, pp. 1-12
Description
Explores oral traditions and their importance to tribal culture in Louise Erdrich's novelTracks.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Numerology as the Base of the Myth of Creation, According to the Mayas, Aztecs, and Some Contemporary American Indians
Theses
Author/Creator
Vera Anderson
Description
Spanish and Portuguese Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1993.
Oh Canada, Whose Home and Native Land? Negotiating Multicultural, Aboriginal and Canadian Identity Narratives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Momina Khan
Michael Cottrell
Education Matters: The Journal of Teaching and Learning, vol. 5, no. 1, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the need to restructure the social studies curriculum that allows for more voices and narratives to be heard.
The Ojibwe Who Slew the Wiindigo
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 3, Indigenous Peoples History, Spring, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses colonization, historical trauma and historical loss symptoms.
Okwire’shon:’a, the First Storytellers: Recovering Landed Consciousness in Readings of Trees & Texts
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaitlin Sandra June Debicki
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2017. Refers to the works Power by Linda Hogan, Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, and Truth and Bright Water by Thomas King.
Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ezekiel Gow
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 174-175
Description
Book review of Once They Were Hats by Frances Backhouse.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 174.
One Writer, Becoming
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Lord
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 9-17
Description
Author is presented with letters written to a friend 40 years previously and reflects on her younger self.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Ten: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
The Opinions of Ambulance Personnel Regarding Using a Heated Mattress for Patients Being Cared for in a Cold Climate - An Intervention Study in Ambulance Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonas Aléx
Tom Uppstu
Britt-Inger Saveman
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1379305
Description
Ambulance personnel from northern Sweden rate their experiences as being positive for patient comfort.
Oral Narrative in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karl Kroeber
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 72-90
Description
Discusses the recording and translation of an oral narrative titled, The Golden Women
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Our Bit of Truth
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marie Anneharbe Baker
Canadian Dimension, vol. 25, no. 5, July 1991, p. 33
Description
Book review of: Our Bit of Truth: An Anthology of Canadian Native Writing edited by Agnes Grant.
Our Stolen Grandmother: The Entanglement of Slavery and Colonization in Anna Lee Walters's Ghost Singer
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reid Gómez
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 70-90
Description
This literary criticism article examines the intersections and lasting consequences of settler colonialism and the chattel enslavement of African people on North American lands, cultures and identities in the context of the novel.
Our Women and Girls Are Sacred: Interim Report: The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marion Buller
Michèle Audette
Brian Eyolfson
Qajaq Robinson
Papunya Tula: Art of the Western Desert
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paul Travini
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 4, July/August 1991, p. 18
Description
Book review of: Papunya Tula by Geoffrey Bardon.
Parallel Voices: Indians and Others, Narratives of Cultural Struggle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gail Guthrie Valaskakis
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [283-296]
Description
Explores issues of representation and appropriation of culture with particular emphasis on women.
Patterns in Contemporary Canadian Picture Books: Radical Change in Action
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beverley Brenna
Shuwen Sun
Yina Liu
In Education, vol. 23, no. 2, Autumn, 2017, pp. 43-70
Description
Study examined two groups of books, 57 titles published 2005 and 120 published in 2015 in terms of authors, illustrators, characterization, genre, and audiences.
Paula Gunn Allen's "The One Who Skins Cats": An Inquiry into Spiritedness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary TallMountain
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 34-38
Description
Looks at the spirituality of women in Allen's poetry.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
People From Our Side: A Life Story with Photographs and Oral Biography
E-Books
Author/Creator
Peter Pitseolak
Dorothy Harley Eber
Permafrost
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Thaler
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 67-83
Description
Short story.
The "Person" in Postmodern Fiction: Gibson, Le Guin, and Vizenor
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Linton
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 3-11
Description
Looks at how postmodern fiction is changing the notion of what constitutes a person in Neuromancer by Gibson, Always Coming Home by Le Guin, and Bearheart by Vizenor.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
[Phil Fontaine Discusses His Childhood]
Alternate Title
The Journal ; June 11, 1991
[Life on the Reserve: Joy, Then Pain]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Phil Fontaine
Jerry Thompson
Description
Reviews Phil Fontaine's life in politics and his experience in residential schools. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section.
Duration: 4:14.
Places Important to Navajo People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Klara Kelley and Harris Francis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 151-169
Description
Study conducted in 1986 & ‘87 interviews participants in 13 Navajo communities about spaces that are sacred or important to the people in those communities. Research was done to determine which sites should be the focus of the Navajo Nation’s Historic Preservation Department.
Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, 2017, pp. 133-138
Description
Three poems: Selling Cigars on a Coral Gables Corner 1987, Into the Red Devil's Horn, and For a Good Boy We'll Break All the Rules.
Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jake Skeets
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 123-124
Description
Three poems:
Native American Poem
Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers
Comma
Portage Lake: Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood
E-Books
Author/Creator
Maude Kegg
Postmodernism, Native American Literature and the Real: The Silko-Erdrich Controversy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Pérez Castillo
The Massachusetts Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Summer, 1991, pp. 285-294
Description
Examines remarks made by Leslie Silko about Louise Erdrich's book,The Beet Queen.
Practicing Sovereignty: Colonial Temporalities, Cherokee Justice, and the "Socrates" Writings of John Ridge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly Wisecup
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 30-60
Description
"This article shows that Ridge's Socrates articles provided a public venue in which to define relationships among the Cherokees, the states, and the federal government".
Preface: [BC Studies, No. 89, 1991]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Doreen Jensen
Cheryl Brooks
BC Studies, no. 89, In Celebration of Our Survival: The First Nations of British Columbia, Spring, 1991, pp. 8-12
Description
Introduces special issue written, compiled and edited by Aboriginal peoples from British Columbia.
Private Knowledges and the Public Gaze: Aboriginal Writing as Property in the Late Twentieth Century
Alternate Title
Working Papers in Australian Studies ; no. 64
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ken Gelder
Working Papers in Australian Studies
The Problem(s) of (Anishinaabe) History in the Fiction of Louise Erdrich: Voices and Contexts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James D. Stripes
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 7, no. 2, Autumn, 1991, pp. 26-33
Description
Questions the avant-garde narrative structure and use of one community in Louise Erdrich's novels and how such presentation can influence understanding of important historical Native American issues.
The Quinzhee
Alternate Title
The Cantilevered Universe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kirsten Madsen
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 121-136
Description
Excerpt from the novel Cantilevered Universe.
Raven's Fly High = Kàhkàkiwak Papàminàwak
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Frontier School Division No. 48]
Description
Beginning-to-read booklet in English, Cree and Cree syllabics.
Raven Tales: Traditional Quileute Stories of Bayak, the Trickster
Documents & Presentations
Description
Includes five stories: Raven and Bear; Raven and Fishduck; Raven and Mole; Raven and Skatefish; and Raven and Eagle.
Ray Young Bear: Tribal History and Personal Vision
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gretchen M. Bataille
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 17-20
Description
Looks at how Ray Young Bear transformed oral traditions into poetry.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
(Re)claiming History and Visibility Through Rhetorical Sovereignty: The Power of Diné Rhetorics in the Works of Laura Tohe
Theses
Author/Creator
Jessica Marie Safran Hoover
Description
[English] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Illinois State University, 2017.
Reaching for the Sun: A Guide to the Early History and the Cultural Traditions of Native People in Manitoba
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ken Paupanekis
Marshall Murdock
George Desnomie
Frank Lagorio
Diane Cooley
Reading for Reconciliation? Indigenous Literatures in a Post-TRC Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aubrey Jean Hanson
English Studies in Canada, vol. 43, no. 2-3, Special Issue: Transition, June/September 2017, pp. 69-90
Description
Also available Open Access here.
Article examines the ways in which Indigenous writers and scholars interrogate the framework of Reconciliation by creating a narrative of resurgence. Author additionally argues for the need to examine the pedagogy and process when including Indigenous literatures in educational settings.
"The Real Geronimo Got Away": Eluding Expectations in Geronimo: His Own Story; The Autobiography of a Great Patriot Warrior
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anita Huizar-Hernández
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 49-70
Description
Essay argues "that Geronimo's relative obscurity is due to its generic constraints and enigmatic content, both of which frustrate the reader by eluding easy interpretation".
Reclaiming Territories through Indigenous Performance
Theses
Author/Creator
Francine Burning
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017Focusess on experiences of Madelaine McCallum, Mike Dengeli, Mique'l Dangeli, Leela Gilday, and Ronnie Dean Harris.
Recovering Native American Writings in the Boarding School Press
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Arizona Jackson
Samuel Townsend
Luther Standing Bear
Ida Johnson
Lula Walker
Lucy Grey ... [et al.]]