Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J. V. (Jay) Powell
BC Studies, no. 108, Winter, 1995, pp. 106-107
Description
Book review of: On the Translation of Native American Literatures edited by Brian Swann.
To read review, scroll to page 106.
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 with the Watershed: A Story-based Curriculum for Primary Environmental Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Heidlebaugh
Description
Uses traditional stories about the Salmon people as a starting point to talk about environmental health and caretaking.
"A Salmon Homecoming Production."
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.
Oodgeroo
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John Collins
Aboriginal History, vol. 19, 1995, pp. 218-222
Description
Book review of: Oodgeroo by Kathie Cochrane.
Review located by scrolling to page 218.
[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.
The Oral in the Written: A Literature Between Two Cultures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renate Eigenbrod
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, 1995, pp. 89-102
Description
Examines the relationship between oral traditions and contemporary Aboriginal literature.
Oral Tradition and Oral History: Reviewing Some Issues
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Cruikshank
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 75, no. 3, September 1994, pp. 403-422
Description
Discusses how the history of cross cultural encounters is constructed and how particular views may gain authority.
"Orality in Literacy": Listening to Indigenous Writing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Dickinson
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, 1994, pp. 319-340
Description
Examines oral features found in the works of Patricia Grace (New Zealand), Sally Morgan (Australia) and Marie Annharte Baker (Canada).
Oratory: Coming to Theory
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lee Maracle
Essays on Canadian Writing, no. 54, Winter, 1994, pp. 7-[?]
Description
Examines the philosophical theory and meaning behind oratory.
Other, Sister, Twin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Hogan
Callaloo, vol. 17, no. 1, Native America Literatures , Winter, 1994, pp. 27-28
Description
Poem titled Other, Sister, Twin by Linda Hogan.
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
The Outsider in James Welch's The Indian Lawyer
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sidner J. Larson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Autumn, 1994, pp. 495-506
Description
Literary criticism article that examines the ways that themes of isolation, disconnection from community, and individual/cultural identity are explored in Welch’s novel.
Pagans Rewriting the Bible: Heterodoxy and the Representation of Spirituality in Native American Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kimberly M. Blaeser
Ariel, vol. 25, no. 1, January 1994, pp. [12]-31
Description
Looks at the effect Christian teaching has had on Native American literature.
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.
Paulosie Sivuak Talks About the Beginning of Carving in Povungnituk
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marybelle Mitchell
Pauloise Sivuak
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 4, Winter, 1995, pp. 52-59
Description
Interview with a prominent Inuit sculptor.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 52.
Pelts to Stone: A History of Arts and Crafts Production in Arviat
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marie Routledge
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, Fall, 1994, pp. 27-29
Description
Book review of: Pelts to Stone by Mark Kalluak.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 27.
Permafrost
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Thaler
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 67-83
Description
Short story.
Personal Memories of Alcatraz, 1969
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Luis S. Kemnitzer
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 103-109
Description
Remembering what turned out to be a significant historical event, one Professor of Anthropology gives his perspective.
Playing with Culture: The Serious Side of Humor
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
William K. Powers
American Anthropologist, vol. 96, no. 3, September 1994, pp. 705-710
Description
Book reviews of 2 books:
Indi'n Humor: Bicultural Play in Native American by Kenneth Lincoln.
Keeping Slug Woman Alive: A Holistic Approach to American Indian Texts by Greg Sarris.
"Please Eunice, Don't Be Ignorant": The White Reader as Trickster in Lee Maracle's Fiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susie O'Brien
Canadian Literature, no. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 82 - 96
Description
Discusses how Lee Maracle leads her readers to see the realities of a world that is rigid and unequally divided by using "we", "I" and "you" to flip the idea of "others".
Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vee Salabiye
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, 1995, pp. 215-222
Description
Presents poems by Vee Salabiye including, "Buckskin Curtain", "Dancing", "Always Remember Where You Come From", "Greasewood" and others.
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
"Poetry is What We Speak to Each Other": An Interview With Jimmy Santiago Baca
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jimmy Santiago Baca
John Keene
Callaloo, vol. 17, no. 1, Native America Literatures , Winter, 1994, pp. 33-51
Description
Interview with the American Indian poet Jimmy Santiago Baca.
The Politics of Place in Linda Hogan’s Mean Spirit
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Blair
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 3, Series 2: Linda Hogan: Calling Us Home, Fall, 1994, pp. 15-21
Description
Looks at the exploitation against Native American Indians as they struggle against the greed that threatens their lives and the survival of their culture.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Post-Colonial Literature and Hawaii: Teaching Ethnic American Literature in a Colony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann Rayson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 1, Series 2: Feminist and Post-Colonial Approaches, Spring, 1994, pp. 1-10
Description
Discusses the political and historical issues surrounding the teaching of ethnic American literature amid the Hawaiian activist movement and racial tensions in a multicultural state.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Powerful Native-American Images Revealed in Picture Books
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kay E. Vandergrift
Description
Listed alphabetically by author. Also includes title and publication information.
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".
Prayer For the Lenape : Concerto in Four Movements
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lance Henson
[Weber Studies], vol. 12, no. 3, Native American Special Issue, Fall, 1995, p. [?]
Description
Two poems.
Prophecy and Power Among the Dogrib Indians
Alternate Title
Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians
E-Books
Author/Creator
June Helm
Pulling Silko's Threads through Time: An Exploration of Storytelling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alanna Kathleen Brown
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 171-179
Description
Literary Criticism Article in which the author explores the ways which Indigenous storytelling and the worldview it conveys have affected her scholarship and her individual understanding and experience of the world.
Qualitative Analysis of Oral Testimony: Information Retrieval and Data Management of Electronic Transcripts From the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Commanda
Seymour Hamilton
Canadian Review of Social Policy, no. 36, 1995, pp. 39-54
Description
Looks at the electronic and textual information system which contains 80,000 pages of verbatim hearing established by the Commission.
Quality Education for Inuit Today? Cultural Strengths, New Things, and Working Out the Unknowns: A Story by An Inuk
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Betsy Annahatak
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 12-18
Description
Author uses personal experiences to explain the stresses involved with understanding two cultures relating to values, activities, obedience, worldview and contemporary cultural tools.
Quilt Culture: Tracing the Pattern
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Pauline Mortensen
[Weber Studies], vol. 12, no. 3, Native American Special Issue, Fall, 1995, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Quilt Culture edited by Cheryl B. Torsney and Judy Elsley.
Click on link to read review.
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.
"A Race of Mules": Mixed-Bloods in Western American Fiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Hubner
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, 1995, pp. 61-74
Description
An exploration of regional literature in the American West showed it was rare to find Métis in these novels. The article suggests Canadian and American authors can be distinguished by how they develop the image of the Métis.
Radiant Days: Writings by Enos Mills
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
William E. Fischer
[Weber Studies], vol. 12, no. 3, Native American Special Issue, Fall, 1995, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Radiant Days: Writings by Enos Mills edited by John Dotson.
Click on link to read review.
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.
Raven Travelling: Page One: A Lost Haida Text
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Skaai of the Qquuna Qiighawaai
Canadian Literature, no. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 98-111
Description
Previously-lost creation story transcribed in October 1900. Includes English translation.
Entire journal one pdf. Scroll down to page 98 to read article.
Ray Young Bear's Cantaloupe Terrorist: Storytelling as a Site of Resistance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maureen Salzer
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 301-317
Description
Literary criticism article which engages the text Black Eagle Child: The Facepaint Narratives. Author asserts that Young Bear’s narrative centers Mesquakie voices and perspectives and in doing so challenges mainstream perspectives.
Re-Citing, Re-Siting, and Re-Sighting Likeness: Reading the Family Archive in Drucilla Modjeska's Poppy, Donna Williams' Nobody Nowhere, and Sally Morgan's My Place
Alternate Title
Finding Likeness, Reframing Lives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sidonie Smith
Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 40, no. 3, 1994, pp. 509-542
Description
Discusses photography, its use for family records and these three novels about Australian women seeking personal meaning in old pictures, which leave them to untangle the story of before and after the photo.
(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.
Re Membering Ephanie: A Woman’s Re-Creation of Self in Paula Gunn Allen’s The Woman Who Owned The Shadows
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa Holford
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 1, Series 2: Feminist and Post-Colonial Approaches, Spring, 1994, pp. 99-113
Description
Discusses the cultural dislocation and identity confusion created by the imposition of one culture on another.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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.