American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 1, Winter, 1995, pp. 75-89
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Article examines different telling of the Hopi origins narrative, discusses the different elements and what they might say about Hopi culture. Considers different characters in the story and explores the cultural understanding of them as heroes/villains.
Video highlights efforts to increase number of Ojibwe speakers through establishment of immersion schools and by recording elders' stories. Focuses on two schools: Niigaane School in Minnesota and Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion Charter School in Wisconsin.
Duration: 56:41.
English and Education Thesis (M.A.)--Arctic University of Norway, 2015.
Focuses on Sherman Alexie's short storiesThis Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona and Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock, and the movies Pocahontas and Smoke Signals.
Examines the discriminatory policies Canadian governments have imposed on Aboriginals and Japanese Canadians, and the way the two writers respond to those practices in their novels.
English Paper (B.A)-- University of Iceland, School of Humanities, 2010.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 97-101
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Forum includes:
From the ASAIL President.
ASAIL Sessions at ALA, Baltimore, 26-28 May 1995.
Book Review Editor Announced.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 45-72
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Forum includes:
Lonesome Duck: The Blueing of a Texas-American Myth.
Mourning Dove: Editing in All Directions to "Get Real".
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 3, Series 2: Contemporary American Indian Poetry, Fall, 1995, pp. 71-74
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Forum includes:
Upcoming Sessions at MLA (Chicago, December 1995).
Call for Papers.
1995 Native Writers’ Circle Awards.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1995, pp. 88-90
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Forum includes:
Upcoming Sessions at MLA (Chicago, December 1995).
Call for Submissions.
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Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 164, 2015, pp. 36-43
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Interview with the writer, director and producer of the film at the closing performance at the Aboriginal Pavilion of the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
Describes and reports the results of the consultation process for developing an agreement, similar those of ACTRA and Equity, specifically tailored to the needs of the Indigenous creators, performers and productions.
World Indigenous Nations High Education Consortium Journal, [Indigenous Voices, Indigenous Research], 2010, pp. 11-25
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Overview of Indigenous ways of knowing, education assimilation policy, first Nations control of education and post-secondary Indigenous Studies programs.
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Interviewees answer questions such as what does indigenous feminism mean to you and how are gender, sexuality and Indigenous law related?
Duration: 34:24.
Interview with the Director of the Centre for Pre-Confederation Treaties and Reconciliation, Vancouver Island University. Interviewee answers the question, what does Indigenous law mean to you?
Duration: 30:55.
First half of an interview with the Director of the Indigenous Law Research Unit, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria and a law professor at the University of Victoria.
Duration: 29:55.
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Second half of an interview with the Director of the Indigenous Law Research Unit, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, and a law professor from the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria.
Duration: 26:41.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 3, Fall, 2015, pp. 115-120
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Book reviews of Gaawiin Mawisiiwag Anishinaabeg by George Kenny, translated by Patricia M. Ningewance;
Bi- Gishkoziitwin Biidaanzhed Biidaabang by David Groulx, translated by Shirley Ida Williams;
Rising with a Distant Dawn by David Groulx, translated by Shirley Ida Williams.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, 1995, pp. 85-109
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Examines Vizenor's trickster myths in Summer in the Spring: Anishinaabe Lyric Poems and Stories which was published in The Progress, the first reservation newspaper published in Minnesota.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 2, Summer, 2015, pp. 62-79
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Discusses how Erdrich's approach to boarding schools is one of safe haven not the historical negative effects on Native communities. Suggests instructors supplement teaching so students get a complete picture of boarding school experiences.
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 1-18
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Summarizes lessons learnt from a project that facilitated the discussion on issues of survival in the academy and social work programs; and discusses experiences of personal and collective healing.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 3-24
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Looks at how Laguna coyote stories convey the complementarity of gender roles and respect for the strength, power, and intelligence of women.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 17-24
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Examines how new structures of human relationships are formed to replace traditional ones in Louise Erdrich's The Beet Queen.
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