Early American Literature, vol. 48, no. 3, 2013, pp. 743-754
Description
Book review essay of:
English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750–1830 by Hilary E. Wyss.
Queequeg’s Coffin: Indigenous Literacies and Early American Literature by Birgit Rasmussen.
On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and Memory by Andrew Newman.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Gerald Vizenor, Spring, 1997, pp. 115-127
Description
Contends that, despite appearances, Vizenor's fiction is grounded in the same tradition as the Anishinaabe trickster tales and "tradition-honoring" authors like Momaday and Silko.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Gerald Vizenor, Spring, 1997, pp. [47]-59
Description
Discusses how Vizenor, in Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles, not only challenges how whites perceive Indians, but how Native Americans see themselves, as he asks the question "What does Indian mean?".
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 555-565
Description
Examines the literary structures used by some contemporary Native American female writers.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Gerald Vizenor, Spring, 1997, pp. 60-72
Description
Discusses the authors use of space, as it relates to tribal identity and oral traditions.
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Linking Arms Together (Part 4): Residential School Survivor Panel
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Margaret Tourville
Michael Cheena
Murray Crow
Description
Three survivors of residential schools, Margaret Tourville, Michael Cheena, and Murray Crow speak about their experiences at panel session from Linking Arms Together Symposium held York University June 28, 2013.
Duration: 1:12:53.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 423-449
Description
Author explores the stories of the Jigonsaseh (Haudenosaunee Clan Mothers), how these women’s stories have been skewed through the Western lens of ethnography, and how reclamation of these narratives is important in the ongoing reevaluation of women’s social roles.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2: Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. [39]-51
Description
Discusses the blurring of lines between the living and dead, and past and present as a literary device in the novel.
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The Lincoln Humanities Journal, vol. 1, Follow Your Passion: Representations of Passion in the Humanities, Fall, 2013, pp. 43-49
Description
Looks at original commissioned songs that are a mixture of European musical styles and poetry of Alex Posey.
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4th International Conference on Language and Communication: Proceedings
Current Issues and Future Directions in Media, Communication and Language
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Punyashree Panda
Description
Comments on how the novel undermines colonialism's imposition of artificial boundaries as part of the dispossession of
Aboriginal lands.
Paper from Current Issues and Future Directions in Media, Communication and Language.
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[Marlyn Bennett, Director of Research and Coordinating Editor of First Peoples Child and Family Review Journal. Part I]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Marlyn Bennett
Robert-Falcon Ouellete
Description
Interview with journal editor dedicated to interdisciplinary research honouring voices, perspectives and knowledge of First Peoples.
Duration: 33:29. Interview starts at 9:45.
[Marlyn Bennett, Director of Research and Coordinating Editor of First Peoples Child and Family Review Journal. Part II]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Marlyn Bennett
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with journal editor dedicated to interdisciplinary research honouring voices, perspectives and knowledge of First Peoples.
Duration: 33:03. Interview starts at 7:20.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 20, no. 3, 2013, pp. 1-22
Description
Concludes that the community will overcome their high rates of tobacco use and related health disparities by using mainstream prevention and intervention efforts combined with traditional teachings.