The Beaver, vol. 80, no. 2, April/May 2000, pp. 42-[?]
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Profiles Cree storyteller Louis Bird, who has spent the last 30 years recording, documenting and translating stories in an effort to preserve the oral traditions of his people.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 3-8
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Introduction to a special issue featuring the works of Acoma Pueblo author Simon J. Ortiz. Includes select bibliography.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 3.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 2, Summer, 2004, pp. 50-64
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Contends that Native American gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender authors are creating works that facilitate healing the erotic wholeness of those who have suffered historical trauma.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 51-53
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Reflects on the significant contributions Acoma Pueblo author Simon Ortiz has made to Native American literature.
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MELUS, vol. 25, no. 3/4, Autumn-Winter, 2000, pp. 65-86
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Examines two works by Erdrich about identity that modify the standard autobiographical narration to create a new set of textual representations of her characters.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 34-46
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Illustrates how the works of Acoma Pueblo author Simon Ortiz focus on the power of the land and the goal of reuniting people with it politically, historically, and spiritually.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 61-67
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Contends that the writings of Acoma Pueblo author Simon Ortiz cannot be examined by the limitations of a traditional mainstream critical approach.
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Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 111, October 14, 2010, pp. 1-31
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Interviews non-Indigenous principles to see how their life experiences impacted their professional identities and roles as educational leaders focusing on educational leadership theory and practice.
Canadian Literature, no. 181, Summer, 2004, pp. 78-91
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Examines Robinson's preoccupation with violence in her short stories and the effects of colonization or colonial attitudes on Indigenous peoples.
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Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 58-[?]
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Studies four films to compare practices used to preserve Inuit architectural knowledge: Qallunajatut/Urban Inuk; episode 3 from Nunavut/Our Land series, Qarmaq/Stone House, and Qaggiq/Gathering Place .
Links to text and audio recordings of five legends: Coyote and Grizzly Bear Make the Seasons and Night and Day, Wolf and Wolverine, Story of Hunger (Famine), Wala and the Moon and Coyote and the Salmon.
Midwest Modern Language Association Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 1-19
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Examines popular American cultural knowledge and illustrates what some have chosen to ignore, through use of critical character analysis, magical realism, and humour in the novel.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 2000, pp. [1]-12
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Compares the novels Their Eyes are Watching God by Nora Neale Hurston and The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich as well as the critics responses to them.
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Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 32, no. 12, December 2010, pp. 1796-1802
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Results from 83 interviews identified five themes: system supports, specialists, education through sharing, cultural and community supports, and recreational resource support. Compares results to available literature.
Study examined learning experiences of students in mathematics and science programs, barriers to continuing education in those fields, and existing supports for transition process. Contains stories of four individuals.
Provides overview of education, description of add-on, First Nations control, and partnership approaches, case studies of specific institutions, and interviews with practitioners.
Case studies: First Nations Partnership Program; Nunavut Sivuniksavut Program; first Nations House of Learning at the University of British Columbia, Malaspina University College; Saanich Adult Education Center.