Learning to Talk With Ghosts: Canadian Gothic and the Poetics of Haunting in Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jodey Castricano
University of Toronto Quarterly: A Canadian Journal of the Humanities, vol. 75, no. 2, Spring, 2006, pp. 801-813
Description
Critical analysis of the novel states the challenge is how to talk about the cultural intersections of and clashes between European and First Nation traditions and beliefs.
The Legacy and Future of the Buffalo People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Buffalo Star Woman (Sandra Delorme)
BC Studies, no. 193, Spring, 2017, pp. 8-11
Description
Author reflects on how residential schools have impacted herself and her loved ones, and describes how she has freed herself from that inheritance.
Legacy of the Bear's Lip
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Heather Hodgson
Canadian Literature , no. 167, pp. 154-156
Description
Book review of: Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman by Ruby Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson. This is the life story of "the only Native woman in Canada serving a twenty-five-year sentence for first-degree murder".
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll to page 154 to access review.
Legal Topographies
Theses
Author/Creator
Valerie Ann Karno
Description
English (Ph.D.)--University of Southern California, 2000.
The Legend of Kiviuq as Retold in the Drawings of Nancy Pukirnak Aupaluktuq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Pukirnak Aupaluktuq
Description
Produced to accompany the exhibition.
The Legend of the Tarahumara: Tourism, Overcivilization and the White Man's Indian
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darcy C. Plymire
The International Journal of the History of Sport, vol. 23, no. 2, March 2006, pp. 154-166
Description
Comments on the running ability of the Tarahumara.
Legends and Stories from the Past: A Teaching Resource for Dene Kede Grades K-9
E-Books
Author/Creator
George Blondin
[Legends IV]: Legends of the Shuswap
Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Legends Project
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Mary Thomas
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities.This audio recording is from Salmon Arm, British Columbia.
Duration: 54:28.
Legends: The Story of Siwash Rock
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joanne Peters
Canadian Materials, vol. 7, no. 6, November 17, 2000
Description
Review of National Film Board video designed for Grade 10, which uses the traditional story of Siwash Rock with a contemporary application concerning teenage pregnancy.
[Legends V]: Legends of the Old Massett Haida
Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Legends Project
Media » Sound Recordings
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.
Duration: 54:55
Leslie Marmon Silko: A Collection of Critical Essays. Eds. Louise K. Barnett and James L. Thorson.
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kimberley Musia Roppolo
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 108-113
Description
Book review of: Leslie Marmon Silko edited by Louise K. Barnett and James L. Thorson.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Leslie Marmon Silko's "Lullaby": The Power of Resistance and Healing Force to Cultural and Spiritual Genocide
Alternate Title
Reading Multiculturalism: Contemporary Postcolonial Literatures
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Olga Barrios
Description
Looks at the protagonist whose memories of her roots and traditions help her fight against adversity.
Chapter from Reading Multiculturalism: Contemporary Postcolonial Literatures edited by Ana Bringas López and Belén Martín Lucas.
The Letters of Margaret Butcher: Missionary-Imperialism on the North Pacific Coast
E-Books
Author/Creator
Margaret Butcher
Liberal Leadership Within Abe Originals Grasp
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, February 17, 2006, p. A13
Description
Tongue in cheek commentary on Metis and First Nation politics and mainstream party politics.
A Life Changing Experience
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Krista Harada
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 1, The Winding Road to Student Success, Fall, 2006, p. 37
Description
Author reflects on how she came to learn she was a diabetic and the time it took to accept the diagnosis.
The Life Cycle Experiences and Influences of Adoption Through Aboriginal Adult's Stories
Theses
Author/Creator
April Ann Arsenault
Description
Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--The University of British Columbia, 2006.
Life Experiences of Aboriginal Women Living With HIV/AIDS
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim McKay-McNabb
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 1, Inaugural Edition, Summer, 2006, pp. 5-16
Description
Qualitative study involving eight women infected or affected by HIV. Focused on women's experiences on the road to healing. (Article appears on p. 5 of inaugural issue of Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research.)
Life in Residential Schools: A Response to Shirley Sterling’s My Name is Seepeetza
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Desirée Pelletier
Language & Literacy, vol. 2, no. 2, 2000, p. [?]
Description
Author compares the experiences of her grandmother to those of the character Martha in Sterling's work and asserts that while Martha 's story it is not representative of all the children, it provides a useful introduction to the subject of residential schools.
The Light to the Left: Conceptions of Social Justice Among Christian Social Studies Teachers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Orlowski
In Education, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 66-91
Description
Study looks at economic and social issues in Saskatchewan and views about Indigenous representation in the curriculum.
"Like a Cannibal in Manhattan": Post-Relocation Urban Indian Narratives
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura Furlan Szanto
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2006.
Lill in Review: A Working Bibliography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelley Newman
Sherrill Grace
Theatre Research in Canada, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2000
Description
Bibliography for Canadian playwright Wendy Lill
Liminal Voices
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Catherine Rainwater
Canadian Literature, no. 167, First Nations Writing, Winter, 2000, pp. 121-123
Description
Book reviews of: Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter by Janet Campbell Hale and Feminist Readings of Native American Literature: Coming to Voice by Kathleen M. Donovan.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews scroll to p. 121.
The Limits of Multiculturalism: Interrogating the Origins of American Anthropology by Scott Michaelsen
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael A. Elliott
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 2000, pp. 92-95
Description
Book review of: The Limits of Multiculturalism by Scott Michaelsen.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
A Lingering Miseducation: Confronting the Legacy of Little Tree
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Heath Justice
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 1, Series 2; Children’s Literature, Spring, 2000, pp. [20]-36
Description
Contends that because The Education of Little Tree was once viewed as a benign and non-racist autobiography, it became a widely accepted and powerful force in perpetuating inaccurate stereotypes.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Lionel Bordeaux on Indigenous Peoples' History
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
Interview with the longest serving college president of Sinte Gleska University (SGU) in South Dakota.
Listening to Our Grandmothers' Stories: the Bloomfield Academy for Chickasaw Females, 1852-1949
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Amanda J. Cobb
Literary Land Claims: The "Indian Land Question" from Pontiac's War to Attawapiskat
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Megan Harvey
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 155-156
Description
Book review of Literary Land Claims by Margery Fee.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 155.
Literary Sovereignties: New Directions in American Indian Autobiography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Raheja
Stephanie Fitzgerald
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, Special Issue on New Directions in American Indian Autobiography, 2006, pp. 1-3
Description
Argues that the autobiography is the most prevalent form of literature used by Aboriginal people in North America. The article goes on to discuss how the autobiography has the potential to help communities build nations and reconfigure intellectual and cultural sovereignty.
Literary Space in the Works of Josie Boyle and Jeannette Armstrong
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angeline O'Neill
Josie Boyle
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, vol. 2, no. 1, 2000
Description
Discussion of the use of both oral and written traditions in works by the two authors.
Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Silvester J. Brito
Clara Clem Caufield
J. C. Ellefson
Todd Fuller
Romy Shinn
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, 2000, pp. 143-158
Description
Short stories and poems. The short stories, include: "Charlie Coyote and the Wedding Ceremony" and "Charlie Coyote and the Ski Bunnies". The poems, include: "The Feather", "How Nalungiac Welcomed the Summer Solstice", "Nalungiac Remembers His Grandfather's Face", "Wild West Shows and Other Histories", "Picking Momemts", "Memorizing Oklahoma: A Chant (in 1992) That Includes the Word First", "Crossing the Bridge", and "Red Sky: Age 7".
Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katrina Gonzales
Cheyenne Stoneheart
Erika T. Wurth
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, 2000, pp. 161-167
Description
Includes the poems : "Abhoo Song" (Abhoo is the Lakota word for sleep), "Brocken Wing", "Buffalo Hunt in Four Directions", "Splinters", "Furrows", "Siren Song", "Pastels Swimming Together" and "Raven Gets a Kick Out of You".
Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mike Catalano
Larry D. Thomas
Maya Quintero
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, 2000, pp. 167-175
Description
Contains the poems: "The Ghost Dancers", "Gathering Water", "Canyon de Chelly", "In Dinehtah", "Song of the Cloud Maiden", "Cansada", "Late Afternoon in North Dakota-A Meditation", "Tell Me Why", and "Low Haze Over LA".
Literature/Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sheryl L. Nelms
Lorenzo Gonzalez
Tom Phelan
Gary Gamboa
Michael Schlemper
Larry D. Thomas
Gerald R. Wheeler
Anne Wilson
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Maya Quintero
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, 2000, pp. 199-222
Description
Contains the poems: "Bear Butte", "Navajo Meltdown", "Old Charlie", "Snake Rider", "Math Test", "How", "Vanishing River", "Three Haiku", "Independence Day", "Angels", "Whiteout", "Cheyenne Reservation at Sunset", "Old Crow", "Fort Davis", "Seventh Cavalry Monument in November", "Fort Sumner, New Mexico", "Memory on a Rainy Day", "White Sage/Black Sage", "Maybe Not", "Minnesota Sorry Song", "Laguna Pueblo Dream", "Hierarchy", plus the story "The Joke".
Little People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Conley Stone McAnally
Whispering Wind, vol. 36, no. 2, Issue 252, September-October 2006, p. 20
Description
Looks at stories about the Ircinrraqs (Yup'ik) or Inukun (Inupiaq) that live around northern communities.
Locating Ambivalence: "New Light" on the Imperial Allegory of Alexander Henry the Younger in Canada's Fur Trade
Theses
Author/Creator
Orion Victor Atkinson
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--Acadia University, 2000.
Lockbolted Letters to Turbo
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Groulx
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 161-167
Description
Poetry, excerpt from Always a Broken Sleep: in the days I was known as Papillon.
The Long Road to Recovery
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marlene Cummins
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 5, September/October 2000, pp. 15-18
Description
Depicts the personal narrative of an Australian Aboriginal activist and performer who successfully quit consuming drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
Lost Bird
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Littlecrow-Russell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 3, Summer, 2000, p. 455
Description
Poem which reflects on speaking an Indigenous language and the loss of it.
"A Lot of Indian in His Face": The Native American Presence in Twentieth-Century African American Autobiography
Theses
Author/Creator
Nancy Kang
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2006.
Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine, Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, and the (De)Mythologizing of the American West
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason P. Mitchell
Critique Studies in Contemporary Fiction, vol. 41, no. 3, Spring, 2000, pp. 290-304
Description
Explores myths about "cowboys and Indians" as warriors, the consequences of the influx of settlers, and the conflict between new and old conceptions of family, friendship, and spirituality.
Maasu Re-Creates the World
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marguerite MacKenzie
Description
Presents two tales, one on the story of the flood and the creation of the world, the other on the origin of Cree place names in northern Quebec.
making elbow room for poetry and that last bus down sergeant
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marvin Francis
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 31, no. 1, For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada, 2006, pp. 46-47
Description
Poem.
Making Medicine against "White Man's Side of Story": George Bent's Letters to George Hyde
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lincoln B. Faller
George Bent
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 64-90
Description
Article gives a brief biographical sketch of George Bent, a man of mixed Cheyenne and Euro-American heritage; examines Bent’s letters to Hyde (who wrote a more complete biography), and the perspective they provide on the settlement of the American West.
Malicious Agencies: Figures of Individual Liberty in American Literature, 1682-1851
Theses
Author/Creator
Pamela Ann Lougheed
Description
Rhetoric Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2000.
"Mami To Nit Hi Tam O Win": "Reminiscing"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Juanita Linklater
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 237-239
Description
Poem translated into Woods Cree.
Man and the World in Emerson, Heidegger, and Native American Philosophy
Theses
Author/Creator
Bayu Kristianto
Description
American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY), 2006.
The Many Directions of Four Stories: Aboriginal Women's Experiences Living with Addictions and HIV/AIDS
Alternate Title
The Many Directions of Four Stories: Aboriginal Women's Experiences Living with Addictions and HIV / AIDS
Theses
Author/Creator
Shannon Amber Ryan
p. 144
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2000.
The Many Faces of Edward Sherriff Curtis: Portraits and Stories From Native North America
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mick Gidley
BC Studies, no. 152, Past Emergence, Winter, 2006, pp. 113-115
Description
Book review of: The Many Faces of Edward Sherriff Curtis compiled by Steadman Upham and Nat Zappia.
Scroll down to page 113 to read review.
Māori as "Warriors" and "Locals" in the Private Military Industry
Alternate Title
Maori as "Warriors" and "Locals" in the Private Military Industry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Bargh
Quentin Whanau
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 102-117
Description
Comments on how Māori are not predominantly seen and do not predominantly speak about themselves as "warriors".