Suggests that examining the encounter between indigenous oral culture and European printed culture as a starting point for sketching a history of the book in the Yukon.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 1, Series 2; Children’s Literature, Spring, 2000, pp. [3]-19
Description
Discusses issues such as accuracy in stories and illustrations which arise when evaluating children's picture books for use in the classroom. Uses three American Indian versions of the Cinderella story (The Rough-Face Girl, Sootface and The Turkey Girl) as examples.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 122-126
Description
Book review of: How It Is: The Native American Philosophy of V. F. Cordova by Kathleen Dean Moore, Kurt Peters, Ted Jojola, and Amber Lacey, with a foreword by Linda Hogan.
Scandinavian Studies, vol. 82, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 313-336
Description
Documents the role of Danish painter and traveler, Emilie Demant (later Demant Hatt) who encouraged Johan Turi to write the narratives and provides explanations of Sámi culture and beliefs.
Canadian Literature, no. 167, First Nations Writing, Winter, 2000, pp. 141-144
Description
Book reviews of:
I Knew Two Métis Women: The Lives of Dorothy Scofield and Georgina Houle Young by Gregory Scofield.
Red Blood: One (Mostly) White Guy's Encounters with the Native World by Robert Hunter.
The Visions and Revelations of St. Louis the Métis edited by David Day.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010, pp. 137-155
Description
Explores the writer's use of narrative inquiry, autoethnography, and Indigenous research paradigms to address her research on Indigenous spirituality and her journey with learning the Cree language.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 2000, pp. [14]-34
Description
Discusses how an urban upbringing has disrupted her "sense of place", present in much of American Indian literature, and replaced it with the theme of absence and the search for identity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Discusses today's Aboriginal writing in Canada at the I'POYI Aboriginal Writers' Gathering, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, March 26-27, 2009.
Duration: 9:02.
I'POYI Aboriginal Writers Gathering ; March 27, 2009
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Troy Emory Twigg
Description
Dancer reads an article he wrote, A Story of an Entry at Union Station, How Ancient Memories Travel Through the Blood, Peter Chen and Me, and then performs a dance.
Duration: 21:42.
English and Film Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2010.
Looks at four narratives: Jeannette Armstrong’s Slash, Sherman Alexie’s Indian Killer, Tomson Highway’s Kiss of the Fur Queen, and Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 2009, pp. 85-98
Description
Discusses a community-initiated, community-lead and community-perspective research study about traditional knowledge and experiences from Manitoba Aboriginal grandmothers.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring, 2000, pp. 200-218
Description
Literary criticism article examines the poetry of Joy Harjo, which combines playful self-deprecation and subtle controversy to examination historical truth and reach a range of readers..