Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 91-118
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How the Cree women teachers cherished the ordinary things they did with and for each other and shared their knowledge for the benefit of others; includes several photographs.
Examines literature circles used at the Radius Community Centre For Education and Employment Training to see if participation helped students succeed with reading and communication skills.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 14, no. 2, Autumn, 1999, pp. 32-45
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Argues that Native American literature, whether oral or written, serves all the functions any literature can or does serve, including spiritual inspiration and political insight.
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 2, Summer, 1997, p. [?]
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Story from The Mishomis Book : The Voice of the Ojibway by Edward Benton-Banai; tells of the predictions made for the future of the Anishinabe.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
The Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, July 1983, pp. 261-276
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Discusses reasons why white Americans found Tecumseh to be a great man and warrior, compared to his brother Tenskwatawa the Holy man, who was thought of as a coward and pretender.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 385-407
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Author examines three different autobiographies of Indigenous women that were published between the late 1920s and mid 1930s with an eye to the ways that gender influences the construction of the text.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Spring, 1997, pp. 149-164
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Examines use of the bear as a literary device with possibilities for human animal relations, transformations, and the bear's connections to the beginnings of literature.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 4, Winter, 1997, p. 144
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1995 Margaret Laurence lecture at Trent University by the artist and quilt maker Alice Olsen Williams. The version given here has been adapted, revised and edited.
Catalogue of important acquisitions between 1987-1997 at the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan, featuring Aboriginal artists include Edward Poitras and Jane Ash Poitras, both prairie artists.
The Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, April 1983, pp. [165]-180
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Discusses the reasons for the failure of the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA), which brought into effect policies designed to devolve federal responsibility for tribes and transfer it to the state governments. This in turn was used as a method to force integration and assimilation into the dominant culture.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 4, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Linda Hogan, Winter, 1999, pp. [6]-23
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Discusses the work Dwellings: A Spiritual History of The Living World., which is inspired by oral traditions and spirituality surrounding the environment, rather than Western attitudes which have led to its destruction.
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