Creating Anthologies and Other Dangerous Practices

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Educational Theory, vol. 50, no. 4, December 2000, pp. 521-532
Description
Compares two anthologies, Feminist Genealogies and Dangerous Territories and examines the idea and role that anthologies play as socially interested text.
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The Creation of Self-Identity in Native American Autobiography

Theses
Author/Creator
Rachel Brim Cruthirds
Description

Examines three novels: The Autobiography of Black Hawk by J.B. Patterson Black Elk Speaks by John Neihardt The Names: A Memoir by N. Scott Momaday. [American Literature] Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Houston Clear Lake, 1998.

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[Cree Cultural Teachings, pt. 1]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sylvia McAdam
Description
Looks at creator's laws and human birth story. Lecture to the Intercultural Leadership Program, First Nations University of Canada. Duration: 59: 08.
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Cree Elders Workshop 1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jim Kanipitetew
James Waskewitch
Daniel Ochapooways
Jim Pesim
Norman Frank
Indian History Film Project
Description
Elders discuss: payment for chiefs; conduct of and assistance at ceremonies; need for respect towards ceremonies and ceremonial locations. No date given, probably in the early 1970's.
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Cree Elders Workshop 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jim Kanipitetew
Eli Bear
Pius Dustyhorn
Daniel Ochapooways
Andrew King
Norman Frank
Indian History Film Project
Description
Wide-ranging discussion among elders touching on many topics including kinship; illegitimate children; ceremonialism; therole of the elder; financing the elder who incurs some costs associated with the organization of a ceremony.
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Cree Elders Workshop 3

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Eli Bear
Jim Kanipitetew
Felix Sugar
Norman Frank
Indian History Film Project
Description
Elders discuss a variety of matters relating to Indian culture and traditions and what can be done to retain or regain these. Most topics are touched on only briefly
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Cree Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses.children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
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[Cree Traditional Cultural Teachings]

Alternate Title
A Sacred Lodge of Learning: First Nations University of Canada
Breaking the Laws
Human Birth
Land Prophecy
Mossbag and Women's Teachings
Our Treaty Relatives
Pipe Laws
Protocol and Smudging
Spiritkeepers
Suicide
The Sound of the Universe and the Creation of Mother Earth
Treaties
Uncle's Four Laws
Wesakechak
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sylvia McAdam
Description
Series of 15 short videos (approx. 5 min. each) on a variety of topics.
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Critical and Theoretical Perspectives: Collaboration in the Works of Erdrich and Michael Dorris: A Study in the Process of Writing

Alternate Title
Approaches to Teaching the Works of Louise Erdrich
Approaches to Teaching World Literature
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tom Matchie
Description
Looks at the married authors' collaborative process between 1970 and 1997. Chapter in book: Approaches to Teaching the Works of Louise Erdrich edited by Greg Sarris, Connie A. Jacobs, and James R. Giles.
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Critical Compassion: The Reader as Witness in Maria Campbell's Halfbreed

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Keely Cronin
The Quint, vol. 6, no. 3, 2014, pp. 7-30
Description
Comments on three aspects to the act of witnessing: an effective response, an intellectual engagement, and an ethical responsibility to the narrative and its narrator. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 7.
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Critics, Reviewers and Aboriginal Writers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith Wright
Aboriginal History, vol. 11, no. 1, 1876, pp. 24-26
Description
Discussion of how to apply critical standards to Aboriginal literary and historical writings.
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Cross-Cultural Reading and Generic Transformations: The Chronotope of the Road in Erdrich's Love Medicine

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara L. Pittman
American Literature, vol. 67, no. 4, December 1995, pp. 777-792
Description
Examines the concept of the road as a conduit for encounters, which Montana Ojibwa author Louise Erdrich uses to represent chance meetings between characters in the opening and closing portions of her novel.
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Cross-Dressing as Appropriation in the Short Stories of Emma Lee Warrior

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Petra Fachinger
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1996, pp. [36]-48
Description
Examines the theme of someone from one culture invading that of another for the purposes of personal gain or empowerment expressed in Warrior's works. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Crossblood Strategies in the Writings of Gerald Vizenor

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Murray
The Yearbook of English Studies, vol. 24, Ethnicity and Representation in American Literature, 1994, pp. 213-227
Description
Looks at how Vizenor attempts to demystify Indianness and identify the contemporary Indian.
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Crossroads: A Conversation with Sherman Alexie

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Purdy
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. [1]-18
Description
Interview with the acclaimed author conducted in October 1997. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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"Crying for Pity" in Winter in the Blood

Alternate Title
"Crying for Pity" in Winter in the Blood
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William W. Thackeray
MELUS, vol. 7, no. 1, The Need for Choice, Spring, 1980, pp. 61-78
Description
Contends that James Welch's novel is strongly influenced by the Gros Ventre and Arapaho cultures, especially the themes of spirituality and commitment to insight.
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A Crystal Clear Dream

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Flatmouth
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 23, no. 1, Beyond Racism, Fall, 2011, pp. 58-59
Description
Presents a short story titled, A Crystal Clear Dream, written by Mary Flatmouth.
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Cultural Collision and Magical Transformation: The Plays of Tomson Highway

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Nothof
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 20, no. 2, 1995, pp. 34-43
Description
Argues that Highway's plays have succeeded in bridging the gap between cultures through dramatizing the collision of feelings of hope and despair, comedy and tragedy, order and chaos and social issues like poverty, crime and abuse. Looks at The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing.
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Cultural Grammars of Nation, Diaspora, and Indigeneity in Canada

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gabrielle Legault
BC Studies, no. 175, Autumn, 2012, pp. 139-141
Description
Book review of Cultural Grammars of Nation, Diaspora, and Indigeneity in Canada edited by Christine Kim, Sophie McCall, and Melina Baum Singer. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 139.
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Cultural Spaces, Racial Matrices in Contemporary Indigenous Writing in the USA and Canada

Alternate Title
Images of Canada: Interiors and Exteriors
[International Conference of Canadian Studies ; 2nd, 2005]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Madeleine Danova
Description
Discusses Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King and Because my Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock from The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie. Excerpt from Images of Canada: Interiors and Exteriors. Entire volume on one pdf. To access essay scroll to p. 131.
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The Cultural Twilight

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Treuer
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 47-54
Description
Looks back over the field of Native American literature and criticism, and makes some predictions as to the future direction of American Indian studies.
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Culture-Based Curriculum: A Framework

Alternate Title
[A Whole-System Approach to Designing and Developing Aboriginal Culture-Based Literacy Curriculum Program Lesson Plans]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Hill
Description
Information on proposing, designing, implementing, and augmenting curriculum using a "community-based whole-system" approach.
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Curriculum Review: The Sign of the Beaver: The Problem and the Solution

Alternate Title
American Indian Stereotypes in the World of Children: A Reader and Bibliography
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Sanda Cohen
Description
Teacher explains her objections to the stereotypes in the novel and classroom activities suggested to accompany it. Instead she chose to focus on the theme of friendship found in the story. Excerpt from American Indian Stereotypes in the World of Children: A Reader and Bibliography, 2nd ed. edited by Arlene B. Hirschfelder, Paulette Fairbanks Molin, and Yvonne Wakim.
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Custer's Last Sitcom: Decolonized Viewing of the Sitcom's "Indian"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dustin Tahmahkera
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, Summer, 2008, pp. 324-351
Description
Author believes televison shows dehumanize Native Americans and takes a critical look at how audiences' percieve representations, what frame of reference the audience uses to evaluate what they view, and argues that there is a need to view representations without accepting the status quo provided in encoded form.
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Cyclical Time and Linear Time in Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Monica Bottez
University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series, vol. 11, no. 1, Durability and Transience: Cultural Borders of Temporality, 2009, pp. 74-80
Description
Discusses how the author shifts the story between past and present while fusing Aboriginal oral traditions with Western literary forms.
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Dahcotah

Alternate Title
Dakota
Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Henderson Eastman
Description
Narrative about missionaries and missionizing.
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