Do Some Work for Me: Settler Colonialism, Professional Communication, and Representations of Indigenous Water.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Griffith
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 132-157
Description
Analyzes content of New Reclamation Era and Reclamation Era magazines published by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation between 1924 and 1942 to show how it promoted settler narratives around waterways, their damming and diversion, and completely ignored the presence of the Indigenous population. Contrasts this to treatment of the subject in Lawney L. Reyes’ B Street and James Welch’s Winter in the Blood.
Documenting "North" In Canadian Poetry and Music
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter Dickinson
Essays on Canadian Writing, no. 59, Fall, 1996, pp. 105-122
Description
Analyzes two "northern" documents beyond geographic boundaries, comparing: The Quest for North: Coppermine and The Idea of North, in terms of dialectical definitions and representations.
Documenting the Dakota: Lucy Margaret Baker
Alternate Title
Lucy Margaret Baker Fonds (F 375)
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Archives Board
Description
Records in the Margaret Baker fonds collection tell the story of the development of the Wahpeton reserve and Lucy Baker's activities as a missionary teacher. Reflects stereotypical views of the time.
Documenting Tradition: Territoriality and Textuality in Black Hawk’s Narrative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Rifkin
American Literature, vol. 80, no. 4, December 2008, pp. 677-705
Description
Discusses how Life of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, or Black Hawk contextualizes the Battle of Bad Axe within previous conflicts between the U.S. government and Indigenous peoples of the Great Lake region over conceptions of landholding, diplomacy and trade.
Domestic Resistance: Gardening, Mothering, and Storytelling in Leslie Marmon Silko's Gardens in the Dunes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie Li
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 18-37
Description
Explains that although the author was planning on writing a novel with no political subject matter, she found that gardening was actually very political.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.
Domesticated Species in D’Arcy McNickle’s The Surrounded and John M. Oskison’s Brothers Three
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian K. Hudson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 28, no. 2, 2016, pp. 80-108
Description
Discusses how the authors' use the taming and subjugation of animals for human purposes as a metaphor for American state's treatment of Indigenous peoples.
Don't Mind Me: I'm With the Banned
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 8, November 2012, p. 12
Description
Brief commentary on book censorship in the United States and the authors personal contact with potential censorship.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.
Dot Com Indian
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jesse Short Bull
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 1, The Winding Road to Student Success, Fall, 2006, pp. 32-33
Description
Presents a short story titled, Dot Com Indian, written by a student of Oglala Lakota College.
"A Double Assault": The Victimization of Aboriginal Women and Children in In Search of April Raintree
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon Smulders
Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature, vol. 39, no. 2, June 2006, pp. 37-55
Description
Discusses the trauma associated with the realities of foster care and rape and how the victims suffer from systematic oppression.
A Double-Bladed Knife: Subversive Laughter in Two Stories by Thomas King
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Atwood
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125 , Native Writers & Canadian Writing, Spring/Summer , 1990, pp. 243 - 250
Description
Analysis of two short stories, Joe the Painter and the Deer Island Massacre and One Good Story, That One, commenting on King's use of irony and humor.
The Double-Weave of Self and Other: Ethnographic Acts and Autobiographical Occasions in Marilou Awiakta’s Selu: Seeking the Corn-Mother’s Wisdom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James H. Watkins
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, Special Issue on New Directions in American Indian Autobiography, 2006, pp. 5-16
Description
Looks at how Awiakta integrates the design of the double-woven basket into the form of her novel.
Doubleweaving Two-Spirit Critiques: Building Alliances between Native and Queer Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Qwo-Li Driskill
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 69-92
Description
Looks at how Two-Spirit critiques, critiques that centralize Native peoples, nations, identities, land bases, and survival tactics, challenge and strengthen work in queer studies.
Doubling in Gerald Vizenor’s Bearheart:
The Pilgrimage Strategy or Bunyan Revisited
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bernadette Rigel-Cellard
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Gerald Vizenor, Spring, 1997, pp. [93]-114
Description
Explores similarities between Bearheart and The Pilgrim's Progress.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
[Dr. James Sinclair]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
James Sinclair
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Comments on collection of works that teach about the Anishnaabe world through the story and perspective of twenty-one writers.
Duration: 26:52.
Dreaming from the Margins, Living in the In-Between: Identity, Culture, and the Power of Voice
Alternate Title
Contemporary American Indian History
[Yale National Initiative National Seminars]
Curriculum Units by National Fellows of the the Yale National Initiative ; 2016 Volume 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ludy P. Aguada
Description
Uses historical documents in conjuction with Louise Erdrich’s The Round House, Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices. Developed for use in Advanced Placement English Literature or Language classroom, Grades 11 and 12.
Dreams and Nightmares in First Nations Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Lena Ruwoldt
Description
Philosophy Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Greifswald, 2017.
Focuses on Robert Arthur Alexie's Porcupines and China Dolls, Cherie Dimaline's Red Rooms, Richard Van Camp's "On the Wings of This Prayer" and Richard Wagamese's Ragged Company.
Dreams and Vision Quests in Janet Campbell Hale’s The Owl’s Song
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Frederick Hale
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 1, Series 2; Children’s Literature, Spring, 2000, pp. [69]-82
Description
Book essay on: The Owl’s Song by Janet Campbell Hale.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Dreams of Fiery Stars: The Transformations of Native American Fiction by Catherine Rainwater
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Chadwick Allen
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 2000, pp. 90-92
Description
Book review of: Dreams of Fiery Stars by Catherine Rainwater.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
The Dreamtime Narrative: Australian Aboriginal Women Writers, Oral Tradition and Personal Experience
Alternate Title
Culture and the State ; v. 2
Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Kathleen Crocker
Description
Demonstrates how Aboriginal women writers have developed a method of literary production termed "The Dreamed Narrative."
Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 101.
"Drifting Away in the Tide": Water Symbolism and Indigenous Environmentalism in Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ina Habermann
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle-Change(?), 2016, pp. [123]-144
Description
Analyzes how Robinson's novel raises the awareness of Indigenous ways of understanding, living with, and respecting water and the environment.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 123.
Drowning in Fire by Craig S. Womack
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Daniel Justice
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2001, pp. 95-98
Description
Book review of: Drowning in Fire by Craig S. Womack.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
The Drumming Earth: Five Recent Anthologies of Contemporary American Indian Literature
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter G. Beidler
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, 1984, pp. 23-32
Description
Book reviews of anthologies of prose and poetry published in the 1980s:
A Nation Within: Contemporary Native American Writing edited by Ralph Salisbury.
A Gathering of Spirit edited by Beth Brant.
The Clouds Threw This Light: Contemporary Native American Poetry edited by Phillip Foss.
Songs From This Earth on Turtle's Back: Contemporary American Indian Poetry edited by Joseph Bruchac.
Earth Power Coming: Short Fiction in Native American Literature edited by Simon J. Ortiz.