Irony, Pattern, Mystery: The "Tribal Traditional" in The Death of Jim Loney
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lincoln Faller
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2013, pp. 1-32
Description
Examines the issue of "authentic" identity and the significance of the way the main character arranges his death in James Welch's novel.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Is Galore "Our" Story?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry Goldie
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 46, no. 2, Special Issue: Finding Common Ground, Spring, 2012, pp. 83-98
Description
Essay combines, If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground by J. Edwards Chamberlin and Galore by Michael Crummey to consider the kinship Newfoundlanders have with their province.
Is That All There Is? Tribal Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Basil H. Johnston
Canadian Literature, no. 128, Systems of Value, Structures of Belief, Spring, 1991, pp. 54-62
Description
Discussion on stories that make up tribal literature and the fact that all words have three levels of meaning: the surface, the fundamental, and, underlying both, the philosophical meaning.
Islands of Time Before: The Miraculous Translation of Californian
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karl Kottman
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, 1999, pp. 115-126
Description
Argues that Mission San Luis Rey and its buildings at Pala Reservation are "California’s literary place markers" as Canterbury is to Chaucer.
"It is always darkest just before first dawn's light": The Social Project of Recent Native Canadian Prose
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angnieszka Rzepa
TransCanadiana, no. 6, The Peaceable kingdom? Cultural and Language Communities in Canada and the Rule of Law, 2013, pp. [249]-262
Description
Looks at texts by Canadian Aboriginal writers Stewart Steinhauer, Jeanette Armstrong, Duncan Mercredi, and Thomas King.
“It is Ours to Know”: Simon J. Ortiz’s From Sand
Creek
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Riley Fast
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 2000, pp. [52]-63
Description
Discussion of the two focuses in the book: The Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the contemporary residents of the Fort Lyon Veteran's Adminstration Hospital.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
“It Needs Not the Display of Language”: Aesthetics and Politics in Early Native American Writing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Calcaterra
Early American Literature, vol. 49, no. 2, 2014, pp. 499-516
Description
Book review essays of:
The American Indian Intellectual Tradition: An Anthology of Writings from 1772 to 1972 edited by David Martinez.
Changing Is Not Vanishing: A Collection of American Indian Poetry to 1930 edited by Robert Dale Parker.
American Literature's Aesthetic Dimensions edited by Cindy Weinstein and Christopher Looby.
"It's a Double-Beat Dance": The "Indian Cowboy" in Indigenous Literature, Art, and Film
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deena Rymhs
Intertexts, vol. 14, no. 2, Special Issue: Literature, Gender & Culture in Indigenous North America, Fall, 2010, pp. 75-92
Description
Focuses on how the figure of the cowboy has influenced concepts of Aboriginal masculine identity and various responses from the artistic community.
James Welch (1940-2003)
Alternate Title
Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volulme 249
E-Books
Description
Interview of James Welch by South Dakota Review on October 27, 1989, which includes biographical information and discussion of major works.
Chapter from Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volulme 249
Jane McKee Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jane McKee
Cyndy Baskin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where she gives an account of native use of plants for medicine. She tells of prophecies concerning the arrival of the white man and general accounts of her life in the bush.
Jean de Brébeuf and the Wendat Voices of Seventeenth-Century New France
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carolyn Podruchny
Kathryn Magee Labelle
Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Réforme, vol. 34, no. 1/2, Things Not Easily Believed: Introducing the Early Modern Relation, Winter/Spring, 2011, pp. 97-126
Description
Reports on the way Jesuit missionaries heard, recorded and reported the beliefs of the Wendat (Huron) people and how this may have shaped the context of the translations.
Jeannette Armstrong's Slash and the Indigenous Reinvention of Young Adult Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mandy Suhr-Sytsma
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 28, no. 4, Winter, 2016, pp. 25-52
Description
Essay focuses on Slash, a young adult novel that traces the struggles, pain and alienation of a young man who is searching for truth and meaning in his life.
Jeannette Armstrong & The Colonial Legacy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Noel Elizabeth Currie
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125 , Native Writers & Canadian Writing, Spring/Summer , 1990, pp. 138 - 152
Description
Discussion on the effects of colonization, the solutions to a path of healing and the changes required to alter the future.
Jews Among the Indians: The Fantasy of Indigenization in Mordecai Richler's and Michael Chabon's Northern Narratives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Phillips Casteel
Contemporary Literature, vol. 50, no. 4, Winter, 2009, pp. 775-810
Description
Discusses the fantasy of indigenization in Solomon Gursky Was Here and The Yiddish Policemen's Union; and looks at how Mordecai Richler is able to realize the dream of indigenization, where Michael Chabon's Alaskan Jews ultimately are forced to confront the failure of that dream.
Jimmy and Charlie Chief Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jimmy Chief
Charlie Chief
Alphonse LittlePopular
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview of the grandsons of Little Bear who discuss lifestyle. They tell stories about Cree raids on Blackfoot;the hanging of Little Bear and murder of a storekeeper's son by a medicine man. Interpreter by Alphonse Littlepoplar.
Jingle Dancer: A RIF Guide for Community Coordinators
Alternate Title
Jingle Dancer: A Reading is Fundamental Guide for Community Coordinators
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.
Description
Lesson plan to accompany the book Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith and illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu. Designed for use with Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Joe Kapoeze 1 Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Kapoeze
Archie Baptiste
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview includes a story about a child who was protected by the North Wind. Also included are stories of residential schools; conflict between Indians and Indian agents.Tape IH-045 has not as yet been translated from the Cree language.
Joe Kapoeze 2 Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Kapoeze
Archie Baptiste
Indian History Film Project
Description
The interview includes stories about the animal world before humans. Flood and creation myths combine elements of Indian and Christian stories. Also included are tales of Wasakedjak.
Joe Louie Interview #1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Louie
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he describes the beliefs of the Indians concerning hunting. He also discusses the importance of respect in the traditional Indian lifestyle.
Joe Louie Interview #2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Louie
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he discusses his views of the present situation of Indians, and ways of improving it.
Joe Sylvester Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Joe Sylvester
Jocelyn Keeshig
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with Joe Sylvester where he gives an account of Indian medicine; legends concerning migration of Algonquin Indians; the role of elders; of the deterioration of reservation conditions following World War II; the religious significance of the number "four"; views on welfare and its role in disrupting traditional Indian values; and a legend about the origin of the drum.
Joseph Bruchac: Book Festival 08
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Matt Raymond
Description
In podcast recorded for the Library of Congress's 2008 book festival, author discusses the inspirations for his work, storytelling and his latest book March Toward the Thunder. Includes links to transcript of the audio.
Journey to the Great Mountain
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. James Wohlpart
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 3, Fall, 2011, pp. [111]-127
Description
Author describes his experiences on a hiking trip and relates them to Linda Hogan's essay Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 111.