A Laguna Porfolio
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Marmon
Robert M. Nelson
Leslie Marmon Silko
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 63-75
Description
Photographs of Leslie Marmon Silko's family and passages from Storyteller.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Laguna Prototypes of Manhood in Ceremony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edith Swan
MELUS, vol. 17, no. 1, Native American Fiction: Myth and Criticism , Spring, 1991/1992, pp. [39]-61
Description
Discusses manifestations of male relationships in the novel and compares them to practices at Laguna.
Laila Stien's Vekselsang: A Mirror on Reality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Weinstock
Scandinavian Studies, vol. 75, no. 2, The People of Eight Seasons: The Sámi and Their Changing Culture, Summer, 2003, pp. 257-272
Description
Discusses novel dealing with the conflict between the Sámi and Norwegian cultures.
Land and Literacy: The Textualities of Native Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie Fitzgerald
Hilary E. Wyss
American Literary History, vol. 22, no. 2, Summer, 2010, pp. 271-279
Description
Discusses the importance of alternative textualities in Native literary studies from the contemporary present to the historical past.
Land As Pedagogy: Nishnaabeg Intelligence and Rebellious Transformation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [1]-25
Description
Uses traditional stories to illustrate fundamental principles of Indigenous education and argues that it must take place in the context of a relationship with the land.
Landscape and Cultural Identity in Louis Owens’ Wolfsong
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Schweninger
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 2, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Louis Owens, Summer, 1998, pp. 94-110
Description
Explores the main character's search for identity through his relationship with the environment.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Landscape as Narrative, Narrative as Landscape
Alternate Title
Landscape as Narrative: Traveling the Sacred Geography of the Anishinaabeg
Narrative as Landscape: A Home Beyond Boundaries in Linda Hogan's Solar Storms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theresa S. Smith
Jill M. Fiore
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. [58]-80
Description
Discusses the importance of environment, location and sense of place in Native American literature.
Two sub-articles: Landscape as Narrative: Traveling the Sacred Geography of the Anishinaabeg and Narrative as Landscape: A Home Beyond Boundaries in Linda Hogan's Solar Storms.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 58.
Landscapes of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Health: An Environmental Scan of Organizations, Literature and Research, 3rd Edition
Alternate Title
Setting the Context
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Description
Provides overview of the current state of public health evidence and identifies information on national organizations working in public health to the end of 2012.
Landscapes of Literacy: The Challenges of Reading Cree-English Dual Language Picture Books as a Decolonizing Strategy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanie Crandall
In Education, vol. 19, no. 3, [Indigenous Education] in Education, Pt. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 123-136
Description
Author looks at two books, Nokum is My Teacher and The Drum Calls Softly, to illustrate the strategy.
Language Reflection and Lamentation in Native American Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frederick H. White
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 83-98
Description
Explores the dominance of English as the language of communication particularly in poetry and novels.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 83.
The Last Battle of Seven Oaks Puppet Play
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Phipps
Description
For use with article Last Battle of Seven Oaks, written by Heather Wright and illustrated by Celia Krampien found on p. 30 of the special issue "How Furs Built Canada" of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades 2-6.
The Last of the Black Snakes and the Last of the Mohicans
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marek Paryz
European Journal of American Culture, vol. 31, no. 3, Native Americans in Europe in the Twentieth Century, October 18, 2012, pp. 219-230
Description
Focuses on the specific influences James Fenimore Cooper had on Polish writers. Uses writings by Henryk Sienkiewicz and adaptations of Leatherstocking Tales as examples.
'The Last of the Oral Tradition in Electronic Word Processing': Traditional Material and Postmodern Form in Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Wolfgang Hochbruck
Description
Examines links between oral tradition and contemporary written texts.
Originally published as essay in Traditionalism vs Modernism: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of New Literatures in English, June 1-14 1991.
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse. Louise Erdrich.
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gay Barton
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2001, pp. 118-122
Description
Book review of: The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Laura Cornelius Kellogg: Our Democracy and the American Indian and Other Works
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kristina Ackley
Cristina Stanciu
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 3, no. 2, 2016, pp. 128-129
Description
Book review of: Laura Cornelius Kellogg edited by Kristina Ackley, Cristina Stanciu.
Learn, Teach, Challenge: Approaching Indigenous Literatures
Alternate Title
Indigenous Studies Series
Learn, Teach, Challenge: Approaching Indigenous Literature
E-Books
Author/Creator
Deanna Reder
Janice Acoose
Helen Roy
Emma LaRocque
Renate Eigenbrod ...
James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson ...
Renae Watchman
Natalie Knight
Jeannette C. Armstrong
Kimberly Blaeser
Craig S. Womack ...
Lisa Brooks
Leanne Simpson
Niigaawewidam James Sinclair ...
Daniel Heath Justice
Jeff Corntassell
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Qwo-Li Driskill
Katsisorokwas Curran Jacobs ...
Warren Cariou ... [et al.]
Indigenous Studies Series
Learning from Story
Alternate Title
Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education: Unit Four Introduction
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jan Hare
Description
Comments on the significance, features, and characteristics of oral narratives, strategies for using storytelling in teaching and learning, and protocol for telling Indigenous stories. Unit 4 of 6.
Duration: 15:45.
Learning "The Language the Presidents Speak": Images and Issues of Literacy in American Indian Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kimberly M. Blaeser
World Literature Today, vol. 66, no. 2, From This World: Contemporary American Indian Literature, Spring, 1992, pp. 230-235
Description
Looks at selections from the work of Leslie Marmon Silko, Diane Glancy, N. Scott Momaday, Linda Hogan, and Gerald Vizenor that illustrate the historical struggle with literacy.
Learning to Read—Almost: New Books in Early Native American Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Brooks
Early American Literature, vol. 48, no. 3, 2013, pp. 743-754
Description
Book review essay of:
English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750–1830 by Hilary E. Wyss.
Queequeg’s Coffin: Indigenous Literacies and Early American Literature by Birgit Rasmussen.
On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and Memory by Andrew Newman.
Learning to Relate: Stories from a Father and Son
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. J. Baker
L. M. M. H. Baker
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010
Description
Discussion on stories shared by Jeff Baker and his father, Lee Baker on physical and cultural disconnection, and the benefits of listening to and learning from each another.
Learning to Talk With Ghosts: Canadian Gothic and the Poetics of Haunting in Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jodey Castricano
University of Toronto Quarterly: A Canadian Journal of the Humanities, vol. 75, no. 2, Spring, 2006, pp. 801-813
Description
Critical analysis of the novel states the challenge is how to talk about the cultural intersections of and clashes between European and First Nation traditions and beliefs.
Learning to Walk Again: Indigenous Female "Healing Activism" in Cherie Dimaline's Short Story "Room 414" and Contemporary Activist Movements
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lena Ruwoldt
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle-Change(?), 2016, pp. [102]-122
Description
Comments on a short story that depicts the struggles of a young Aboriginal drug addict and prostitute living on the streets of one of Canada's largest cities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 102.
The Leather-Stocking Tales
Alternate Title
The Deerslayer or, The First War-Path: A Tale
The Last of the Mohicans
The Pathfinder
The Pioneers
The Prairie
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Fenimore Cooper
Description
Cooper's writings were very influential in producing stereotypes of the "Noble Savage" and bloodthirsty savage in the minds of the public.
[Leaving Holes & Selected New Writings]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lynette Wise Leidner
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2013, pp. 115-118
Description
Book review of Leaving Holes & Selected New Writings by Joe Dale Tate Nevaquaya.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 115.