Literary Criticism in Cogewea: Mourning Dove's Protagonist Reads The Brand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter G. Beidler
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, 1995, pp. 45-65
Description
A look at some of the first literary criticism by a Native American, particularly chapter 10 of Cogewea where a character angrily denounces the novel The Brand.
The Literary Debate over "the Indian" in the Nineteenth Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sherry Sullivan
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, 1985, pp. 13-31
Description
Analyzes how literature, in addition to providing a source of information on Native American life and character, also reveals something about the white American culture of the time.
The Literary Stelae of Hidden Nations, The Question of Whether or Not Native American Literature is a Minor Literature Depends on Who Asks the Question
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Willard
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 11, no. 1, Spring, 1995, pp. 33-39
Description
Contends that Native American literature has become a monument that reveals representations of distinctive Indigenous peoples as unique culturally, linguistically and living in a particular geographic region.
Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tacey M. Atsitty
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, 2012, pp. 143-153
Description
Presents four works of creative writing entitled Ach'íí', Playground Notes, Daddy's Women, and Stem Water.
Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanne Marie Barker
Suzan Shown Harjo
Fredrick Zydek
J. McKim Malville
Claudia Putnam ... [et al.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, 1998, pp. 227-259
Description
Includes the story There was an Old Woman Who Lived All Alone and the poems: Jumping through the Hoops of History, Morning Star Children, Sacred Ground, Green Winter at La Push, A Dream of the Beginning Time, and other poems
Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mike Cutler
Lance Henson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, 1995, pp. 191-228
Description
Presents brief biographies, plus poems by Mike Cutler and Lance Henson illustrating various writing styles.
Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John E. Smelcer
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 1999, pp. 207-212
Description
Presents a story about Ahtna, one of the 13 Athabaskan languages of Alaska, in "Songs From An Outcast," which is followed by a series of short poems that includes the "Muskrat Woman."
Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Silvester J. Brito
Clara Clem Caufield
J. C. Ellefson
Todd Fuller
Romy Shinn
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, 2000, pp. 143-158
Description
Short stories and poems. The short stories, include: "Charlie Coyote and the Wedding Ceremony" and "Charlie Coyote and the Ski Bunnies". The poems, include: "The Feather", "How Nalungiac Welcomed the Summer Solstice", "Nalungiac Remembers His Grandfather's Face", "Wild West Shows and Other Histories", "Picking Momemts", "Memorizing Oklahoma: A Chant (in 1992) That Includes the Word First", "Crossing the Bridge", and "Red Sky: Age 7".
Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane Niatum
Robert Nazarene
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 139-147
Description
Contains the story: "The Day Kekaiax Lost His Salmon but Found a Little Light" by Duane Niatum and the poems the "Hole", "The Loup-Garou", "Netherland", "The High Horse" and "Americuda" by Robert Nazarene.
Literature Against History: An Approach to Australian Aboriginal Writing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emmanuel S. Nelson
World Literature Today, vol. 64, no. 1, Winter, 1990, p. 30
Description
Article argues that to establish a meaningful connection with the past and achieve a healing sense of self, writers must engage in a constant dialogue with past history.
Literature and Criticism by Native and Metis Women in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sylvia Bowerbank
Dolores Nawagesic Wawia
Feminist Studies, vol. 20, no. 3, September 1, 1994, pp. 565-582
Description
Discusses Indigenous women authors' cultural resurgence in writing to preserve and reclaim the stories and myths of their peoples.
Literature Circle Questions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scholastic Books
Description
Student handout questions to accompany Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac, are intended for grades 6-8.
Suggested answers appear in record entitled Literature Circle Guide to: Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac.
Literature Guide: Read, Listen, Tell: Tatterborn by Daniel Heath Justice: Literature and Curriculum Guide for Grade 11
Alternate Title
Read, Listen, Tell: Indigenous Stories from Turtle Island
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tamara Hansen
Description
Uses the device of a prequel to The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum to articulate the impacts of colonialism on Indigenous peoples.
Short story published in Read, Listen, Tell: Indigenous Stories from Turtle Island edited by Sophie McCall, Deanna Reder, David Gaertner, and Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill.
Literature in English by Native Canadians (Indians and Inuit)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Harry
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 10, no. 1 & 2, 1985, p. [?]
Description
Brief discussion of works by: Markoosie, Alma Greene, Minnie Aodla Freeman, Anthony Apakark Thrasher, Pauline Johnson, and Rita Joe.
The Literature of Indian Oklahoma: A Brief History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Geary Hobson
World Literature Today, vol. 64, no. 3, O.U. Centennial Issue, Summer, 1990, pp. 426-430
Description
Discusses early day literature by American Indian authors including John M. Oskison and playwright Lynn Riggs.
The Literature of the American Indian
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Dillingham
The English Journal, vol. 62, no. 1, January 1973, pp. 37-41
Description
Brief commentary on the evolving state of literature, development of resources in the 1970s and notable authors of the era.
"The Literature of This Nation": LaVonne Ruoff and the Redefinition of American Literary Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David L. Moore
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue: Honoring A. Lavonne Brown, Summer, 2005, pp. 63-70
Description
Commends the bibliographic work of A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff and lists a small sampling from the Archival Collections in Native American Literary and Cultural Studies.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 63.
Literature/Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sheryl L. Nelms
Lorenzo Gonzalez
Tom Phelan
Gary Gamboa
Michael Schlemper
Larry D. Thomas
Gerald R. Wheeler
Anne Wilson
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Maya Quintero
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, 2000, pp. 199-222
Description
Contains the poems: "Bear Butte", "Navajo Meltdown", "Old Charlie", "Snake Rider", "Math Test", "How", "Vanishing River", "Three Haiku", "Independence Day", "Angels", "Whiteout", "Cheyenne Reservation at Sunset", "Old Crow", "Fort Davis", "Seventh Cavalry Monument in November", "Fort Sumner, New Mexico", "Memory on a Rainy Day", "White Sage/Black Sage", "Maybe Not", "Minnesota Sorry Song", "Laguna Pueblo Dream", "Hierarchy", plus the story "The Joke".
Literatures, Communities, and Learning: Conversations with Indigenous Writers
Alternate Title
Indigenous Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Aubrey Jean Hanson
Richard Van Camp
David Alexander Robertson
Katherena Vermette
Warren Cariou
Lee Maracle
Sharron Proulx-Turner
Daniel Heath Justice
Tenille Campbell
Marilyn Dumont
Indigenous Studies Series
Little Snow White Apisis Kona-Wapiskist
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Toni Cardinal
Jeff Muehlbauer
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, 2013, pp. 135-147
Description
Story forms part of a series of short, original creative works written in any one of Canada's First languages.
Text in Cree.
Living History: A Conversation with Kimberly Blaeser
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Andrews
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 1-21
Description
Interview with the Chippewa author and professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Locating American Indians Along William Byrd II's Dividing Line
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Calcaterra
Early American Literature, vol. 46, no. 2, 2011, pp. 233-261
Description
Essay looks at the "intercultural materiality" found in Byrd's History of the Dividing Line betwixt Virgina and North Carolina
The Long Road Back: Maria Campbell
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gretchen M. Bataille
Kathleen Mullen Sands
American Indian Women, Star, 1984, pp. 113-126
Description
Book review of: Halfbreed by Maria Campbell as a life history, in the style of an autobiography. (Reproduced in Literature Resource Center, Gale Group)