MELUS Interview: Hanay Geiogamah

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth Lincoln
MELUS, vol. 16, no. 3, Autumn, 1989-1990, pp. 69-81
Description
Interviews Hanay Geiogamah and discusses the play Indian Body.
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MELUS Interview: N. Scott Momaday - Literature and the Native Writer

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom King
N. Scott Momaday
MELUS, vol. 10, no. 4, The Ethnic-Novel: Appalachian, Chicano, Chinese and Native American , Winter, 1983, pp. 66-72
Description
Interview with the writer and storyteller about problems faced by Native American writers when trying to "create an image of the Indian and his universe in literature".
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A MELUS Interview: Paula Gunn Allen

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Franchot Ballinger
Brian Swann
Paula Gunn Allen
MELUS, vol. 10, no. 2, Summer, 1983, pp. 3-25
Description
Interview includes information on the author's background, views and the influences on her writing.
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[Memories, Myths and Dreams of an Ojibwe Leader]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Patricia Harms
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 191-192
Description
Book review of: Memories, Myths, and Dreams of an Ojibwe Leader by William Berens ; as told to A. Irving Hallowell and edited by Jennifer S.H. Brown and Susan Elaine Gray.
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Memory and Place in Rudy Wiebe's A Discovery of Strangers

Alternate Title
Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives=Lieu et Mémoire au Canada: Perspectives Globales
[Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies ; 3rd]
[International Conference of Central European Canadianists ; 3rd]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Monica Bottez
Description
Conference paper from: Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives: 3rd Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies and 3rd International Conference of Central European Canadianists, April 30-May 3, 2004, Cracow, Poland edited by Magdalena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek, Anna Reczyńska, and Anna Śpiewak. Discusses book about the Franklin overland expedition 1819 to 1821.
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“The Men in the Bar Feared Her”: The Power of Ayah in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Lullaby

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrice Hollrah
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 2003, pp. 1-38
Description
Examines how the author's knowledge of the Navajo culture and the concept hozho allow her to transform a character who could be viewed as victim into a powerful individual. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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"A Menace Among the Words": Women in the Novels of N.

Scott Momaday

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Donovan
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 4, Series 2. Critical Approaches, Winter, 1994, pp. 51-76
Description
Looks at how the negative representations of women in N. Scott Momaday’s novels demonstrates a lack of harmony and balance, and an underlying of dislike, or mistrust of women. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Mending Skins

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 6, Issue 274, January-February 2011, p. 32
Description
Book review of: Mending Skins by Eric Gansworth.
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Métis in Canada: History, Identity, Law and Politics

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jennifer Hayter
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 141-142
Description
Book review of Métis in Canada edited by Christopher Adams, Gregg Dahl, and Ian Peach. Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 141.
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The Métis in English Canadian Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emma LaRocque
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 84-94
Description
Explores the position that First Nation and Métis peoples are not appropriately characterized in Canadian popular literature.
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Mexican Indigenismo, Choctaw Self-Determination, and Todd Downing's Detective Novels

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James H. Cox
American Quarterly, vol. 62, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 639-661
Description
Looks at how Todd Downing appropriates and refigures Mexico's Indigenous history and culture to reveal evidence of the modern Indigenous people obscured by Indigenismo discourse. The article also anticipates the anticolonial discourses of the American Indian civil rights movement.
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Mi'kmaq Spirit

Alternate Title
Mi'kma Spirit
Micmac Spirit
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Muin'iskw
Crowfeathers
Description
Contains links to: culture, history, spiritual events, issues, etc.
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas: It Looks Like Manga

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Judith Ostrowitz
Description
Discusses the variety of influences present in such works as the illustrated book Red: A Haida Manga Excerpt from Objects of Exchange: Social and Material Transformation on the Late-Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast edited by Aaron Glass.
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[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]

Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe 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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Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh = This Is How I Know, Written by Brittany Luby, Illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, Translated by Alvin Ted Corbiere and Alan Corbiere

Alternate Title
Niibing, dgwaagig, bboong, mnookmig dbaadjigaade maanpii mzin’igning = A Book about the Seasons
Groundwood Study Guides
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Groundwood Books
Description

"An Anishinaabe child and her grandmother explore the natural wonders of each season in this lyrical, bilingual story-poem." Intended for use with ages 3 to 7.

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Mikinaak

Alternate Title
Maajii-Ojibwemowag = They Begin to Speak Ojibwe
Stories of the Swimmers: A Ningaabii'anong Book
[Maajii-Ojibwemowag = They Begin to Speak Ojibwe: ANA Language Project Teacher/Caregiver Supplemental Document]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Binesikwe (Debi Williamson)
Description

Children's storybook about the snapping turtle; in Ojibwe and English.

Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.

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The Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Wilson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 21, no. 3, Fall, 2009, pp. 104-107
Description
Book review of: The Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story by LeAnne Howe. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 104.
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A Million Porcupines Crying in the Dark

Alternate Title
The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative. Pt. 4
[2003 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Thomas King
Description
In speech, noted author discusses Louis Owens' I Hear the Train, M. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn, Robert Alexie's Porcupines and China Dolls, and the works of other contemporary Native writers. To listen to this audio, scroll down to Part 4. Duration: 54:22.
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Mino­gondaa­gan: The Good Voice

Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Elissa Black Wolf Kixen
Sasha Mark
Tim Fontaine
Description
Series of twelve podcasts (approx. 45 min. each) in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous people share stories, ideas and expertise in pursuit of reconciliation. Topics include literature, identity, media, the entertainment industry, comedy, music, and education.
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Mirror Writing: (Re-) Constructions of Native American Identity / Contemporary American Indian Writing: Unsettling Literature / The Mythology of Native North America

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alison Calder
Canadian Literature, no. 178, Autumn, 2003, pp. 111-113
Description
Comparative review of essay collections in three interdisciplinary books: Contemporary American Indian Writing: Unsettling Literature by Dee Home The Mythology of Native North America by David Leeming and Jake Page Mirror Writing: (Re-)Constructions of Native American Identity edited by Thomas Claviez and Maria Moss. Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll to page 111.
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Missing Jim

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Neil Mcmahon
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 36-38
Description
Comments on the literary mastery of Blackfeet author James Welch (1940-2003). Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 36.
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Missing Nimâmâ: Guide for Secondary Classroom Use

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Spencer Miller
Description
Includes introduction, summary, close reading questions, and classroom activities. Picture book by Melanie Florence and illustrated by François Thisdale tells the story of a young girl growing up without her mother and was inspired the stories of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
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Missoula Remembers James Welch

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debra Magpie Earling
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 30-32
Description
Tribute to the memory of Blackfeet author James Welch (1940-2003). Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 30.
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Mitakuye Oyasin

Theses
Author/Creator
Grace Caron Chaillier
Description
Fine Arts Thesis (M.F.A.)--Northern Michigan University, 2008.
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