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Peoplehood: A Model for the Extension of Sovereignty in American Indian Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Tom Holm

J. Diane Pearson and Ben Chavis

Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2003, pp. 7-24

Presents and defines an applied model of peoplehood, with a functional definition that could be applied to both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

The Peoplehood Matrix: A New Theory for American Indian Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Billy J. Stratton

Frances Washburn

Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 51-72

Examines the use of the Peoplehood Matrix theory to analyze the dynamic and complex nature of Native American literature, arguing it is also a litmus test for determining the health of any given community.

The Peoples of Siberia

Book Reviews

Author/Creator

Henry N. Michael

Arctic, vol. 18, no. 4, December 1965, pp. 276-278

Book review of: The Peoples of Siberia edited by M. G. Levin and L. P. Potapov.

The Peoples - the Spaniards, the Indians, the Americans - and Nature in the Literature of Arizona

Theses

Author/Creator

Mary G. Boyer

Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1930.

Perception and Procedure: The Power of Ritual in Lame Deer Seeker of Visions

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Paola Carini

American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 1999, pp. 87-94

Examines the 1972 publication by John (Fire) Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes on Lakota worldviews and why the book is on the periphery of scholarly discussion and marginalized.

Peregrinations: Walking the Story, Writing the Path in Euro-American, Native American, and Chicano/Chicana Literatures

Theses

Author/Creator

Amy T. Hamilton

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 2008.

Perfect Cree

Book Reviews

Author/Creator

Margery Fee

Canadian Literature, no. 176, Spring, 2003, pp. 156-157

Book review of: Perfect Cree by Margery Fee. Entire issue on one pdf. To access book review, scroll to page 156.

Performing Aboriginalities: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Simona Achitei

Journal of New Zealand Literature, no. 24, Part 2: Special Issue: Comparative Approaches to Indigenous Literary Studies, 2007, pp. 117-134

Compares two plays Gulpilil by David Gulpilil and Tales of the Urban Indian by Darrell Dennis to show different perspectives of what it means to be Aboriginal.

Performing Cultural Empowerment: Native American Activism on Alcatraz Island

Theses

Author/Creator

Isis L. Golden

Performance Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, 2009.

Performing Pauline Johnson: Representations of "the Indian Poetess" in the Periodical Press, 1892-95

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Mary Elizabeth Leighton

Essays on Canadian Writing, no. 65, 1998, pp. 141-164

Discusses aspects of the works of Pauline Johnson that illustrate an interrelationship between issues of identity, Indigenous peoples and legislative amendments.

"Perhaps the Bear Heard Fleur Calling, and Answered": The Significance of Magical Realism in Louise Erdrich's Tracks as a Postcolonial Novel

Theses

Author/Creator

Emily Myrick

English Thesis [M.A.]--Georgia State University, 2010.

Permafrost

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Mary Thaler

Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 67-83

Short story.

The "Person" in Postmodern Fiction: Gibson, Le Guin, and Vizenor

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Patricia Linton

Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 3-11

Looks at how postmodern fiction is changing the notion of what constitutes a person in Neuromancer by Gibson, Always Coming Home by Le Guin, and Bearheart by Vizenor. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years With the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers: With Brief Notices of Passing Events, Facts, and Opinions, A.D. 1812 to A.D. 1842

Alternate Title

Personal Memoirs of a Residence of 30 Years With the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers: With Brief Notices of Passing Events, Facts, and Opinions, 1812 to 1842

E-Books

Author/Creator

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

"Personal Totems": The Poetics of the Popular in Contemporary Indigenous Popular Culture in North America

Theses

Author/Creator

Svetlana Seibel

[English, American and Anglophone Cultures] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saarland University, 2018.

Perspectives on the Indigenous Tradition/New Technology Interface

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Greg Young-ing

Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Indigenous Peoples and Information Technology, 2003, pp. 14-17

Examines the Indigenous peoples' ability to adapt to technological change. To access this article scroll down to page 14.

Perspectives on the Soul and the Afterlife

Alternate Title

Papers From the American Indian Studies Section at the 2006 Western Social Science Association

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Thomas J. Hoffman

Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2006, p. [?]

Discusses the western European and American Indian views on the soul and the afterlife. Access through table of contents.

Peter Chamberlain Interview #2

Alternate Title

Indian History Film Project

Oral History » Oral Histories

Author/Creator

Peter Chamberlain

David Stevenson

Agnes Chamberlain

Indian History Film Project

Gives English translation of a number of Indian words.

Peter Chamberlain Interview #4

Alternate Title

Indian History Film Project

Oral History » Oral Histories

Author/Creator

Peter Chamberlain

Agnes Chamberlain

David Stevenson

Indian History Film Project

Gives Indian names for various geographical features; and discusses family relationships.

Peter Chamberlain Interview #6

Alternate Title

Indian History Film Project

Oral History » Oral Histories

Author/Creator

Peter Chamberlain

Agnes Chamberlain

David Stevenson

Indian History Film Project

Gives Indian names for certain geographical sites. Tells the story of a frog-like creature which can both infect and curea man.

Peter Gzowski Interviews Thomas King on Green Grass, Running Water

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Peter Gzowski

Thomas King

Canadian Literature, no. 161-162, On Thomas King, Summer/Autumn, 1999, pp. 65-76

Originally broadcast on "Morningside," CBC Radio, 5 April 1993.

Phantom Past, Indigenous Presence: Native Ghosts in North American Culture and History

Book Reviews

Author/Creator

Suzanne Crawford O'Brien

American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 3, 2013, pp. 165-168

Book review of: Phantom Past, Indigenous Presence edited by Colleen E. Boyd and Coll Thrush. Review located by scrolling to page 165.

"Philip, King of the Pequots": The History of an Error

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Roumaina Velikova

Early American Literature, vol. 37, no. 2, June 2002, pp. 311-335

Describes William Apess' misunderstanding of the relationship between his grandmother and Philip of the Pequots and his later discovery of his Wampanoag heritage.

The Picture of Family in the Short Stories of Sherman Alexie

Theses

Author/Creator

Martina Macková

English Language and Literature (M.A.)--Masaryk University, 2014.

Picture Revolution: Transnationalism, American Studies, and the Politics of Contemporary Native Culture

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Shari M. Huhndorf

American Quarterly, vol. 61, no. 2, June 2009, pp. 359-381

Looks at how postnationalist American studies has largely neglected the ongoing colonization of Native America through an analysis of Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel Almanac of the Dead and Shelley Niro’s multimedia installation The Border.

Picturing Difference: An Investigation of Maori Women's Characters in New Zealand Picture Books

Theses

Author/Creator

Katherin Rochow

Informatics and Media Thesis (MSocSc)--Uppsala Universitet, 2011

"A Piece of the Endless Body of the World": Gender, Identity, and the Coexistence of Binary Forces in Louise Erdrich's The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, Tracks, and Love Medicine

Theses

Author/Creator

Emily Elizabeth Andersen

English Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2011.

Pierre Harper 3 Interview

Alternate Title

Indian History Film Project

Oral History » Oral Histories

Author/Creator

Pierre Harper

Mary Mountain

Indian History Film Project

Interview of Mr. Harper that includes stories about the Lousy Ones and Scar Face.

Pioneer or Invader? Situational Metafiction in the Settler Nations

Theses

Author/Creator

Mark W. Anderson

English Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2009.

pīsim miskam ōmiskanaw = Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw [Excerpt]

Alternate Title

Six Seasons Series ; Book One

Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak

E-Books » Chapters

Author/Creator

William Dumas

Story inspired by the discovery of the remains of young woman who lived during the 1600s, at time where there had yet to be contact with Europeans.

Revised edition.

The Place of Story and the Story of Place: How the Convergence of Text and Image Marks the Opening of a New Literary Frontier

Theses

Author/Creator

Marie Elizabeth Lynn

English Thesis (M.A.)--Montana State University, 2007.

Places Not Our Own

Alternate Title

Daughters of the Country

Media » Film and Video

Author/Creator

Derek Mazur

Fictional account of a Métis woman's struggle to raise her children alone and provide them with a better life. Duration:57:10.

Placing the Ancestors: Postmodernism, "Realism", and American Indian Identity in James Welch's Winter in the Blood

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Sean Teuton

American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 4, Fall, September 1, 2001, pp. 626-650

Discusses the recovery of Native American cultural identity by looking to the past as found in Welch's book.

[The Plains Cree: Diplomacy and War 1790 to 1870]

Book Reviews

Author/Creator

Stanley Cuthand

Native Studies Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 1990, p. 173

Book review of: The Plains Cree by John S. Milloy.

Plains Cree Tales

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Alanson Skinner stories narrated by Kéné

Andrew and Jacob Bear.

Journal of American Folklore, vol. 29, no. 113, July-September 1916, pp. 341-367

Stories from various Saskatchewan reserves, collected in the summer of 1913.

Plains Indian History and Culture: Essays on Continuity and Change

Book Reviews

Author/Creator

Lew Richards

Whispering Wind, vol. 43, no. 4, Issue 296, April 2015, pp. 33-34

Book review of: Plains Indian History and Culture by John C. Ewers.

"Planting the Seeds of Revolution": An Interview with Poet Esther Belin (Diné)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Jeff Berglund

Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 62-72

Interview with a Navajo (Diné) poet who uses her writing as a tool for activism. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 62.

Plastic Shaman in the Global Village: Understanding Media In Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Brian Johnson

Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 25, no. 2, 2000, pp. [24]-49

Examination of colonialism and resistance presented in the novel.

Playful Citizens: Utopian Intersections of Play, Sex and Citizenship in Contemporary Canadian Fiction

Theses

Author/Creator

Helene Staveley

English Literature and Language Thesis (Ph.D.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2008. Literary examination includes Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water

Playing Dead: A Contemplation Concerning the Arctic

Book Reviews

Author/Creator

Alfred Fisher

The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, 2007, p. 218

Book review of: Playing Dead by Rudy Wiebe. Scroll to page 218 to read review.

Playing Indian: A Consideration of Children's Books by Native North Americans, 1900-1940

Theses

Author/Creator

Deirdre Marisa Kwiatek

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1998. Explores Indigenous writings and collections; analysis of works including Mourning Dove, E-Yeh-Shure, Zitkala-Sa, Luther Standing Bear, Charles Eastman, Arthur Parker, Francis LaFlesche.

Playing Indian: A Consideration of Children's Books by Native North Americans, 1900-1940

Theses

Author/Creator

Deirdre Marisa Kwiatek

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1998.

"Playing Indian" in Print: Charles A. Eastman's Autobiographical Writing for Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Tony Dykema-VanderArk

MELUS, vol. 27, no. 2, Multi-ethnic Childrens Literature, Summer, 2002, pp. 9-30

Critiques novels From the Deep Woods to Civilization: Chapters in the Autobiography of an Indian (1916) and Indian Boyhood (1902) by Charles Eastman.

"Playing Indian" Revisited: American Indians in the Transatlantic Cultural Landscape

Alternate Title

From Wounded Knee to Checkpoint Charlie

[Tribal Worlds: Critical Studies in American Indian Nation Building]

E-Books » Chapters

Author/Creator

[György Ferenc Tóth]

Focuses on the influence of German author Karl May's Winnetou cycle of novels and Central European hobbyists' obsession with impersonating Plains Indians. Chapter from From Wounded Knee to Checkpoint Charlie by György Ferenc Tóth.

Playing with Culture: The Serious Side of Humor

Book Reviews

Author/Creator

William K. Powers

American Anthropologist, vol. 96, no. 3, September 1994, pp. 705-710

Book reviews of 2 books: Indi'n Humor: Bicultural Play in Native American by Kenneth Lincoln. Keeping Slug Woman Alive: A Holistic Approach to American Indian Texts by Greg Sarris.

"Please Eunice, Don't Be Ignorant": The White Reader as Trickster in Lee Maracle's Fiction

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Susie O'Brien

Canadian Literature, no. 144, Native, Individual, State, Spring, 1995, pp. 82 - 96

Discusses how Lee Maracle leads her readers to see the realities of a world that is rigid and unequally divided by using "we", "I" and "you" to flip the idea of "others".

"Please Read Loose": Intimate Grammars and Unexpected Languages in Contemporary Navajo Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Anthony K. Webster

American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 61-86

Discusses the creative aspects of Blackhorse Mitchell’s use of Navajo English in Miracle Hill, as well as Mitchell’s own discussions of what he was attempting to do in the poem The Drifting Lonely Seed.

The Pleasure of His Company

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Lois M. Welch

Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 14-26

A memorial tribute to Blackfeet author James Welch (1940-2003) by his wife Lois Welch. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 14.

Plural Sovereignties and Contemporary Indigenous Literature

E-Books

Author/Creator

Stuart Christie

Plural Sovereignties and Contemporary Indigenous Literature by Stuart Christie

Book Reviews

Author/Creator

Joseph Bauerkemper

Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 122-124

Book review of Plural Sovereignties and Contemporary Indigenous Literature by Stuart Christie. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page

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