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A Question of Relationship: Internationalism and Assimilation in Recent American Indian Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean Teuton
American Literary History, vol. 18, no. 1, 2006, pp. 152-174
Argues many scholars still look at Native literary texts as mainly interpretive literature about different cultures. In this article the author examines whether this concern with relationship is a necessary scholarly pursuit or a distraction from more pressing issues.
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"The Question Which Has Puzzled, and Still Puzzles": How American Indian Authors Challenged Dominant Discourse about Native American Origins in the Nineteenth Century

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Meghan C. L. Howey
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 4, Fall, 2010, pp. 435-474
Looks at how Kahkewaquonaby (Peter Jones), Kahgegagahbowh (George Copway), and William Whipple Warren engaged with questions of Native American origins differently and constructed and disseminated answers to these dilemmas.
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Questions of the Spirit: Bloodlines in Louise Erdrich's Chippewa Landscape

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annette Van Dyke
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 15-27
Explores the inspiration of the symbols of water and the water god shown in Erdrich's Love Medicine and Tracks. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Quilt Culture: Tracing the Pattern

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Pauline Mortensen
[Weber Studies], vol. 12, no. 3, Native American Special Issue, Fall, 1995, p. [?]
Book review of: Quilt Culture edited by Cheryl B. Torsney and Judy Elsley. Click on link to read review.
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The Quinzhee

Alternate Title
The Cantilevered Universe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kirsten Madsen
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 121-136
Excerpt from the novel Cantilevered Universe.
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The Rabbits

Alternate Title
Reading Australia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Imogen Gray

Lesson plan for picture book told from the point of view of Indigenous animals which uses the story of rabbits invading Australia as an allegory for European colonization and the environmental and cultural destruction that accompanied it. Book suitable for ages 12 to 17.

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Race, Feminine Power, and the Vietnam War in Philip Red Eagle's Red Earth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott Andrews
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, 2004, pp. 93-105
Examines racial and gender tensions during the Vietnam War and explains how Red Earth, a novel by Phillip Red Eagle, urges readers to question antagonism based on race and or gender and move toward a healthier alternative.
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"A Race of Mules": Mixed-Bloods in Western American Fiction

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Hubner
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, 1995, pp. 61-74
An exploration of regional literature in the American West showed it was rare to find Métis in these novels. The article suggests Canadian and American authors can be distinguished by how they develop the image of the Métis.
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The Racialized Subject in James Tyman's Inside Out

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Warren Cariou
Canadian Literature, no. 167, First Nations Writing, Winter, 2000, pp. 68-84
Discusses the novel Inside Out: An Autobiography of a Native Canadian which incorporates prison confession narrative and First Nation autobiography. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 68.
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A Radiant Curve: Poems and Stories

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Esther Belin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 125-128
Book review of: A Radiant Curve by Luci Tapahonso. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 125.
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A Radiant Curve: Poems and Stories

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lee Shenandoah Vasquez
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 4, Fall, 2009, pp. 570-572
Book review of: A Radiant Curve: Poems and Stories by Lee Shenandoah Vasquez.
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Radiant Days: Writings by Enos Mills

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
William E. Fischer
[Weber Studies], vol. 12, no. 3, Native American Special Issue, Fall, 1995, p. [?]
Book review of: Radiant Days: Writings by Enos Mills edited by John Dotson. Click on link to read review.
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Rainbow in the Evening

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bill Walker
Whispering Wind, vol. 34, no. 5, September-October 2004, pp. 32-[?]
A short story about respect.
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Ramona's Baskets: Romance and Reality

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith K. Polanich
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 145-162
Descriptions of basketry in the novel Ramona and discussion of the literary accounts, basketry collections, and ethnographic experiences of the author, Helen Hunt Jackson, which may have inspired some passages.
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Rand and the MicMacs

Alternate Title
Rand and the Mi'kmaq
Rand and the Mikmak
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jeremiah S. Clark
Presents a biography of Silas Tertius Rand, 1810-1889; includes report: Micmac Mission.
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Rare Intellect

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carla Robinson
Jennifer Sinclair
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 6, September 2003, p. 25

Brief article focusing on two books recommended by the author; Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson and Canada's First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples From Earliest Times by Olive Dickason.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.25.

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Re-Citing, Re-Siting, and Re-Sighting Likeness: Reading the Family Archive in Drucilla Modjeska's Poppy, Donna Williams' Nobody Nowhere, and Sally Morgan's My Place

Alternate Title
Finding Likeness, Reframing Lives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sidonie Smith
Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 40, no. 3, 1994, pp. 509-542
Discusses photography, its use for family records and these three novels about Australian women seeking personal meaning in old pictures, which leave them to untangle the story of before and after the photo.
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(Re)Claiming America: Ortiz's After and Before the Lightning

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Riley Fast
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 3, Fall, 2005, pp. 27-47
Places the writing and issues in the context of mental, physical and historical challenges of colonization and the effects on individuals and entire commmunities. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 27.
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Re/ Marking on History, or, Playing Basketball with Godzilla: Thomas King’s Monstrous Post-colonial Gesture

Alternate Title
Connections: Non-Native Responses to Native Canadian Literature
[Creative New Literature Series ; 62]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gerry Turcotte
Argues that even though King expresses a dislike of the term "post-colonial" and what it implies about Indigenous literature, he still engages in "writing back" to European master narratives. Chapter from Connections: Non-Native Responses to Native Canadian Literature edited by Hartmut Lutz and Coomi S. Vevaina.
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Re-membering Cherokee Justice in Ruth Muskrat Bronson's "The Serpent"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander Cavanaugh
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 1, Winter, 2020, pp. [36]-58
An examination of the short story written in 1925 and how the author uses the medium to shine light on sexual violence perpetrated against Cherokee women and to advocate sovereignty by challenging the U.S. allotment process.
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Re Membering Ephanie: A Woman’s Re-Creation of Self in Paula Gunn Allen’s The Woman Who Owned The Shadows

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa Holford
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 1, Series 2: Feminist and Post-Colonial Approaches, Spring, 1994, pp. 99-113
Discusses the cultural dislocation and identity confusion created by the imposition of one culture on another. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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(Re)telling to Disrupt: Aboriginal People and Stories of Canadian History

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Susan D. Dion
Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 55-76
Tells how a series of biographical stories, intended for school curriculum, were produced and how they would provide an alternative representation of Aboriginal people.
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Re-Visioning Teacher Education: Understanding the Calls to Action

Alternate Title
Revisioning Teacher Education: Responding to the TRC Calls to Action
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kevin Lamoureux
Murray Sinclair
Ry Moran
Anne Lindsay
Panel discussion relates the call to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Duration: 1:41:18.
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Re-Visions: An Early Version of The Surrounded

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgit Hans
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 2/3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 181-195
Provides a brief biography of Darcy McNickle and discusses the manuscript and published version of The Surrounded. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Reading Aboriginal Lives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margery Fee
Canadian Literature, no. 167, First Nations Writing, Winter, 2000, pp. 5-7
Introduction to special issue.
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Reading American Indian Intellectual Traditions

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Allen Warrior
World Literature Today, vol. 66, no. 2, From This World: Contemporary American Indian Literature, Spring, 1992, pp. 236-240
Contends that despite interest in American Indian intellectual history, gaps in research and critical writing still exist.
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Reading Australian Indigenous Life Narratives and Whiteness: Relationality and the Ethical Turn

Alternate Title
Culture and the State ; v. 2
Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Brewster
pp. 75-80
Argues that the relationality of Indigenous and non-Indigenous constituencies within the postcolonial nation in Australia has always been mediated by the discourse of race. Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 75.
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Reading Between Worlds: Narrativity in the Fiction of Louise Erdrich

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Rainwater
American Literature, vol. 62, no. 3, September 1990, pp. 405-422
Contends that works of this Chippewa author reflect the ambivalence and tension in the lives of her characters who are of mixed heritage and explores their use of both powerlessness and power.
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Reading Beyond Race in Margaret Laurence's "The Loons" From A Bird in the House

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nora Foster Stovel
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres Nations et des Métis , 2010, pp. 213-230
Re-examines interpretations of the story supporting an opinion of the character Piquette as an individual.
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