Reading Culture

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Treuer
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 2002, pp. [51]-64
Description
Contends that some authors use culture in strange ways just to incorporate it into their works, and that this is often unnecessary to the actual story. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Reading Ethnicity in Children's Literature

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Karen Chandler
Children's Literature, vol. 39, 2011, pp. 289-294
Description
Book review of: Ethnic Literary Traditions in American Children's Literature edited by Michelle Pagni Stewart and Yvonne Atkinson.
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Reading Native American Literature

E-Books
Author/Creator
Joseph L. Coulombe
Description
Readings from key authors: N.Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, James Welch, Sherman Alexie and Linda Hogan.
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Reading "the Indies": Transnational Ventures in Early American Literature

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brian Yothers
Early American Literature, vol. 47, no. 3, 2012, pp. 685-698
Description
Book reviews of 4 books: Oriental Shadows: The Presence of the East in Early American Literature by Jim Egan. So Great a Proffit: How the East Indies Trade Transformed Anglo-American Capitalism by James R. Fichter. Empires and Indigenes: Intercultural Alliance, Imperial Expansion, and Warfare in the Early Modern World edited by Wayne E. Lee. The Inner Life of Empires: An Eighteenth-Century History by Emma Rothschild.
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Reading the Others: How New Brunswick Anglophones View Acadian and First Nations Cultures

Alternate Title
New Brunswick and Atlantic Studies Research and Development Centre Conference, Town and Country: Exploring Urban and Rural Issues in New Brunswick, June 22nd -23rd, 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jo-Anne Elder
Description
Looks at working intercultural models by examining cultural practices, arts policies and literary and popular writing.
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Reading Whites: Allegory in D'Arcy McNickle's

Wind from an Enemy Sky

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Piper
MELUS, vol. 24, no. 3, Varieties of Ethnic Criticism, Autumn, 1999, pp. 81-96
Description
Discusses the "cultural coding" that is necessary to understand allegory and how it may have been appropriated by the colonized, as illustrated in McNickle's novel.
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"The Real Geronimo Got Away": Eluding Expectations in Geronimo: His Own Story; The Autobiography of a Great Patriot Warrior

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anita Huizar-Hernández
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 49-70
Description
Essay argues "that Geronimo's relative obscurity is due to its generic constraints and enigmatic content, both of which frustrate the reader by eluding easy interpretation".
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Reasserting the World: The Convergence of Mythic and

Modern Realities in Enactment Narratives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shawna Thorp
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 3&4, Series 2; [Indigenous Intersections], Fall-Winter, 2003-2004, pp. [147]-167
Description
Discusses arguments for creating a new genre of American Indian literature which uses culturally specific models. Entire issue on one pdf. To Access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Recalling the Gold Rush: Autobiography, History, and Robert W. Service

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Mitham
The Northern Review, no. 19, Special Klondike Issue, Winter, 1998, pp. 101-112
Description
Discusses how the work The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance was somewhat of an autobiographical novel. Original pdf displays #18 Summer 1998 in header.
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[Recensions/Book Reviews]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cécile Pachocinski
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, Espaces-Lieux-Noms / Spaces-Places-Names, 2004, pp. 245-247
Description
Book review of: Sanaaq by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, transliterated and translated novel of Inuktitut in French by Bernard Saladin d'Anglure, preface and afterword by Bernard Saladin d'Anglure. Review in French.
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Recent Dissertations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 1, Winter, 2002, pp. 149-152
Description
A list of Indigenous-related theses and dissertations 2001-2002, alphabetical by author.
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[Reclaiming Native American Cultures: Proceedings of the Native American Symposium], Part Four: Native American Languages

Alternate Title
Language in Mari Sandoz’s Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Sam Kenoi’s “Coyote and the Whitemen”: Contact in and out of a Chiricahua Narrative
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anthony K. Webster
Kimberli Lee
Description
Sam Kenoi’s “Coyote and the Whitemen”: Contact in and out of a Chiricahua Narrative by Anthony K. Webster examines specific narration by placing it within the context of received standards for a Coyote narrative. Language in Mari Sandoz’s Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas by Kimberli Lee discusses the Indian perspectives used in Mari Sandoz’s work.
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[Reclaiming Native American Cultures: Proceedings of the Native American Symposium], Part Two: Native American Literature

Alternate Title
Ephanie’s Vision Quest: Blending Native American and Feminist Elements
Life Stories by a Cherokee Dreamer: John Oskison’s Historical Writings
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barbara Jean Cook
Melissa Hearn
Description
Ephanie’s Vision Quest: Blending Native American and Feminist Elements by Barbara Jean Cook examines the differences between Indian feminism and "mainstream theoretical feminism" for Indian women. Life Stories by a Cherokee Dreamer: John Oskison’s Historical Writings by Melissa Hearn discusses the cultural complexity of the Cherokee Nation.
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Reclaiming Our Voice

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Performing Artists are Finding Their Way on Their Own Terms: Reclaiming Our Voice
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michelle St. John
EQ: Equity Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 6-8
Description
To Access Article, Scroll Down to Page 6-8. Comments on the current status of Aboriginal performance and drama in Canada. To access article scroll to p. 6.
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Reclaiming the Lineage House: Canadian Native Women Writers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Agnes Grant
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 1, Series 2: Feminist and Post-Colonial Approaches, Spring, 1994, pp. 43-62
Description
Examines the differences between mainline feminism and Native feminism, the sparsity of information on Native women in history, the recent increase in the publication of female Canadian Native authors, the form of contemporary myths and legends, and the wisdom of elders as a source for writing. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Reclamation, Redress, and Remembrance: Aboriginal Soldiers of the Great War in Joseph Boyden's Three Day Road

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brygida Gasztold
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle-Change(?), 2016, pp. [81]-101
Description
"Paper examines how the author combines Cree hunting stories, and warrior traditions with the military actions on the battlefields of World War I". Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 81.
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Reconsidering Emily Carr

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marilyn Baker
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 39, no. 1/2, 2007, pp. 219-224
Description
Reviews 3 books: Unsettling Encounters: First Nations Imagery in the Art of Emily Carr by Gerta Moray. Tsimshian Treasures: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas edited by Donald Ellis. Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon Charles C.Hill, Johanne Lamoureux, Ian M. Thom, curators ; essays by Jay Steward and Peter Macnair ... [et al.]
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[Red: A Haida Manga]

Alternate Title
[Robson Reading Series]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michael Yahgulanaas
Description
Question and answer period with the artist who combines Haida artist conventions with Japanese animation and Chinese brush-painting techniques to tell traditional stories. Duration: 46:15.
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The Red Atlantic: Transoceanic Cultural Exchanges

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jace Weaver
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Summer, 2011, pp. 418-463
Description
Examines native resources, ideas, cross-cultural encounters, and interactions around the Atlantic basin up to the 1800s.
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[The Red Bird All-Indian Traveling Band]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
R. Christopher Basaldú
The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 2, Spring, 2016, pp. 183-185
Description
Book review of:The Red Bird All-Indian Traveling Band by Frances Washburn
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