Literature & Stories

English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2011.

Discusses Erdrich's cross-blood description and her own ethnic identity.

Describes how elements from these novels serve as a mirror of hybridity theory with an emphasis on stories and the idea of journeys for true cultural unity.

Introduces the student writing collection.

English and American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Masaryk University, 2012.

Translation Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Binghamton University State University of New York, 2010.

Lettres et Communications Thesis (M.A.)--Université de Sherbrooke, 2014.

Discusses the theme of returning to the tribal landscape in the search for identity.

Argues that James Welch's novel The Death of Jim Loney presents a way to understand how genocide is represented as a catastrophic event and a recurrent condition and denial as a culturally specific response to trauma. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 67.

Comments on the flaws of a cross-cultural adaptation of a collection of short stories.

Looks at the court decision, Delgamuukw v. British Columbia in 1997 in relation to the novel Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson.

Examines if Desrochers's narrative can avoid the pitfalls of stereotyping.

Looks at stereotypical thinking and the effects of colonization on Native women. Scroll down to page 155 to read article.

Examines how the protagonist reveals her memories triggered by a personal trauma and the larger issues that still haunt the Haisla community.

English Thesis, (Ph. D.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2005.

Book review of: Travelling Knowledges by Renate Eigenbrod. Scroll to page 198 to read review.

Book review of: Travelling Knowledges: Positioning the Im/Migrant Reader of Aboriginal Literatures in Canada by Renate Eigenbrod.

Book review of: Travelling Knowledge by Renate Eigenbrod.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2010.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983.

Book review of: Treaty Promises, Indian Reality by Harold Lerat with Linda Ungar.

Presents a commentary titled, Trial Day, written by Manih Boyd.

Book review of: Tribal Fantasies edited by James Mackay and David Stirrup.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1996.

Website links to out of print works by American Indians, Alaska Natives and First Nations people in Canada, the American Native Press Archives and serials list, The Trail of Tears Through Arkansas, and Trail of Tears Primary Sources.

Accolades for Blackfeet author James Welch (1940-2003) and a statement about his influence on the author. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 43.

Outlines several of her accomplishments and contributions to Native American Literary Studies. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 75.

Author's thanks to the Acoma Pueblo writer for his power to move the reader to new insights. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 99.

Fictional short story about a birthday celebration and explosions on the sun.

Examines the novels of Louise Erdrich through the lens of the Anishinaabe point of view, which generates empowerment as opposed to alienation by merging mainstream adaptations with personal interests. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 48.

Comments on the discourse between capitalism and traditional Native American values made central to the author's work..

Considers three novels: Bearheart: the Heirship Chronicles by Vizenor, The Light People by Henry, and Dark River by Owens. English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 2001.

Looks at Native American novelists in literature and the histories and identities that dictate their writing styles.

Uses postmodern discourse and theory to discuss the realities created in Indigenous narratives; focuses on the the trickster role as one that is both comic and critical in Indigenous story telling and meaning-making.

Book review of: Border Crossings: Thomas King's Cultural Inversions by Arnold E. Davidson, Priscilla L. Walton and Jennifer Andrews. Entire issue on one pdf. To access book review, scroll to page 117.

Analyzes Solomon Gursky Was Here and Green Grass, Running Water in terms postcolonialism, postmodernism and representations of the "other".

English Literature Thesis (M.A.)--Universität Konstanz, 2005. Covers Gerald Vivenor's The Heirs of Columbus, Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water, Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony.

English Language and Literature Thesis (B.A.)--Masaryk University, 2006.

Examines both Vizenor's nonfiction and constitutional writing and looks at a functional approach to interpreting his work. Scroll to page 13 for article.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2002.

Discusses how the comic mobility of the trickster is used to address serious social issues in Sherman Alexie's volume of short stories. Excerpt from Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium edited by Mark B. Spencer.

Book review of: The Trickster of Liberty: Tribal Heirs to a Wild Baronage by Gerald Vizenor.

Humourous commentary as "mistaken identity and trickery" in honour of Blackfeet author James Welch (1940-2003). Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 46.

Native American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2007.

Discusses the concepts of multiculturalism and collectivity in the poem through the active presence and effects of a trickster figure found in folklore and oral cultures throughout the world.