Literature & Stories

Contains autobiographical information about the storyteller from the Lower Similkameen Indian band in British Columbia and his collaborations with Wendy Wickwire that produced three volumes of stories: Write It on Your Heart, Nature Power, and Living by Stories.

Discussion of the novel's theme tracing the environmental and spiritual devastation caused by the concepts of manifest destiny and nation building as used by EuroAmericans. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Looks at the editorial transitions in the journal. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Examines a collection of short stories by Ernest Thompson Seton that explores communication and powers of premonition among wild and domesticated animals.

Short story written by a student at Oglala Lakota College, Kyle, SD.

An interview with Wilfred and Harriet Chocan about the joys and challenges in their lives from childbirth to caring for the elderly and death.

Contends that humorist Will Rogers, who was a member of the Cherokee Nation, was appropriated and mainstreamed as a mythic American figure and consequently has been denied a prominent place in Native American literary history. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 83.

Two Book reviews: Will the Circle be Unbroken? by J. Dickson-Gilmore and C. La Prairie. First and Other Nations edited by M. Shackleton and V. Supinen.

Article examines the ways that the Yamacraw Leader Tomochichi has been represented and misrepresented in historical texts and narratives surrounding the settlement of the Georgia; works to reconstruct a more accurate biography.

Looks at the works of William Apess, and discusses how he has not been recognized as an "authentic" representation of Native America. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

William and Helen Trudeau discuss the traditional ways of gathering, preserving and storing food. They also talk about the origins of some traditional stories. Interpreter : E. Debassigae ; transcribed by J. Greenwood.

Consists of an interview where she tells the story of the first encounter between Captain James Cook and the Nootka Indians.

Excerpts from the book Taimanit, which showcases the best of the first annual Nunavut Literary Prize contest.

Reflects on lessons learned from the authors' grandmother, such as watching and learning from spiders. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 90.

Movie review of: Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew Smith.

Discussion of the Blackfeet poet-novelist, James Welch, and the change of passage in Indigenous literature - that of returning home.

Vol. I of III.

Vol. II of III.

Vol. III of III.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2017.

Examines how Laguna Pueblo author Leslie Silko encourages looking at tradition and ceremony in relation to the global community, with the belief change must begin person by person, and be vigilantly maintained so as to ultimately revolutionalize cities, energy sources, foreign policy and interethnic interactions. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 114.

Looks at Nickula's portrayal of the Skolt people in The Skolt Lapp Community Suenjelsijd During the Year 1938 and Lappish Nation and Alariesto's art which depicted Lapland.

Discusses Lewis’ novel Mantrap in the context of the research trip he took into Northern Saskatchewan, accompanying Indian Agents as they toured reserves to deliver annual “treaty money” payments. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 47.

Reviews Native American elements in The Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison identifying perspectives that Seaver (the editor) and Jemison disagreed on.

Discusses contemporary urbanism in Indigenous literature through the analysis of Tomson Highway's novel Kiss of the Fur Queen.

A short fictional story.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 2000. Examines works by Rudolfo Anaya, Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, Ana Castillo, Leslie Marmon Silko, Paula Gunn Allen and Sandra Cisneros.

Argues the worldwide absence of erotic writing in Indigenous cultures is in part a function of the general repression of Indigenous peoples.

Movie based on a story from the collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.

Book review of: Wolf and the Winds by Frank Bird Linderman. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Examines the character of Pauline in Tracks and how the reader discovers how she becomes Sister Leopolda of Love Medicine. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Discusses how Aboriginal characters have been depicted in mainstream comics generally written and illustrated by non-Aboriginals.

Traces the manifestations of power in four generations of fictional women: Pauline Puyat, Marie Lazarre, Zelda Kashpaw and her daughter Albertine. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Book reviews of: Choctaw Women in a Chaotic World by Michelene E. Pesantubbee. Meet Lydia: A Native Girl From Southeast Alaska by Miranda Belarde-Lewis.

Includes links to three books which follow the lives of three fictional children as they grow into adulthood, fears card, videos of conversations with five prominent Aboriginal women, and additional resource card. Recommended for ages 14+ and suited for individual study or groups of up to 30.

Compares the films Ramona and The Barrier to shed light on the complex discourses of gender, race, ethnicity, region, and nation.

Book review of: The Women in the Trees by Gerry William. To access this review, scroll to page 149.

Book review of: Women of the First Nations: Power, Wisdom, and Strength edited by Christine Miller and Patricia Chuchryk.

Book review of: Women of the First Nations, edited by Patricia Chuchryk and Christine Miller.

Book review of: Women on the Run by Janet Campbell Hale. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oregon, 2003. Examines the works of Ana Castillo, Helena Maria Viramontes, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Linda Hogan.

Book review of: The Women's Warrior Society by Lois Beardslee.

Author describes how words define her and cannot be separated from the Aboriginal oral traditions and world view.

Book review of: Women's Work Women's Art by Judy Thompson.

Presents a story of a girl learning about MoonTime from her Elders.

Author was founder of the Woodcraft Indians, a youth movement which appropriated Aboriginal culture.

Contends that Native Americans find language is a viable weapon that can protect cultural identity and sovereignty particularly through poetry.

Discusses theme of "Indian" versus "White" identities, intertwining of real-world setting with mythology, and the juxtaposition of biblical and Aboriginal creation stories.