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2007 Saskatchewan Book Awards Winners Announced

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Saskatchewan Book Awards Winners Announced
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 12, December 2007, p. 10
Description
Looks at a Saskatchewan book award winner who is not only an author but also a lawyer and a trapper. Article located by scrolling to page 10.
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Aboriginal Arts & Stories

Articles » General
Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 5, October/November 2016, pp. 57-63
Description
Description of Aboriginal Arts & Stories, a creative writing competition inviting Canadian First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth ages 9-29 to present an aspect of their culture.
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Aboriginal Creative Writing: A Survey to 1981

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Shoemaker
Aboriginal History, vol. 6, no. 2, 1982, pp. 111-129
Description
Comments on some of the first Aboriginal authors published according to genre.
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Aboriginal Research Resources

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Portal "brings together inter-disciplinary sources and information relating to Indigenous Studies and Native-newcomer relations at the University of Saskatchewan". Contains links to library & archive holdings, other collections, scholarly output, etc.
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The Aborigines of Victoria and Riverina

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Edward Ryan
Swan Hill
Aboriginal History, vol. 35, November 2011, pp. 239-241
Description
Book review of: The Aborigines of Victoria and Riverina by Peter Beveridge. Review located by scrolling to page 239.
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An Act of Attention: Event Structure in "Ceremony"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elaine Jahner
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 37-46
Description
A description of the narrative style of using events in the novel Ceremony to engage the reader's attention to look into deeper into the feelings and ideas behind the narrative's actions. Silko's style is a bridge between oral and written traditions for Indigenous storytelling.
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Adams, Dr. Howard

Images » Photographs
Description
File contains a black and white photograph of Dr. Howard Adams, no date given.

Historical note:

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Adams, Howard, Prison of Grass (Ch. 7-9)

Articles » General
Description
A copy of Chapters 7 to 9 of Prison of Grass by Howard Adams ca. 1975, with notes from Laurie Barron attached. These chapters cover Adams' view of the 1885 North-West resistance. Barron has made a list of comments and questions, marked by page number, which appear to be directed to the author. These notes are perhaps Barron's feedback to Adams regarding the revised edition published in 1989.
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"Affecting History" : Impersonating Women in the Early Republic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorrayne Carroll
Early American Literature, vol. 39, no. 3, 2004, pp. 511-552
Description
Critical analysis of subjectivity and identity reveals determining whether a women or man authored, dictated or created a text is a difficult task.
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An Affectionate Academic Introduction

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry P. Wilson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, The Literary Achievements of Gerald Vizenor , Winter, 1985, pp. 1-2
Description
An introduction to articles and a selected bibliography focusing on Indigenous writer Gerald Vizenor.
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Ahkii: A Woman Is a Sovereign Land

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gwendolywn Benaway
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 109-138
Description

In this creative nonfiction piece, poet talks about her practice of writing and how it relates to gender, land, and community.

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Alexie-Vision: Getting the Picture

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Bernardin
World Literature Today, vol. 84, no. 4, July/August 2010, pp. 52-55
Description
Discusses the influence of television on the work of Sherman Alexie.
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Alienation and Broken Narrative in Winter in the Blood

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen M. Sands
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2, A Special Symposium Issue on James Welch's , 1978, pp. 97-105
Description
An examination of James Welch's episodic narrative style and its effectiveness in the novel.
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“All This / Is Abenaki Country”: Cheryl Savageau’s Poetic Awikhiganak

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Siobhan Senier
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 1-25
Description
Looks at how Cheryl Savageau’s poetry re-maps New England as Indigenous spaces and weaves traditional, personal and family stories, with stories of colonization and resistance. Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll to page 1 to access article.
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Allegations, Secrets, and Silence: Perspectives on the Controversy of Roberta Sykes and the Snake Dreaming Series

Alternate Title
Culture and the State ; v. 2
Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Corey China
pp. 108-123
Description
Examines the controversy over the question of the author's Aboriginality and ethnicity. Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 108.
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Allogan Slagle, 1951–2002

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth Lincoln
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 4, 2002, pp. 121-129
Description
Memories of a unique, wonderful and educated person, written by a fellow student and close friend.
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Alootook Ipellie: The Voice of an Inuk Artist

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael P. Kennedy
Alootook Ipellie
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 21, no. 2, 1996, pp. [155]-164
Description
Interview with Alootook Ipellie about shamanism, his works, and walking an invisible border.
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Alternative (Hi)stories in Stolen Generation and Residential School Narratives: Reading Indigenous Life Writings by Doris Pilkington and Shirley Sterling

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martina Horáková
BRNO Studies in English, no. 33, 2007, pp. 143-156
Description
Examines two life writing narratives by Indigenous women writers from Australia and Canada to demonstrate the ways in which they present alternative (hi)stories of removed Indigenous children.
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American Indian Literatures, Authenticity, and the Canon

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rodney Simard
World Literature Today, vol. 66, no. 2, From This World: Contemporary American Indian Literature, Spring, 1992, pp. 243-248
Description
Discusses the changes to the tradition western literary canon with the inclusion of American Indian literatures.
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American Indian Persistence and Resurgence

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karl Kroeber
boundary 2, vol. 19, no. 3, 1492-1992: American Indian Persistence and Resurgence, Autumn, 1992, pp. 1-25
Description
Introduction to themed issue reflects on the positive change in attitude of European immigrants for Indigenous inhabitants as reflected in literary/intellectual culture.
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