Authors
An Interview with Simon Ortiz July 14, 1988
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Dunaway
Simon Ortiz
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 12-19
Description
Interview with the Acoma Pueblo writer.
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Introduction: Linda Hogan’s Lessons in Making Do
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Betty Louise Bell
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 3, Series 2: Linda Hogan: Calling Us Home, Fall, 1994, pp. 3-5
Description
Introduction to articles on Linda Hogan’s poetry and prose.
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Introduction [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 9, No. 1, Spring, 1997]
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Author/Creator
Louis Owens
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Gerald Vizenor, Spring, 1997, pp. [1]-2
Description
Introduction to the special issue on Gerald Vizenor.
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Introduction to a Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ellen L. Arnold
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [i]-iii
Description
Introduces the thematic issue devoted to the "renowned American Indian poet, essayist, emailer, and smooth talker".
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An Introduction to Wynema, A Child of the Forest, by Sophia Alice Callahan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annette Van Dyke
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 2/3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 123-128
Description
Provides a brief biography of Sophia Alice Callahan as well as an introduction to Wynema.
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Irony and the "Balance of Nature on the Ridges" in Mathews’s Talking to the Moon
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Schweninger
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1997, pp. [41]-56
Description
Discusses the autobiography of John Joseph Mathews in terms of the discrepancy between the actual man and his depiction of himself.
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Irony, Métis Style: Reading the Poetry of Marilyn Dumont and Gregory Scofield
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Andrews
Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews, no. 50, Spring-Summer, 2002, pp. 6-31
Description
Critical analysis reveals the two poets calling for a "rethinking of how irony has been theorized in an Aboriginal context" and for readership to challenge stereotyping.
"It is always darkest just before first dawn's light": The Social Project of Recent Native Canadian Prose
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angnieszka Rzepa
TransCanadiana, no. 6, The Peaceable kingdom? Cultural and Language Communities in Canada and the Rule of Law, 2013, pp. [249]-262
Description
Looks at texts by Canadian Aboriginal writers Stewart Steinhauer, Jeanette Armstrong, Duncan Mercredi, and Thomas King.
"It Just Seemed to Call to Me": Debra Magpie Earling's Self-Telling in Perma Red
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Haladay
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, Special Issue on New Directions in American Indian Autobiography, 2006, pp. 53-65
Description
Examines how the book, though labelled a novel, appears to be an autobiographical of the author's life experiences.
"It Was That Indian": Simon Ortiz, Activist Poet
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Tohe
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, Winter, 2004, pp. 54-56
Description
Comments on how the poetry of Acoma Pueblo writer addresses the truths about colonialism, racism and exploitation.
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James Welch (1940-2003)
Alternate Title
Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volulme 249
E-Books
Description
Interview of James Welch by South Dakota Review on October 27, 1989, which includes biographical information and discussion of major works.
Chapter from Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volulme 249
James Welch's Fools Crow and the Imagination of Precolonial Space: A Translator's Approach
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Opitz
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 126-141
Description
Author examines the role that translators play in the construction of meaning of a text, and the resulting implications and politics.
Jeannette Armstrong & The Colonial Legacy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Noel Elizabeth Currie
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125 , Native Writers & Canadian Writing, Spring/Summer , 1990, pp. 138 - 152
Description
Discussion on the effects of colonization, the solutions to a path of healing and the changes required to alter the future.
The Jesuit Foundations of Native North American Literary Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William M. Clements
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 1, Winter, 1994, pp. 43-59
Description
Article examines the records made by Jesuit missionaries of the oral literary traditions of the Algonquian-speaking First Nations; discusses how these texts have become foundational in the study of Indigenous literatures.
John Muir's Evolving Attitudes toward Native American Cultures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard F. Fleck
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 1, 1978, pp. 19-31
Description
An examination of how writer John Muir's views on the American Indigenous populations changed due to his own personal interactions with the Indigenous populations throughout his life.
JudyLee Oliva's The Fire and the Rose and the Modeling of Platial Theories in Native American Dramaturgy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christy Stanlake
Modern Drama, vol. 48, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 819-841
Description
Study of a Chickasaw playright's work, which proposes a model for investigating distinctive Indigenous perspectives of language, movement, and resistance.
Justice for Indians and Women: The Protest Fiction of Alice Callahan and Pauline Johnson
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. LaVonne Brow Ruoff
World Literature Today: A Literary Quarterly of the University of Oklahoma, vol. 66, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 249-255[?]
Description
Examines the treatment of Indigenous peoples and women's issues in novels by both authors; includes biographical information.
Karl May's Western Novels and Aspects of Their Continuing Influence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Herselle Krinsky
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 53-72
Description
How the authors German language novels planted a seed of interest in North American Indigenous culture, an interest which flourished for over a century.
Keening Woman and Today: James Welch's Early Unpublished Novel
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Orton
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 52-57
Description
Describes Blackfeet author James Welch's novel Winter in the Blood as a satirical attempt to discover what it would be like to not be Native American.
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