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Hawaiian Futurism: Written in the Sky and Up Among the Stars

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelsey Amos
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 197-220
Description
Literary criticism essay which examines Mathew Kaopio’s novels. Highlight the construction of an Indigenous world through the subversion of settler–colonial expectations; discusses frameworks of resurgence and Chadwick Allen’s notion of purposeful Indigenous juxtapositions.
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"He Was Going Along": Motion in the Novels of James Welch

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Purdy
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 133-145
Description
Reviews three of James Welch's novels discussing the intersect of culture, motion used as a central unifying theme that helps shap the identity, understanding, and interaction of characters with places and actions.
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Healing via the Sunwise Cycle in Silko's "Ceremony"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edith Swan
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 4, Autumn, 1988, pp. 313-328
Description
Looks at the use of traditional Navajo spiritual practices for healing the main protagonist Tayo in Leslie Silko's Ceremony.
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“The Hinge of Bloods”: The Family as Characterer in Louise Erdrich’s North Dakota Sequence

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 3rd, 1999
Native American Symposium ; 4th, 2001
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gay Barton
Description
Examines some of Louise Erdrich's more significant familial protagonists, and her intra- and inter-family webs.
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History in "Winter in the Blood": Backgrounds and Bibliography

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. Lavonne Ruoff
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2, A Special Symposium Issue on James Welch's , 1978, pp. 169-172
Description
An examination of the Blackfeet's migration to Montana and through the interactions between the Blackfeet and Cree characters in James Welch's Winter in the Blood.
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Honoring LaVonne Ruoff

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arnold Krupat
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue: Honoring A. Lavonne Brown, Summer, 2005, pp. 96-97
Description
Focuses on the bibliographical contributions of A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff to the field of Native American literary studies. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 96.
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Horses of Different Colors: The Plains Indians in Stories for Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. C Scott
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 1984, pp. 117-125
Description
Using the work of writer-artist Paul Goble to compare the depiction of Plains natives in his books versus the more stereotypical images found in most children literature. These inaccurate depictions become part of children's worldviews depicting Indigenous peoples as a lost culture rather than a group that continues to adapt throughout history.
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House Made of Dawn: A Positively Ambivalent Bildungsroman

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bernard Selinger
Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 45, no. 1, Native American Literature, Spring, 1999, pp. 38-68
Description
Discusses how the novel follows of the principle elements of the bildungsroman genre, development and formation.
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How It Is: The Native Philosophy of V. F. Cordova

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Adam Arola
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 214-216
Description
Book review of: How It Is edited by Kathleen Dean Moore, Kurt Peters,Ted Jojola and Amber Lacey. Scroll to page 214 to read review.
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How Should I Read These? Native Women Writers in Canada. Helen Hoy.

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Frances W. Kaye
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 3 & 4, Series 2; [Indigenous Intersections], Fall/Winter, 2003/2004, pp. 192-194
Description
Book review of: How Should I Read These? Native Women Writers in Canada by Helen Hoy. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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“I Have Seen the Future and I Won’t Go”: The Comic Vision of Craig Strete’s Science Fiction Stories

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristina Baudemann
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 4, Winter, 2017, pp. 76-101
Description
Seeks to understand the lack of academic attention Strete’s work has received and examines his short stories using several different critical Indigenous perspectives on speculative fiction by Aboriginal or Native American writers.
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"I Lied All the Time": Trickster Discourse and Ethnographic Authority in "Crashing Thunder"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Burnham
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, Autumn, 1998, pp. 469-484
Description
Contends that the authenticity of the autobiographical work, Crashing Thunder edited by Paul Radin, relies in large part on the circumspect confessions of the narrator, Sam Blowsnake, and should be approached as trickster discourse.
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[I'POYI Armand Garnet Ruffo at the Glenbow]

Alternate Title
I'POYI Aboriginal Writers Gathering ; March 26, 2009
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Armand Garnet Ruffo
Description
Poet reads from his book At Geronimo's Grave. Duration: 17:01.
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[I'POYI Beverly Hungry Wolf at the Glenbow]

Alternate Title
I'POYI Aboriginal Writers Gathering ; March 26, 2009
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Beverly Hungry Wolf
Description
Author reads from her collection of short stories, Daughters of the Buffalo Women. Duration: 20:20.
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[I'POYI Greg Scofield at the Nickle Arts]

Alternate Title
I'POYI Aboriginal Writers Gathering ; March 27, 2009
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gregory Scofield
Description
Presents poem, Prayer Song for the Returning of Names and Sons through song and spoken words. Duration: 16:17.
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[I'POYI Lee Maracle at the Nickle Arts]

Alternate Title
I'POYI Aboriginal Writers Gathering ; March 27, 2009
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lee Maracle
Description
Poet first reads a poem she wrote for Louis Owens and then a reading from Will's Garden. Duration: 16:10.
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[I'POYI Marilyn Dumont at the Nickle]

Alternate Title
I'POYI Aboriginal Writers Gathering ; March 27, 2009
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marilyn Dumont
Description
Poet reads her work The Devil's Language. Duration: 19:50.
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[I'POYI Sharron Proulx-Turner]

Alternate Title
I'POYI Aboriginal Writers Gathering ; March 27, 2009
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sharron Proulx-Turner
Description
Author reads from her book, She Walks for Days Inside a Thousand Eyes: A Two Spirit Story. Duration: 17:46.
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