Authors

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2002.

Literary criticism article in which the author explores the different ways that knowledge is made, transferred, and protected in Indigenous literatures. Stresses the relational understandings of oral traditions and the resistance to colonial commodification by Indigenous writers.

Religion Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1997.

Discussion of shadow literature and the language of Indigenous poets and novelists could be the "new ghost dance literature," that is, literature that encourages survival.

Interview of a poet and playwright, about his work and choosen art form.

Native American writers such as Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, and Louise Erdrich, explore the role of traditional gambling practices in the modern world and the rise of high stakes reservation gambling.

Describes how Ojibwe author Gerald Vizenor uses the trickster element throughout the satirical narratives of Earthdivers on Native American oral traditions, even if the trickery is placed within the contemporary world.

Examines Gerald Vizenor's adaption of oral traditions into contemporary times through the use of the trickster characters in his stories.

English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1999.

Book review of: The Salt Companion to Diane Glancy edited by James Mackay. Scroll to page 107 to read article.

Book review of: The Salt Companion to Jim Barnes edited by A. Robert Lee. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 115.

Presents the rhetorical-poetic devices used in the coyote narratives told to Harry Hoijer in the 1930s; argues that oral literature is a living tradition and narrative voices contribute to genealogies.

Contends Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (1844?-1891) first Native American autobiographer, is often regarded as an assimilationist, which contradicts her championing Paiute and tribal survival.

Examines the controversial dismissal of Ward Churchill, a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Article states that authors of children's books often unintentionally, perpetuate racial stereotypes and reinforce negative images.

English Thesis (M.A.)--Mississippi State University, 1996.

Argues that rather than being an "Indian informant", Eastman tried to explain the complexity of American Indian cultural practices, while also making it clear that complete understanding was impossible.

Author disagrees with the prior critical readings of the text and argues that the novel presents a more nuanced depiction of the Salish – Jesuit relationship than the invader – invaded dichotomy that critics tend to read.

Comments on the accomplishments of Indigenous artists, writers, musicians and dancers and the honourable way in which they have led Aboriginal people. Article found by scrolling to page 5.

Author speaks about healing for indigenous peoples, including reclaiming ancient roads, roads their ancestors traveled on and roads "without borders."

Interview with Sherman Alexie regarding his novel, Indian Killer.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)-- Madurai Kamaraj University, 2012. Includes discussion of Maria Campbell's Halfbreed.

Comparative Literature Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2008.

Looks at the discrimination faced by the author due to her poverty and Métis roots.

Looks at what has happened in the 15 years since James Welch became known for his fiction and how many silenced Native Americans have now found a litrary voice.

Author examines Igloolik Isuma's film as a formal and deliberate illustration of Inuit legal culture, legal practitioners, and legal principles; argues that Isuma places these elements of the Inuit legal system in conversation with the systems of contemporary justice in Canada.

Brief profile of Tomson Highway and his award winning works. Article located by scrolling to page 13.

English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1968.

Essay looks into Child's evolving defense of Native American rights in her writings.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Washington University, 2011.

Discusses books published to coincide with the quincentenary, The Crown of Columbia by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich and The Heirs of Columbus by Gerald Vizenor.

English and Humanities Thesis--(Ph.D.) Stanford University, 1993.

Culture and Values in Education Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1998.

Book review of Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 89.

Interview with the playwright, whose works include: The Death of a Chief, Blade, , Job's Wife and A Marginal Man.

English Thesis (M.A.)--Iowa State University, 2004.

Literature and Communications Thesis (Ph.D.)--Université de Sherbrooke, 2002. Includes comparative analyses Halfbreed and In Search of April Raintree."

Looks at the interplay of observation, memory, dream, imagination, metaphor-making, and the spiritual and psychological responses to the landscape in the Pajarito Journals of Peggy Pond Church.

Critical analysis of the book's means of coping with modern hostility to cultural specificity, by first examining romantic and realist perspectives.

List of books, articles and other presentations, followed by a biographical and critical essay.

Book review of: Sherman Alexie: A Collection of Critical Essays edited by Jeff Berglund and Jan Roush. Scroll to page 123 to read article.

Comments on a prolific Native American author.

Supplemental website for book Sherman Alexie in the Classroom: "This is not a silent movie. Our voices will save our lives." by Heather E. Bruce, Anna E. Baldwin, Christabel Umphrey. Includes links to list of works, additional resources, and excerpts from essays about the author's work.

Author and poet discusses living "in between" mainstream and Native American culture, the consequences of tribalism, being bipolar, and social media. Duration: 39:19.

Comments on how, or if, Alexie's work is influenced by the oral tradition.

Contends that Sherman Alexie's novel Reservation Blues, uses the blues idiom to reflects Indigenous peoples cultures.

English Thesis (M.A.)--East Carolina University, 2010.

Language & Literature Thesis (M.A.)--University of Brussels, 2013.