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Tales of a Nation: Interpretive Legal Battles in Rudy Wiebe's The Scorched-Wood People

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Therese Blanc
Canadian Literature, no. 177, Summer, 2003, pp. 34-54
Description
Argues that literary narratives provide readers with a sense of nation, unlike legal documents, citing Wiebe's book as providing such identity Métis peoples of the prairies. Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 34 to access article.
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Talking Turkey: Anxiety, Public Health Stories, and the Responsibilization of Health

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katherine Rossiter
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 46, no. 2, Special Issue: Finding Common Ground, Spring, 2012, pp. 178-195
Description
Comments on J. Edward Chamberlin’s belief in the formative power of story to be able to examine the role of public health narratives and their effect on daily bodily practices and experiences.
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Teaching Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron McFarland
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 16, no. 2, Autumn, 2001, pp. 139-147
Description
Explains how to approach teaching contemporary Native American literature by authors such as Sherman Alexie as opposed to mainstream literature.
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Telling about Bear in N. Scott Monaday's The Ancient Child

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alec Rekow
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Spring, 1997, pp. 149-164
Description
Examines use of the bear as a literary device with possibilities for human animal relations, transformations, and the bear's connections to the beginnings of literature.
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Telling Identities: Sherman Alexie's War Dances

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Wyman
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 237-255
Description
Comments on collection of stories and poems that ties diverse themes into one cohesive work.
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Text as Trickster: Postmodern Language Games in Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Blair
MELUS, vol. 20, no. 4, Maskers and Tricksters , Winter, 1995, pp. 75-90
Description
Argues that Chippawa author Gerald Vizenor's Darkness in Saint Louis Bearheart is radical and traditional at the same time and makes extensive use of oral tradition while employing postmodern narrative strategies within a written text.
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The Texts are Compelling: Introduction to This Issue

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Toby C. S. Langen
Bonnie Barthold
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 1-7
Description
Provides an introduction to an issue devoted to traditional literatures. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Thank You, Lavonne

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Siobhan Senier
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue: Honoring A. Lavonne Brown, Summer, 2005, p. 106
Description
Appreciation for the work of A. Lavonne Ruoff Brown in the field of Native American literary studies. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 106.
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The Theme of the Helping Hand in Winter in the Blood

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles G. Ballard
MELUS, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring, 1991, pp. 63-74
Description
Explores the work of Blackfeet author James Welch who presents Native American and Western humanistic cultures in equally forceful ways in order to have a meeting of the two worlds.
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"There is a Right Way"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phillip H. Round
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 2006, pp. 82-89
Description
Discusses the poetry within Blackfeet author James Welch's work Riding the Earthboy 40 as an influential American Indian literary work more than three decades after its publication. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 82.
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"This Story I Am Telling You Is True": Collaboration and Literary Authority in Mourning Dove's Cogewea

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda K. Karell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4, Autumn, 1995, pp. 451-465
Description
Literary criticism article that considers Humishuma’s (Mourning Dove, aka Christine Quintasket) novel; examines the ways that the text was influenced and edited by Humishuma’s friend and mentor Lucullus V. McWhorter.
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"This Woman Can Cross Any Line": Feminist Tricksters in the Works of Nora Naranjo-Morse and Joy Harjo

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristine Holmes
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 45-63
Description
Discusses how the characters provide the poets with a playful, sometimes painful, way of speaking about American Indian women’s experiences and encompasses both traditional beliefs and contemporary reality. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Thomas King: Works and Impact

Alternate Title
European Studies in North American Literature and Culture
E-Books
Author/Creator
Eva Gruber
Marta Dvorak
Reingard M. Nischik
Robin Ridington
Stuart Christie ... [et al.]
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Thoreau and the American Indians

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Bernard Hirsch
American Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, A New Look at Old Masters, Fall, 1978, pp. 106-107
Description
Book review of: Thoreau and the American Indians by Robert R. Sayre.
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Three New Canadian Plays

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Malcolm Page
Twentieth Century Literature, vol. 16, no. 3, 1970, pp. 203-206
Description
Examines Crabdance, Ectasy of Rita Joe and Colours in the Dark and discusses the state of English Canadian drama in 1970.
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Three Views of The Ancient Child

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Charles G. Ballard
Marie M. Schein
Helen Jaskoski
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1990, pp. 10-15
Description
Presents three book reviews of The Ancient Child by Scott Momaday: Planes of Reality: A Review by Charles G. Ballard Alienation and Art in The Ancient Child by Marie M. Schein The Ancient Child: A Note on Background by Helen Jaskoski Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Tombo-Chiqui: Or, the American Savage: John Cleland's Noble Savage Satire

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas L. Altherr
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 4, Autumn, 1985, pp. 411-420
Description
Reviews John Cleland's 1758 satirical play Tombo-Chiqui: or, The American Savage that reflected the noble ignorant savage stereotype prevalent in Europe during the eighteenth century.
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Tongue-Tied: Rhetoric and Relation in Louise Erdrich's Tracks

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sheila Hassell Hughes
MELUS, vol. 25, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2000, pp. 87-116
Description
Discusses the connection between oppressor and oppressed and suggests reading to understand both perspectives leads to evaluating one's own response and eithics.
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