Authors

Interview with the author of Ravensong , Sundogs and Bobbie Lee.

Commentary includes: From the Editors by Helen Jaskoski and Robert M. Nelson On the Creation of ASAIL: Comment and Response by Larry Evers Response to Larry Evers by Arnold Krupat Hillerman Again from the SSILA Newsletter American Indian Studies Series "Returning the Gift": A Native American Writers Festival Letters to the Editor by Bob Reising, Charles G. Ballard, Toby C. S. Langen and Ellen Nore Coming Attractions Call for Papers on Early Written Literature Entire issue on one PDF.

Author offers criticism on Dobyns’ analysis and use of archival resources in his article " Sixteenth-Century Tusayan," published in AIQ 15:2. Dobyns responds to the author’s criticism in " Superhuman Hearing, Superhorses, and Miraculous Maize."

Book review of: The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast by Lisa Brooks. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 96.

Book review of: The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast by Lisa Brooks.

English Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2011.

Author examines the inter-generational quality of Salisbury’s last collection of stories, The Indian Who Bombed Berlin, discusses the ongoing grief surrounding stories of the Trail of Tears, and its relationship to Salisbury's own experiences as a soldier in World War II.

Book review of Companion to James Welch's "The Heartsong of Charging Elk" edited by Arnold Krupat.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2007.

Examines the primitive race concept in Elkin's writings of the 1930s.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003.

Editorial article by the guest editor of the “Empowerment Through Literature” special issue addresses key themes and concerns of the articles contained therein.

Adds to the debate about Sherman Alexie's work by arguing that his work is subversive rather than complicit.

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

Article examines the work of Fred Gone and Mark “Rex” Flying and their use of the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) to collect and share the stories of the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine communities in Montana in order to tell the histories of their peoples.

Literary criticism article discusses themes of survivance and transmotion in Vizenor’s (1978) and Jones’ (2000) debut novels, considers contexts of postmodernism and carceral theory, and the generational difference between the two authors.

Focuses on three autobiographies: How Should I read These? Native Women Writers in Canada by Helen Hoy, Tiger's Eye by Inga Clendinnen and My Skull by Antjie Krog.

Book review of: Contact Zones edited by Katie Pickles and Myra Rutherdale. To access this review, scroll to page 102

Book review of: Contact Zones: Aboriginal and Settler Women in Canada's Colonial Past edited by Katie Pickles and Myra Rutherdale.

Author explores the different characteristics and purposes of storytelling, comparing Indigenous and Western traditions, oral vs written storytelling, and the different cultural values that are embedded in the stories.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--St. John's University, 1998.

Argues that Jim Loney's life symbolizes a regeneration of Aboriginal American culture. This article was originally published as "Finding Common Ground: Re-Examining the Theme of Renewal in James Welch's The Death of Jim Loney" in South Dakota Review vol. 40, no. 4, (winter 2002) at pages 67-87. For article enter title above (Finding Common Ground) in Gale's "Basic Search."

Analyzes the attempt by Momaday to combine traditional Native American personal narratives with contemporary versions from their white education.

Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza, 2012.

English and American Studies Thesis (B.A.)--Univerzity Palackého, 2010.

Looks at one way to cross the cultural boundary in Native literature by examining the purpose of author Maria Campbell, in Halfbreed, Beatrice Culleton, in In Search of April Raintree, and Lee Maracle, in I Am Woman. Entire journal on one pdf. Scroll down to page 124 to read article.

Author critically examines printed text versions of Chief Seattle’s speech, considers how factors of historical context, translation from oral performance to written text, and intended audience might influence the retelling and meaning of the speech.

Discusses two novels by Louise Erdrich, Lone Wolf and Tracks and Four Souls to show losses in socio-economic, familial, spiritual and tribal life.

Character analysis reflects the author's interest in the continuing struggle of Native Americans to survive and maintain their culture.

[Literature] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 1994.

Comments on e-mails, phone calls and a luncheon meeting that spanned over three years with Native American author David Treuer. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 47.

Interview focuses on the significance of poetry and other works by Diane Glancy, a Native American poet, playwright, essayist, and fiction writer.

Interview with the actor/writer focuses on his role in the film version of Sherman Alexie's Smoke Signals. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Author, Brooks, discusses new book, Our Beloved Kin, with interviewer, Cohen. Brooks's book offers an Indigenous Perspective on King Philip's War, its scope, and its impact.

Interview with a poet who merges politics and poetry in her work.

Interview with the author of Lakota Woman and Ohitika Woman.

Interview centers around the use of different languages in writing. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Interview with guest editor Simon Ortiz

Book review of: Conversations with Sherman Alexie edited by Nancy J. Peterson.

Analyzes Linda Hogan's book The Woman Who Watches Over the World.

An examination of portrayals of Indigenous peoples in fictional writings and how they reflected the prejudices of the time and helped to perpetuate stereotypes.

Discusses a series of books for children which critics and scholars see as a cultural counterpoint to Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books.

Literary criticism article in which the author considers the role of the trickster Coyote in King’s novel Green Grass, Running Water; highlights the ways that the character and by extension the text subvert mainstream narratives and expectations.

Argues that Coyote represents experience since European contact and the dual consciousness of people who are undaunted by mainstream institutions.

Looks at a special version of the indirect free style discourse know as style indirect libre.

Literary criticism article (from a conference paper) which uses the text Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King to illustrate the conversation narrative style of many Indigenous authors.

Confronts the stereotypes that European culture has created about Native American people and the negotiation of identity.

Book review of: Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo. Review located by scrolling to page 131.

Contends that Welch's work can elaborate a postmodern understanding of experience and culture in support of identity.