Authors
[Elizabeth Cook-Lynn: A Separate Country Postcoloniality and American Indian Nations]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with an author who argues that American Indians continue to be "the most colonized folk on the planet".
Duration: 28:39
Elucidating Abstract Concepts and Complexity in Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine Through Metaphors of Quilts and Quilt Making
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah Weagel
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, 2007, pp. 79-95
Description
Examines the use of quilts and quilt making as a concept in Native American literature, such as incorporating quilts into metaphors that help illustrate more abstract ideas, like wholeness, or to clarify further the novel's structure and complexity.
The Emergence and Importance of Queer American Indian Literatures; Or, "Help and Stories" in Thirty Years of SAIL
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Tatonetti
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 4, Winter, 2007, pp. 143-170
Description
Comments on development of "two-spirited" themes in literature and subsequent commentaries on it.
Scoll to page 143 for article.
Empowerment through "Retroactive Prophecy" in D'Arcy McNickle's Runner in the Sun: A Story of Indian Maize, James Welch's Fools Crow, and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lori Burlingame
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 1-18
Description
Discusses how these contemporary authors affirm cultural survival through self-responsibility, adaptability, and oral traditions.
"EnCountering" Colonial Latin American Indian Chronicles: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala's History of the "New" World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ralph Bauer
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 2, Spring, 2001, pp. 274-312
Description
Article examines the journal of a 17th century Andean writer and its appropriation of European literary traditions as a means of subverting settler-imposed notions of history and making visible those histories kept by Indigenous peoples.
Encountering the More-Than-Human: Narration, Abjection and Pardon in Three Day Road
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Kathleen Moore
Journal Of Ecocriticism, vol. 2, no. 1, January 2010, pp. 67-80
Description
Looks at "the crucial link that Julia Kristeva makes between tradition and form-giving in respect of trauma and ethics" in Joseph Boyden's novel.
"The End" in James Welch's Novels
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron McFarland
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 3, Summer, 1993, pp. 319-327
Description
Illustrates how Blackfeet author James Welch uses small surprises, ambiguities, and arguable resolutions to end his novels, thus avoiding the open-and-shut case ending.
End in Tears: Understanding Grief and Loss in D’Arcy McNickle’s The Surrounded
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
January Lim
English Studies in Canada, vol. 35, no. 2-3, June/September 2009, pp. 145-164
Description
Looks at the identity conflicts affecting the main character, that of being torn between pursuing life within the context of white or Native tradition.
Envisioning a "Network of Tribal Connections": Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Dead
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Channette Romero
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 4, Fall, 2002, pp. 623-640
Description
Critical analysis of the author's second novel, "attempts to overcome the limitations of the American Indian Movement (AIM) by presenting readers with" characters with international alliances.
Ethnicity in Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ray Young Bear
James Mitsui
James McAuley
Alex Kuo
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
Phyllis Silver
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring, 1987, pp. 8-22
Description
Forum to discuss the legacy of culture and creative process which took place at the Eastern Washington University on May 6, 1987.
Ethnicity, Indian Identity, and Indian Literature
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alan Velie
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 1999, pp. 191-205
Description
Review of three books:
Postethnic America: Beyond Multiculturalism by David Hollinger.
That the People Might Live: Native American Literatures and Native American Community by Jace Weaver.
When Nickels Were Indians: An Urban Mixed-Blood Story by Patricia Penn Hilden.
Eulogy on William Apess: Speculations on His New York Death
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Warrior
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring, 2004, pp. 1-13
Description
Examines the circumstances surrounding the death of Pequot intellectual William Apess in 1839. He published an autobiography and five nonfiction books affirming Native American culture and identity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Europe's Indian, America's Jew: Modiano and Vizenor
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Boyarin
boundary 2, vol. 19, no. 3, 1492-1992: American Indian Persistence and Resurgence, Autumn, 1992, pp. 197-222
Description
Author contrasts fictions by genocide survivors, Patrick Modiano and Gerald Vizenor.
"Even Jesus Only Got Eleven Out of Twelve": The Legacy of Joe Couture's Work Within the Discipline of Native Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ross Hoffman
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 17-28, 187
Description
The author recounts some of the Cree Elder's contributions to the dissemination of Indigenous knowledge paradigms.
“An Evening’s Curiosity”: Image and Indianness in James Welch’s The Heartsong of Charging Elk
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tammy Wahpeconiah
Transmotion, vol. 2, no. 1 - 2, November 28, 2016, pp. 76-95
Description
Author examines how Welch’s novel reveals different elements of Indigenous identity, how those elements are negotiated by individuals, and the range of reactions demonstrated by society in response to Native American identities.
Evidently, I've Been a Good Boy
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Windspeaker, vol. 18, no. 7, 2000, p. 6
Description
Comments by the author on liiving with a cheerleader, the only Mohawk cheerleader in the Canadian Football League.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.6.
The Evolution of a Poem: An Interview with Tiffany Midge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tiffany Midge
Scott Andrews
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 208-222
Description
Andrews interviews Midge about her poem “The Woman Who Married a Bear.” Discussion covers symbolism, identity, and Midge’s writing process.
Excerpt From "Children of Fire, Children of Water: Memory and Trauma"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Simon J. Ortiz
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 4, Special Issue: In Honor of Simon J. Ortiz, pp. 9-11
Description
Writings from an ongoing project Children of Fire, Children of Water a work-in-progress in 2004.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 9.
The Exiled Native: Questions of Cultural Removal and Translocal American Indian Identity in Novels by Sherman Alexie and James Welch
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Philipp Kneis
Description
Accompanying material.
Presentation from the conference Postcolonial Translocations, Münster, May 21-24, 2009.
Exiled on Their Own Land: American Indian History in Literature
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allison Davis-White Eyes
Philipp Kneis
Description
Looks at several authors: Sherman Alexie, Janet Campbell Hale, Simon Ortiz, James Welch, and Gerald Vizenor.
Accompanying material.
Presentation compiled for conference Revisiting Indian Nations: Transatlantic and Transcultural Perspectives in Native American History, Tutzing, February 6-8, 2009.
Expanding Tribal Identities and Sovereignty through LeAnne Howe’s “Tribalography”
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Channette Romero
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 2, Tribalography, Summer, 2014, pp. 13-25
Description
Discusses how LeAnne Howe’s writing combines historic and contemporary cross-cultural interactions to bridge the gaps between sovereignty, issues of land and place, history, and culture.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 13.
Exploring a Cultural Borderland: Native American Journeys of Discovery in the Early Twentieth Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frederick E. Hoxie
Journal of American History, vol. 79, no. 3, Discovering America: A Special Issue, December 1992, pp. 969-995
Description
Discusses writers like Mourning Dove, Charles Eastman and Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) who all wrote about traditional Native American culture.
Facing the Fire: American Indian Literature and the Pedagogy of Anger
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffrey Berglund
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Winter/Spring, 2003, pp. 80-90
Description
Discusses the roots of Native American anger and suggests that rather than trying to avoid it, everyone involved should explore the causes and develop a true understanding of them.
The Facts of Fictional Magic: John Tanner as a Source for Louise Erdrichs's Tracks and The Birchbark House
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter G. Beidler
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, 2000, pp. 37-54
Description
Discusses sources of history and tradition, oral and written from Indigenous and non-Indigenous writings and their apparent influence.
Feather Boy's Promise: Sacred Geography and Environmental Ethics in D'Arcy McNickle's Wind from an Enemy Sky
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jay Hansford C. Vest
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 45-67
Description
Literary Criticism article in which the author examines the place-based and relational nature of Indigenous spiritual practices, and the treatment of these in the McNickle’s novel.