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Indians in Indian Fiction: The Shadow of the Trickster

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan R. Velie
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4, Autumn, 1984, pp. 315-329
Examines the protagonists and use of the trickster archetype in Indigenous author's fictional stories. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn and James Welch's Winter in the Blood and The Death of Jim Loney are the novels examined.
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Inside the Machine: Indigeneity, Subversion, and the Academy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Greyeyes
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 4, Indigenous Performance 2, Winter, 2014, pp. 1-18
Script for performative keynote address given at In the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization symposium held at Royal Holloway College/University Notre Dame in London October 25, 2013. Scroll down to page 1 to read performed essay.
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Interview with Marie Clements

Alternate Title
Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library
Native Theater Festival Interview Series
Native Theatre Festival Interview Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marie Clements
Tom Pearson
Actress, writer and director discusses her work with the play The Conversion of Ka`ahumanu by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl. Duration: 8:30.
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[King Lear]

Alternate Title
Hinterviews ; no. 7, 2011-12
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Peter Hinton
Suzanne Keeptwo
Interview with the director of Aboriginal adaptation of Shakespeare's play. Duration: 44:27.
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King Lear

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Keeptwo
Study guide for an Aboriginal adaption which places the play in the context of relations between the British Crown and the First Nations of Canada in the 17th century.
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Kneading Marie Clements' Burning Vision

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theresa J. May
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 144, Theatre in an Age of Eco-Crisis, Fall, 2010, pp. 5-12
Author relates her experiences while staging the eco-drama which focuses on Clements' familial connection to the Great Bear Lake Region in the Northwest Territories, as well as uranium mining in the region.
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Laguna Symbolic Geography and Silko's "Ceremony"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edith Swan
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 229-249
Looks at the journey spiritual of Leslie Silko's protagonist Tayo through a Laguna symbolic world created by the Spider Women character. Laguna Pueblo is located in northwestern New Mexico.
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Lill in Review: A Working Bibliography

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelley Newman
Sherrill Grace
Theatre Research in Canada, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2000
Bibliography for Canadian playwright Wendy Lill
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Living Voices Native Vision: Study Guide

Alternate Title
Native Vision Bibliography
Native Vision: Study Guide
Living Voices Native Vision Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Living Voices
Guide for play by Rachel Atkins, which focuses on a girl's experiences at a government-run boarding school and her cousin's role as a "code talker" during World War II. Includes integration and supplemental drama activities. Bibliography.
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Murdered and Missing Women: Performing Indigenous Cultural Memory in British Columbia and Beyond

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Dickinson
Theatre Survey, vol. 55, no. 2, May 2014, pp. 202--232
Focuses on the anniversary production of The Ecstasy of Rita Joe directed by Yvette Nolan and the work of Marie Clements and Rebecca Belmore in terms of the way they challenge mainstream representations of the women as expendable victims.
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Native Acts: Indian Performance, 1603-1832

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
C. Richard King
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 3, 2013, pp. 152-153
Book review of: Native Acts edited by Joshua David Bellin and Laura L. Mielke. Review located by scrolling to page 152.
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Native American Drama: A Critical Perspective

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Julie Pearson-Little Thunder
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 161-162
Book review of: Native American Drama: A Critical Perspective by Christy Stanlake.
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The Oklahoma Plays of R. Lynn Riggs

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phyllis Cole Braunlich
World Literature Today, vol. 64, no. 3, Centennial Issue, Summer, 1990, pp. 390-394
Discusses works by famous playwright from Oklahoma, best known for the play Green Grow the Lilacs in 1931.
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Old Song, Rough Music: The Shivoree Politics of Lynn Riggs's Green Grow the Lilacs

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jenna Hunnef
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 28, no. 3, Fall, 2016, pp. 1-22
Discusses the play's treatment of lawlessness and racial violence in Oklahoma prior to it achieving statehood as expressed in the ritual of the shivoree, which was used to show community disapproval of an inappropriate marriage.
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Paul Simon Money

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Terese Mailhot
Transmotion, vol. 2, no. 1 - 2, November 28, 2016, pp. 131-135
Creative prose piece in which the author describes her mother’s role in the creation of Paul Simon’s play The Capeman.
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Performing Worlds into Being: Native American Women's Theater edited by Ann Elizabeth Armstrong, Kelli Lyon Johnson, and William A. Wortman.

Native American Drama: A Critical Perspective by Christy Stanlake.

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Katherine Young Evans
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 136-139
Book reviews of: Performing Worlds into Being edited by Ann Elizabeth Armstrong, Kelli Lyon Johnson, and William A. Wortman. Native American Drama by Christy Stanlake. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 136.
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"Ponteach": The First American Problem Play

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marilyn J. Anderson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 3, Autumn, 1977, pp. 225-241
An analysis of the eighteenth century play about Pontiac written by Robert Rogers.
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Preface: A Symposium Issue

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen M. Sands
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 1-5
An introduction to the papers presented regarding Laguna Pueblo writer Leslie Marmon Silko's novel Ceremony.
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The Psychological Landscape of "Ceremony"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paula Gunn Allen
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 7-12
An examination of the Ceremony's main character Tayo mental struggles and its representation of Indigenous cultures connection to land.
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Rose

Alternate Title
Twentieth Century North American Drama
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tomson Highway
Musical, with the Wasaychigan Hill Reserve of 1992 as the background, features a multitude of characters named Rose. Originally published byTalonbooks, Vancouver, BC, 2003.
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Storytelling and Strength: Voices from Indigenous Theatre in Canada

Alternate Title
Big Thinking Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Margo Kane
Sylvia Cloutier
Corey Payette
Panelists discuss theatre as an expression of identity and cultural practice, how personal experience is interwoven in their projects, and how their work manifests their connections to their homelands and ancestral knowledges.
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