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American Indian Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Hunter
MELUS, vol. 8, no. 2, Summer, 1981, pp. 82-85
Overview of works produced during the 1980s, as well predictions for the future.
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American Indian Literature: A Tradition of Renewal

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Nabakov
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 21-28
Discusses the effects of recording oral traditions in print form. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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American Indian Studies - Student Association

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ki-Shan Lara
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 23, no. 2, Fall, 2008, pp. 103-104
Examines the challenges of protecting Native American history while simultaneously nurturing the future.
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American Indian Women: Nurturing American Indian Cultural and Political Continuance

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christopher B. Teuton
NWSA Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, Summer, 2003, pp. 123-134
Book reviews of: Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary edited by Gretchen M. Bataille and Laurie Lisa, Sifters: Native American Women's Lives edited by Theda Perdue, Te Ata: Chickasaw Storyteller, American Treasure by Richard Green, Esther Ross: Stillaguamish Champion by Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown, Off the Reservation: Reflections on Boundary-Busting, Border Crossing, Loose Cannons by Paula Gunn Allen, Anti-Indianism in Modern America: A Voice from Tatekeya's Earth by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn.
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The American Indian Writer as a Cultural Broker: An Interview with N. Scott Momaday

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniele Fiorentino
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 4, Series 2; European Writings on Native American Literatures, Winter, 1996, pp. [61]-72
In the interview, the acclaimed author of House Made of Dawn, discusses, among other things, oral traditions as compared to the written word. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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[American Indians and Popular Culture]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Levin Arnsperger
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 262-265
Book review of: American Indians and Popular Culture: Vol. 1, Media, Sports and Politics, Vol. 2. Literature, Arts, and Resistance edited by Elizabeth DeLaney Hoffman.
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Angels of Light: A Mi'kmaq Myth in a New Archê

Alternate Title
Angels of Light: A Mi'Kmaq Myth in a New Arche
Angels of Light: A Micmac Myth in a New Archê
Angels of Light: A Mik'maq Myth in a New Archê
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer I. M. Reid
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, 2005, pp. 463-475
Essay on Charles H. Long's book, Alpha: The Myths of Creation focuses on the link between contemporary matters including Mi'kmaq knowledge, rights, the Treaty relationship and understandings about Kluskap (alt. sp. Koluskap, Glooskap).
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Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lisa M. Poupart
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 30, no. 2, Fall, 2015, pp. 140-143
Book review of Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being by Lawrence W. Gross.
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Annie Whitecalf 1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Annie Whitecalf
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Interview includes stories of traditional life including ceremonies, dances, burials, hunting, and spirits.
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Annie Whitecalf 2

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Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Annie Whitecalf
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Interview includes an assortment of stories about animals and animal omens, floods and the Legend of Sounding Lake.
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Annie York & Arthur Urquhart Interview #1

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Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Annie York
Arthur Urquhart
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview that tells of the arrival of Simon Fraser amongst the Thompson Indians. Annie York discusses the life of her grandfather and speaks at great length of her devotion to the Christian religion.
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Annie York & Arthur Urquhart Interview #2

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Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Annie York
Arthur Urquhart
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
An interview where they give general reminiscences of their lives. There is also mention of a legend concerning the creation of the sun and moon.
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Answering the Arrowmaker’s Challenge: Autobiography as a Model of American Indian Literary Nationalism in The Way to Rainy Mountain

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 7th, 2007
Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Stacy Pratt
N. Scott Momaday’s book is examined as an autobiographical form which strengthens interpretations of oral and written stories to form identities.
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Antoine Lonesinger 1 Interview

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Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Interview with the respected storyteller and singer Antoine Lonesinger. Interview includes the Legend of Cut Knife Hill and stories of BlackRock and Chokecherry Wood.
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Antoine Lonesinger 11 Interview

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Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Interview includes two stories: the first about a boy who saves a boy and wins a wife in the process; a second about a boy who upon returning to his band with a wife becomes chief.
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Antoine Lonesinger 12 Interview

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Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Archie Baptiste
Indian History Film Project
Antoine Lonesinger discusses different methods of earning a living that included making charcoal and lime. Also included is the story of a boy saved a camp from starvation with the help of the raven spirit.
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Antoine Lonesinger 13 Interview

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Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Archie Baptiste
Indian History Film Project
Interview includes stories about a ghost priest and a non-existent camp. Also included is a story of how a lame boy's skill as a medicine man won him a chieftainship and a wife.
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Antoine Lonesinger 14 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Archie Baptiste
Indian History Film Project
Interview includes a story of a woman, who when captured by enemy warriors betrays her husband and brothers to her captors and so brings about her death.
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Antoine Lonesinger 15 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Alphonse Baptiste
Indian History Film Project
Interview includes stories about a Cree band who avenged the killing of a young boy by the Blackfoot. He tells of his grandfather who helped a Cree raiding party find food.
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Antoine Lonesinger 2 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Interview includes stories of a Woods Cree who turned a Plains Cree son-in-law into a bone spirit and the revenge that came from that.
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Antoine Lonesinger 3 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Alphonse Littlepoplar
Indian History Film Project
Interview with Antoine Lonesinger, who tells stories of escapes from Blackfoot and the use of spirits and evil powers.
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Antoine Lonesinger 6 Interview

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Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Indian History Film Project
Interview with Mr Lonesinger who tells stories of Indian agents both good and bad. He also tells of the Battle of the Cut Knife Hill and the banning of the Sundance.
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Antoine Lonesinger 7 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Indian History Film Project
Interview includes stories of attacks on women by Blackfoot and Cree raiders. It also includes the story of the acquisition of the Sioux Dance (or Grass Dance) from the bone grass spirits.
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Antoine Lonesinger 9 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Antoine Lonesinger
Indian History Film Project
Interview includes the stories of a raid on the Blackfoot and the struggle for supremacy between two medicine men. (Transcribed by J. Greenwood)
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Apelles’s War: Transcending Stereotypes of American Indigenous Peoples in David Treuer’s The Translation of Dr. Apelles

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Yost
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 2, Summer, 2010, pp. 59-74
Discusses the variety of styles used in two stories and how they are intertwined to achieve self-realization, not by adopting the styles but by transcending them. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 59.
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Appropriation of Aboriginal Oral Traditions

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cynthia Callison
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Issue: Material Culture in Flux: Law and Policy of Repatriation of Cultural Property, 1995, pp. 165-181
Discusses various aspects of appropriation: historical and modern methods, justifications given, political implications, current legal framework and proposals for protection.
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April Brings New Beginnings

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, April 1, 2002, p. B1
Tells the generational story of the brothers responsible for the four seasons.
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