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The Owens Valley Epics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald Bahr
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, 2007, pp. 41-68
Description
Examination of Native American text that was presented orally to Alfred Kroeber by a Mojave person in 1902.
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The Owl and the American Indian

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eddie W. Wilson
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 63, no. 249, July-September 1950, pp. 336-344
Description
The owl and its significance to various tribes in story and legend is described.
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Owls: Images and Voices in the Ojibwa and Midewiwin Worlds

Alternate Title
Owls: Images and Voices in the Ojibwe and Midewin Worlds
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael M. Pomedli
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 45-62
Description
Examines stories, images, and voices of the owl in Anishinaabe culture and how these teachings (owl) influenced the signatories of Treaty Three.
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Parallel Voices: Indians and Others, Narratives of Cultural Struggle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gail Guthrie Valaskakis
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [283-296]
Description
Explores issues of representation and appropriation of culture with particular emphasis on women.
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Participatory Action Research and Researcher's Responsibilities: An Experience With an Indigenous Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Datta
Nyojy U. Khyang
Hla Kray Prue Khyang
Hla Aung Prue Kheyang
Mathui Ching Khyang ... [et al.]
International Journal of Social Research Methodology, vol. 18, no. 6, November 2015, pp. 581-599
Description
Looks at how the relational methodology was applied during a study conducted in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
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Paula Gunn Allen's Grandmothers: Toward a Responsive Feminist-Tribal Reading of Two Old Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Genie Babb
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 299-320
Description
Author examines both the text and its reception to offer a critical analysis of factors that affect the interaction between dominant and marginalized cultures including acts of appropriation on the part of reviewers, and the devaluing of oral literatures.
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Pawnee Star Lore

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alice C. Fletcher
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 16, no. 60, January-March 1903, pp. 10-15
Description
Focuses on mythology of the stars from the Ski-di people of the Pawnee.
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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
Description
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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Perspectives on the Soul and the Afterlife

Alternate Title
Papers From the American Indian Studies Section at the 2006 Western Social Science Association
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas J. Hoffman
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2006, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the western European and American Indian views on the soul and the afterlife. Access through table of contents.
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Peter Chamberlain Interview #2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Peter Chamberlain
David Stevenson
Agnes Chamberlain
Indian History Film Project
Description
Gives English translation of a number of Indian words.
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Peter Chamberlain Interview #4

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Peter Chamberlain
Agnes Chamberlain
David Stevenson
Indian History Film Project
Description
Gives Indian names for various geographical features; and discusses family relationships.
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Peter Chamberlain Interview #6

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Peter Chamberlain
Agnes Chamberlain
David Stevenson
Indian History Film Project
Description
Gives Indian names for certain geographical sites. Tells the story of a frog-like creature which can both infect and curea man.
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Pierre Harper 3 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Pierre Harper
Mary Mountain
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview of Mr. Harper that includes stories about the Lousy Ones and Scar Face.
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Pigeon Society 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
John Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview about various aspects of the Pigeon Society; the role of various members; women in the society; competing for wives; the Crow Carriers Society; the Brave Society including a story of a fight against the Cree when the enemy was scared away by the dancing of the Braves; and the Scaping dance.
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Pigeon the Outlaw: History as Texts

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Muecke
Alan Rumsey
Banjo Wirrunmarra
Aboriginal History, vol. 9, no. 1, 1985, pp. 81-100
Description
Presents two texts, that were recorded seven years apart, to illustrate the continuity of an Aboriginal oral tradition as held by a particular story-teller.
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Pihuaqtiuyugut: We Are the Long Distance Walkers

Alternate Title
The Living Literacies of Ulukhaktok: A Community-based Research Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Emily Kudlak
Alice Kaodloak
Cynthia Chambers
Helen Balanoff
Description
Transcriptions of Elders' oral histories of the Kangiryuarmiut's seasonal migration and culture, and description of the Ulukhaktok Literacy Research Project.
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The Plains Cree Grotowski

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Forsythe
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, 2001, pp. 355-366
Description
Reviews the creation of a theatre training methodology that uses the principles rooted in storytelling, sign language, pictographs and oral language.
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Plains Cree Tales

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alanson Skinner stories narrated by Kéné
Andrew and Jacob Bear.
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 29, no. 113, July-September 1916, pp. 341-367
Description
Stories from various Saskatchewan reserves, collected in the summer of 1913.
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Plains Indian Native Literatures

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas R. Parks
Raymond J. DeMallie
boundary 2, vol. 19, no. 3, 1492-1992: American Indian Persistence and Resurgence, Autumn, 1992, pp. 105-147
Description
Comments on two collections of Native American literature that developed due to contact between Native Americans and anthropologists.
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[Poetics and Politics 2011: Leslie Marmon Silko]

Alternate Title
Poetics and Politics Series ; Part 4
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Leslie Marmon Silko
Description
Author reads from her book Turquoise Ledge and talks about the history of the southwest. Duration: 1:27:29.
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[Poetics & Politics 2011: Dr. Franci Washburn]

Alternate Title
Poetics and Politics Series ; Part 3
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Franci Wahsburn
Description
Author speaks about storytelling and storytellers and reads from her novels, Elsie's Business and Sacred White Turkey. Duration: 1:05:28.
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Point of View in Kaska Historical Narratives

Theses
Author/Creator
Patrick James Moore
Description
Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2003. Documentation in the dissertation includes narratives by Alfred Caesar, Mary Charlie, Amos Dick, Mida Donnessey, Arthur John, Rose Johnston, Liza Magun, John Martin and others.
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Polyphony in Sámi Narratives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Coppélie Cocq
Journal of Folklore Research, vol. 45, no. 2, May-August 2008, pp. 193-228
Description
Study of Johan Turi's first novel Muitalus Sámiid Birra" published in 1910.
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Postmodern Bears in the Texts of Gerald Vizenor

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nora Baker Barry
MELUS, vol. 27, no. 3, Native American Literature, Autumn, September 2002, pp. [93]-112
Description
Discusses how author Gerald Vizenor's emphasis on the bear is explained by the animal's role as the renewer of Ojibwe life in Midewiwin ceremony.
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