Looks at literacy and educational strategies, teaching literacy to Aboriginal learners and indigenizing the educational process.

Comments on the ability of the Massachusett people of the Algonquian language group to adapt so that their words and ways could survive.

Contends that since early "autobiographies" were a collaboration between Aboriginals and Europeans, they are distorted and fail to convey the true essence of the personal narrative, which is an oral tradition.

[English Literature] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Temple University, 2014.

Relates the importance of unspoken as well as spoken communication in the art of storytelling.

Looks at a chapter from the book, The Last Woman From Cache Creek: Conversations with Mabel McKay. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Missinippi Crees of northwestern Manitoba tell of an ancient 'races' or peoples. Article examines how this story has changed in modern times.

Sets the work in the context of the rise of print culture and Aboriginal concerns about using it to convey accounts which had traditionally been delivered orally.

Examines the cultural and social accuracy of two Native American picture-books.

Discusses the unauthorized use of the the Quileute Tribe name and creation story in the movie and the lack of copyright protection for creation stories.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2012.

Focuses on the effect financial/material pressures had on the work of the poet, E. Pauline Johnson, who had to rely solely on publication as a means of earning her living.

Looks at the challenges of publishing in the Sámi languages; the foundation of Sámi literature from oral tradition to written language; early Sámi authors; the Sámi Writers’ Association; and the emergence of Sámi publishing houses. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 42.

Explores topics such as locating self and practice, Indigenous worldviews and pedagogies, ethical approach and relational protocols, colonization framework in Canada, and building an Indigenous practice. Related material: Foundations. Guides for: Leaders and Administrators. Curr

Story tells of the purchase of a Native Copper by the Tsimshian chief Wasaiks.

Discusses examples of intellectual and aesthetic practices in Hawaiian literature that layer cultural and historic ideologies within deeper meanings and themes important to Hawaiian culture.

Book review of: Q'sapi by Shirley Louis.

Examines the use of Indigenous storytelling to regain ancestral memories and restore cultural identity.

Looks at how Kahkewaquonaby (Peter Jones), Kahgegagahbowh (George Copway), and William Whipple Warren engaged with questions of Native American origins differently and constructed and disseminated answers to these dilemmas.

Explores the inspiration of the symbols of water and the water god shown in Erdrich's Love Medicine and Tracks. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Book review of: Qulirat Qanemcit-Ilu Kunguvarcimalriit, Stories for Future Generations edited by Ann Fienup-Riordan, translated by Sophie Shield.

Book review of: A Radiant Curve by Luci Tapahonso. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 125.

Book review of: A Radiant Curve: Poems and Stories by Lee Shenandoah Vasquez.

Book review of: Radiant Days: Writings by Enos Mills edited by John Dotson. Click on link to read review.

Native American Studies (M.A.)--Montana State University, 2004.

Book review of: Rainy River Lives: Stories Told by Maggie Wilson compiled and edited by Sally Cole.

Looks at how Ray Young Bear transformed oral traditions into poetry. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Discussion on cultural reclamation and Indigenous ways of knowing within the Western academy.

Discusses various Indigenizing approaches to research including concepts of actualizing, regeneration of cultures and communities, and sustainable self-determination.

Author contends that contemporary writers, orators and artists continue to use narrative traditions but in new settings employing new technologies.

Examines the value of storytelling in facilitating cultural spaces, connecting the past with the future, and resolving historical injustices.

Comments on a novel that uses oral storytelling techniques to follow a journey of personal re-creation and a spiritual connection with the land.

Book review of: Reading Beyond Words edited by Jennifer S.H. Brown and Elizabeth Vibert. To read this review, scroll down to page 107.

Book review of: Reading Beyond Words: Contexts for Native History edited by Jennifer S. H. Brown and Elizabeth Vibert.

Book review of: Ethnic Literary Traditions in American Children's Literature edited by Michelle Pagni Stewart and Yvonne Atkinson.

Readings from key authors: N.Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, James Welch, Sherman Alexie and Linda Hogan.

Review essay of, They Write Their Dreams on the Rock Forever: Rock Writings in the Stein River Balley of British Columbia by Annie York, Richard Daly and Chris Arnett.

Describes the content of the Hopi film and analyzes it in terms of five elements: time, textual inserts, visual track, soundtrack, and film techniques. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Interview with Elder working at the University of British Columbia First Nations House of Learning.

Book review of: The Flying Tiger: Women Shamans and Storytellers of the Amur by Kira Van Deusen. Review in French.

A list of Indigenous-related theses and dissertations 1997, 2002-2003, alphabetical by author.

Discussses the ethical, political, and aesthetic issues surrounding the narrative exchange and the writing and editing process of Indigenous life stories. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 45.