Poetry

Discussion of poems, nonfiction and fiction works by Gerald Vizenor

Contends that Native Americans find language is a viable weapon that can protect cultural identity and sovereignty particularly through poetry.

Poem about the Stolen Generation regarding removal by authorities of five young children from a family and the efforts to recover them.

Examanation of the in-between, as a symbolic location, and the interrelationship among writing, interpreting, and identity. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Review article of: The World is as Sharp as a Knife: An Anthology in Honour of Wilson Duff edited by Donald N. Abbott.

Explores how the poet's work weaves "tribal" worldviews with those suggested by modern science. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Poem that deals with the 1862 removal of the Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota from their lands, their forced march to a concentration camp at Fort Snelling, and the execution of 38 men by the United States government following the “Sioux Uprising of 1862.”

[English] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2017. Refers to the works of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, Simon Pokagan, E. Pauline Johnson, and Alex Posey.

Bibliography of reviews of the work of Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris.

Explores historical memory and the violence of the Guatemalan civil war through workshops and sessions on trauma, healing, conflict, and loss.

Looks at four poetic texts: Arleen Paré's Lake of Two Mountains, Rachel Zolf's Janey's Arcadia, Rita Wong's undercurrent and Shane Rhodes's X.

Book review of: Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada edited by Jeanne Perreault and Sylvia Vance.

Memories the author has about growing up with ignorance and racism against Asian people, and how things have changed. Entire journal on one pdf. Scroll down to page 156 to read article.

A poem.

List of 400 works dealing with the theme of First Nations, as well as grade level and type of literature.