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White Mountain Apache Texts

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 24, pt. 4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pliny Earle Goddard
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Forms part of the Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 24 (p.369-527).
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The Whole Past in a Yavapai Mythology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald M. Bahr
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 5, no. 2, 1981, pp. 1-35
Analyzes the myth cycles contained in corpus of 24 texts collected from Jim Stacey by E.W. Gifford.
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Why Bears are Good to Think and Theory Doesn't Have to be Murder: Transformation and Oral Tradition in Louise Erdrich's Tracks

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joni Adamson Clarke
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 1, Series 2 , Spring, 1992, pp. 28-48
Explores how Erdrich transforms her Chippewa oral traditions to create a female character who is able to transform between human and animal in her novel Tracks. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Why Bluejay Hops

Alternate Title
Why Blue Jay Hops
The Indian Reading Series: Stories and Legends of the Northwest ; Level 1, Book 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Coast Area Planning Committee

Children's book retells the Skokomish traditional story. Suitable for use with Grades K-5.

Related Material: Lesson Plan.

 

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Why No Iroquois Fiction?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jan Wojcik
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Spring, 1997, pp. 205-215
Examines the fragmentary nature of Native American literature and argues that the literature represents but a tiny fraction of Indigenous diversity and life.
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Wild About Harry Robinson

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alan Twigg
Contains autobiographical information about the storyteller from the Lower Similkameen Indian band in British Columbia and his collaborations with Wendy Wickwire that produced three volumes of stories: Write It on Your Heart, Nature Power, and Living by Stories.
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Windigo

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Grace L. Dillon]
Discusses various literary works by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal authors that use the Windigo character.
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"Winter in the Blood" as Elegy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nora Baker Barry
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2, A Special Symposium Issue on James Welch's , 1978, pp. 149-157
A discussion about death used in James Welch's Winter in the Blood through the main character's lamenting the loss of his loved ones.
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Wintu Myths

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.28, no.5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cora Du Bois
Dorothy Demetracopoulou
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 28, (pp279-403).
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Wiyot Grammar and Texts

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.22, no.1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gladys A. Reichard
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 22, (pp1-215).
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Wolverine Myths and Visions: Dene Traditions from Northern Alberta

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joanne B. Mulcahy
Prairie Forum, vol. 17, no. 2, Native Studies, Fall, 1992, pp. 364-366
Book review of: Wolverine Myths and Visions: Dene Traditions from Northern Alberta compiled by the Dene Wodih Society, edited by Patrick Moore and Angela Wheelock.
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Woman Looking: Revis(ion)ing Pauline's Subject Position in Louise Erdrich's Tracks

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Cornell
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 49-64
Examines the character of Pauline in Tracks and how the reader discovers how she becomes Sister Leopolda of Love Medicine. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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The Woman Who Fell from the Sky

Alternate Title
Iroquois Creation Myth
Documents & Presentations

Lengthier version of the traditional Haudenosaunee origin story about the Sky Woman.

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"The Word Is Sacred to a Child": American Indians and Children's Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clifford E. Trafzer
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Summer, 1992, pp. 381-395
Author summarizes, reviews, and compares several children’s literature books with Indigenous content, highlighting the elements of each book that contribute to a faithful or an inaccurate portrayal of the Indigenous peoples and cultures.
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Words, Worlds in Our Heads: Reclaiming La Llorona’s Aztecan Antecedents in Gloria Anzaldúa’s My Black Angelos

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Domino Renee Perez
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 3-4, Series 2; [Indigenous Intersections], Fall-Winter, 2003-2004, pp. 51-63
Explores Gloria Anzaldúa's use of the folkloric figure to demonstrate that completely embracing a culture may in fact be oppressive to women. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Xstine Cook and Spirit of White Buffalo

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allan Boss
Xstine Cook
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 144, Theatre in an Age of Eco-Crisis, Fall, 2010, pp. 42-47
Interview in which the artist discusses the development of her kinetic performance sculpture which won the “Best Western Entry” in the Calgary Stampede parade.
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Yaakwx': Canoes

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Douglas
Kitty Eddy
Shgen George
Kathy Nielson
Hans Chester ... [et al.]

Focuses on Tlingit language and culture. Lesson plan is for Grades 2-3.

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Yamǫ́rıa: The One Who Travels

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre

Yamǫ́rıa was a powerful man who helped the ancient Dene by destroying giant animals, separating animals from humans, and giving laws to enable the people to live together in harmony.

Website contains links to biographies of Dene Elders and recorded stories by them and Dene legends, laws and artwork.

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Yana Texts

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.9, no.1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Edward Sapir
Roland B. Dixon
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 9, (pp1-235).
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