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Q and A: Richard Wagamese on Being Homeless

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeremy Klaszus
Richard Wagamese
Fast Forward Weekly, July 16, 2009, p. [?]
Interview with the Ojibway columnist / novelist about his autobiographical work One Native Life.
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Ray A. Young Bear

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
David L. Moore
Includes biographical and critical essay of Ray A. Bear, list of his works and material about the author.
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Ray Young Bear's Cantaloupe Terrorist: Storytelling as a Site of Resistance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maureen Salzer
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 301-317
Literary criticism article which engages the text Black Eagle Child: The Facepaint Narratives. Author asserts that Young Bear’s narrative centers Mesquakie voices and perspectives and in doing so challenges mainstream perspectives.
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Re-Visions: An Early Version of The Surrounded

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgit Hans
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 2/3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 181-195
Provides a brief biography of Darcy McNickle and discusses the manuscript and published version of The Surrounded. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Reading Guides: Three Day Road

Alternate Title
A Conversation with Joseph Boyden
Articles » General
Introduction to Joseph Boyden's novel, and brief biography and interview with the author.
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Recalling the Gold Rush: Autobiography, History, and Robert W. Service

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Mitham
The Northern Review, no. 19, Special Klondike Issue, Winter, 1998, pp. 101-112
Discusses how the work The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance was somewhat of an autobiographical novel. Original pdf displays #18 Summer 1998 in header.
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The Reception of Indigenous Life Stories: The Case of The Days of Augusta

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Warley
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 45-71
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.
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Rereading Pauline Johnson

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carole Gerson
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 46, no. 2, Special Issue: Finding Common Ground, Spring, 2012, pp. 45-61
Article takes renewed look at the accomplishments of noted Canadian poet.
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Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kenneth Lincoln
John Purdy
Susan Scarberry-García
Robley Evans
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1993, pp. 86-100
Book reviews of: Native American Literatures edited by Laura Coltelli Alex Posey: Creek Poet, Journalist, and Humorist by Daniel F. Littlefield Sending My Heart Back Across the Years: Tradition and Innovation in Native American Autobiography by Hertha Dawn Wong Choteau Creek: A Sioux Reminiscence by Joseph Iron Eye Dudley Not First in Nobody’s Heart: The Life Story of a Contemporary Chippewa by Ron Paquin and Robert Doherty Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Steven Hoelscher
Michelene E. Pesantubbee
Jaye T. Darby
Thomas Maxwell-Long
Barbara Krauthamer
Peter Nabokov
Greg O'Brien
James A. Lewis
Sandra Baringer... [et al.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 141-186
Book reviews of: Beyond the Reach of Time and Change: Native American Reflections on the Frank A. Rinehart Photograph Collection edited by Simon J. Ortiz. Bringing Indians to the Book by Albert Furtwangler. A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children edited by Doris Seale and Beverly Slapin. Children of Coyote, Missionaries of Saint Francis: Indian-Spanish Relations in Colonial California, 1769–1850 by Steven W.
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Reviews: Arriving Amid A Herd of Horses [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 10, No. 3, Fall, 1998]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dean Rader
Robert J. Conley
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 3, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Almanac of the Dead, Fall, 1998, pp. 88-96
Book reviews of: Blue Horses Rush In by Luci Tapahonso. The Oklahoma Basic Intelligence Test: New and Collected Elementary, Epistolary, Autobiographical and Oratorical Choctologies by D. L. Birchfield. Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll down to appropriate page.
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REVIEWS [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 9, No. 4, Winter, 1997]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan B. Brill
Susan Castillo
Craig S. Womack
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. 80-100
Book reviews of: From the Glittering World: A Navajo Story by Irvin Morris. The Blue Jay’s Dance: A Birth Year by Louise Erdrich. Gerald Vizenor: Writing in the Oral Tradition by Kimberly M. Blaeser. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Richard Van Camp Interview by Judi Saltman

Alternate Title
Richard Van Camp Interview by Judi Saltman, Canadian Children's Illustrated Books Project: September 29, 2003 in Vancouver
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Judi Saltman
Richard Van Camp
Contains information about the author who grew up in Fort Smith and why he is happy he bypassed Canadian publishers and went straight to the US.
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Richard Wagamese: An Ojibway in Alberta

Alternate Title
Wild Words: Essays on Alberta Literature
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Frances W. Kaye
Follows the writer's career, first as a columnist with Windspeaker, then with the Calgary Herald and finally as a novelist. Discusses The Terrible Summer, Keeper 'n Me, A Quality of Light and for Joshua in relation to other Aboriginal authors' works. Chapter from the book Wild Words: Essays on Alberta Literature edited by Donna Coates and George Melnyk.
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Risen From the Dead: American Indian Mythmakers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russell Duncan
American Studies in Scandinavia, vol. 30, no. 2, 1998, pp. 50-59
Discusses two autobiographies: Wilma Mankiller's Mankiller: A Chief and Her People and Russell Mean's Where White Men Fear To Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means.
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Rita Joe

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Wikipedia
The Free Encyclopedia
Brief biographical sketch of the noted Mi'kmaq-Canadian poet and song writer (1932-2007), who has been referred as the Poet Laureate of the Mi'kmaq people.
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Ron Hamilton: "A Biography of Sorts"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Hamilton
BC Studies, no. 89, Spring, 1991, pp. 100-103
Ron Hamilton discusses how the creative skills of countless relatives influenced his youth; and lists the names passed down to him through the potlatch system, and their significance.
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Rough Ruoff, Pirate Fighter

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Willis Regier
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue: Honoring A. Lavonne Brown, Summer, 2005, p. 100
Reflects on A. LaVonne Ruoff Brown's career in the navy. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 100.
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[The Salt Companion to Jim Barnes]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ingrid Wendt
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 115-117
Book review of: The Salt Companion to Jim Barnes edited by A. Robert Lee. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 115.
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Sarah Winnemucca

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Author/Creator
Ruth Rosenberg
Biography of Sarah Winnemucca, noted autobiographer, author of: Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims
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Sarah Winnemucca: [Post]Indian Princess and Voice of the Paiutes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew S. McClure
MELUS, vol. 24, no. 2, Summer, 1999, pp. 29-51
Contends Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (1844?-1891) first Native American autobiographer, is often regarded as an assimilationist, which contradicts her championing Paiute and tribal survival.
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