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Direct linkRice, Mary Frances, Ed.; Dallacqua, Ashley K., Ed. – Advances in Research on Teaching, 2021
"Luminous Literacies" shares examples of teachers and educators using local knowledge to illustrate literacy engagement and curriculum-making through scholarly accounts of experiences in teacher preparation courses, classrooms, and other community spaces in New Mexico. This edited collection includes chapters focusing on the teaching of…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, Indigenous Populations, American Indian Students, Culturally Relevant Education
Millman, Lawrence, Ed. – Northeast Indian Quarterly, 1991
These seven tales were collected in Davis Inlet, Labrador, during 1987-88 from the Naskapi, the most traditional of the Algonquin-speaking Indians. The tales describe origins or illuminate morals, several feature Tchakapesh, a hero-trickster. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, Canada Natives, Tales
Vizenor, Gerald, Ed. – 1989
Native American literary works have often been ignored by serious critics or examined by social scientists in ways that rob them of their effectiveness as works of art. The emphasis of postmodern theory on the creative power of language, on narrative discourse, and on signs and semiotics allows an original and perceptive approach to Native…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, American Indians, Essays, Literary Criticism
Ruoff, A. LaVonne Brown, Ed.; Ward, Jerry W., Jr., Ed. – 1990
This book is a collection of essays which provide starting points for a redefinition of American literary history based on a multiethnic and multiracial, rather than European, theory of culture. After an introduction by the editors, essays in the book are: "The Literatures of America: A Comparative Discipline" (Paul Lauter);…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, Black Literature, Cultural Pluralism, Literary History
Sanders, Thomas E.; Peek, Walter W. – 1976
From ancient stories of creation to contemporary poetry and prose, this volume ranges through thousands of years of the literature of the American Indian. Chapter One of the book deals with pre-Columbian religions and features accounts of the Creation by the Cheyenne, Navajo, Omaha, Yakima, Zuni, and Uitoto. Chapter Two has as its theme folk…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Anthologies
Noether, Lauren, Ed.; LaFromboise, Mary Ellen, Ed. – 1979
Ghost stories are universal. They are told and heard in different cultures throughout the world. They generally center around an incident or experience that is true, but that cannot be explained as an everyday occurence. True but unexplained experiences on the Blackfeet Reservation are told and retold in the winter months. In contemporary…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
Tall Bull, Henry; Weist, Tom – 1971
The book takes its title from the first of nine Northern Cheyenne folk tales, illustrated by Indian children in grades 2-8. The stories are: "The Turtle Went to War" about a turtle who makes war on the Indians and takes two scalps; "The Cat", explaining why cats eat first and wash later; "The Frog and the Watersnake",…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, Childrens Literature
Old Coyote, Sally; Toineeta, Joy Yellowtail – 1971
Part of the Montana Council for Indian Education's Indian Culture Series, the book contains six folk stories recorded on reservations and by headstart teachers. The stories are: "The Owl", a Gros Ventre tale; "How the Robin Got a Red Breast", from the Flathead Tribe; "Old Man Coyote and the Wild Geese", a Crow Indian…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, Childrens Literature
Thornton, Russell, Ed. – 1998
Based on a conference, this volume examines the past, present, and future of Native American studies. Native American studies seeks to understand Native Americans, America, and the world from a Native American indigenous perspective, and thereby broaden the education of both Native and non-Native Americans. Part 1 asks who Native Americans are…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Languages, American Indian Literature
Rides At The Door, Darnell Davis, Comp. – 1979
Napi stories have been passed down from generation to generation in the Blackfeet Nation. All Blackfeet people knew of Napi, from the serious side of his creation to the foolish and spiteful deeds he performed. At one time it is said that Napi could talk with all living things--the animals, plants, rocks, everything. He teased, pulled pranks, many…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, American Indians
Eigenbrod, Renate, Ed.; Episkenew, Jo-Ann, Ed. – 2002
This book contains 13 essays on Canadian Aboriginal literature. Topics include literary criticism, pedagogical issues, and the experiences of Native authors and of faculty teaching Aboriginal literature in mainstream institutions. Entries are: (1) "Natives on Native Literature: What Do We Rightly Write? Or: Shot Headfirst from the Canon"…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, American Indian Studies, Authors, Canada Natives
Peer reviewedReddish, Jennifer Gray; And Others – Tribal College, 1995
Includes the following essays on American Indian history: "Imagining Indians in Selma," by Jennifer Gray Reddish; "A Journey Inwards and Backwards," by Lily Boyce; "The Chief's Journey into the Spiritland to Bring Back His Wife," a Winnebago myth retold by David Smith; and "Battle or Massacre?" by Harold Sorkness. (MAB)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Literature, American Indians
Download full textRoberts, David H., Ed.; And Others – 1992
This compilation presents materials associated with the 5-week summer session of the Samford University Writing Project, 1992. The compilation begins with curriculum vitae of staff, teacher consultants, and guest speakers. The compilation also presents lists of group and committee members and daily logs written in by participants in a wide variety…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Friendship
Gilliland, Hap – 1976
An anthology of 30 short poetry and prose selections by and about American Indians tries to show what it is like to be an Indian in today's world. In addition to material by Hap Gilliland, Arthur Chapman, Mayme E. Finley, Jack Fiddler, and excerpts from Christopher Columbus' account to Ferdinand and Isabella, items are included by: Duke Redbird…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Literature
Gingras, Louie – 1975
Eleven short stories from the life of Louie Gingras, an 82-year-old Kootenai Indian, illustrate many aspects of Indian culture. Accompanied by black and white drawings, ths stories describe daily life, mission schools, the Carlisle Indian School, Indian medicine, discipline for children, spiritual powers, beliefs, and several ceremonies. The book…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, Childrens Literature
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