Explores contemporary fiction by Native American authors, a body of work filled with imagery of both traditional tribal and mainstream American cultures. Native American fiction demonstrates the capacity of this literature to reflect the dynamics of American Indian cultural survival in the face of the objectification forced on the culture by the…

Explores what it means to be an American Indian in an era in which nearly half of the identifiable Indians live off the reservations and in urban areas. As the principal definition of "Indian-ness" today, the issue of blood quantum leads to misunderstandings. Being an Indian, to the author, is being a person connected to a tribe. (SLD)

Provides an annotated bibliography of photo essays about Native American children, including some examples from the indigenous populations of Latin America. Most have been written by "outsiders," and most are intended to show non-Native children about native cultures. Includes individual titles and series. (SLD)

This article describes films included in the Native Forum of the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. The forum was created to give Native filmmakers a chance to express a Native point of view, with the hope that such a forum will eventually become unnecessary. The article includes background information, plot summaries, comments, and contact information…

Discusses linguistic imperialism, race, tribal nations, and representation as themes in debates over racial difference and inequity in education, challenging the boundaries of manufactured ethnocentric ethnic images, creating English words to best express a multicultural voice, and highlighting the need to move from terms like Indians and Native…

Reviews four periodicals with multicultural emphases: (1) "Theater," which contains articles about multicultural theater; (2) "The Diversity Factor," which considers institutional exclusion of some groups; (3) "Native Wind: Good News for Native People," a newspaper providing information about Native American…

Reviews independent multicultural films and videos shown at the Sundance Film Festival, January 1997. The festival included a special symposium and reception honoring Native American writers and filmmakers. This article reviews 4 Native American videos and 10 other multicultural films the author was able to see, and it lists other noteworthy…

Presents bibliographic references for juveniles on multicultural books involving historical atlases, annotated bibliographies, encyclopedic guides, and dictionaries on various diverse cultures. Books were published from 1992 through 1994. (GLR)