Foreword: Going to Canada / Warren Cariou -- Code-Switching Humour in Aboriginal Literature / Kristina Fagan -- Tawinikewin / Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe -- The Time Tomson Highway Went to Mameek and Survived to Tell The Tale / Tomson Highway -- The Book That Affected Me The Most / Tomson Highway -- A Relevant Resonance: Considering the Study of Indigenous National Literatures / Daniel Heath Justice -- Toward a National Literature: 'a body of writing' / Lee Maracle -- Negotiating a Different Terrain: Geographical and Education Cross-Border Difficulties / Lorraine Mayer -- Cree Poetic Discourse / Neal McLeod -- Wachea / Duncan Mercredi -- Writing and Life / Duncan Mercredi -- My Grandfather's Face (a radio play) / Daniel David Moses -- April, Cheryl, and Me / Beatrice Mosionier -- Memory, History, and the Present / Simon Ortiz -- Writing Autobiographically: A Neglected Indigenous Intellectual Tradition / Deanna Reder -- Where the Voice Was Coming From / Armand Garnet Ruffo -- Native American Theory Class Room / Craig Womack -- From Orion to the Postindian: Vizenor's Movement Towards Postmodern Theory / Michael Snyder -- Louis Owens's Intervention in the World of the Novice Reader: Methodology and Native American Literary Criticism / Steven Sexton -- Tending to Ourselves: Hybridity and Native Literary Criticism / Niigonwedom James Sinclair -- A Conversation between Jeanette Armstrong and Hartmut Lutz / Jeannette Armstrong and Hartmut Lutz -- Talking Across Borders: An Interview with Greg Sarris / Greg Sarris and Kelly Burns -- Sitting Down to Ceremony: An Interview with Gregory Scofield / Gregory Scofield and Tanis MacDonald -- Living in a Time for Celebration: An Interview with Richard Van Camp / Richard Van Camp and Junko Muro.
Summary:
"Across Cultures/Across Borders is a collection of new critical essays, interviews, and other writings by twenty-five established and emerging Canadian Aboriginal and Native American scholars and creative writers across Turtle Island. Together, these original works illustrate diverse but interconnecting knowledges and offer powerfully relevant observations on Native literature and culture."--BOOK JACKET.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.