MS 1 – JEANNE SMITH COLLECTION
 
GROUP  4 – CLASS FILES & STUDENT RESEARCH PAPERS, ca. 1970-1996

 

BOX 9

 

Folder: 1     File Title: American Indian Literature: Newsletter                                   File Number: 1

Contents: “Newsletter of the Association for Study of American Indian Literatures” – v. 2 #1-4, v. 3 #1, v. 4 #1-4, v. 6 #3-4
“The Teacher of Modern American Indian Writing As Ethnographer and Critic” by Jerold Ramsey, 1979
“Native American Authors Distribution Report,” Summer 1990
“Native American Literature in an Ethnohistorical Context” by Michael Dorris
“Teaching Contemporary Native American Literature” by Mary Sasse
“American Indian Literatures: Past and Present” from N.E.H. Summer Seminar for College Teachers, 1979
“Rediscovering Native American Literature” by Jerold Ramsey, 1984

 

Folder: 2     File Title: “Seeds of Change, 1991-92: Columbus Quincentennial”          File Number: 2
Contents: Articles and notes covering Columbus and his impact, including a special issue of Newsweek magazine on the topic.
 
Folder: 3         File Title: Native American Literature: Bibliographies, 1995                File Number: 3
Contents: Native American bibliographies from A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff for High School teachers and students and for Elementary and Middle School teachers and students.
 
Folder: 4     File Title: Janet Campbell Hale      File Number: 4
Contents: Overview of the life and work of Coeur d’Alene
novelist, poet, essayist, and autobiographer Janet Campbell Hale, from the journal Native North American Literature, 1994.
 
Folder: 5      File Title: AIHEC Conference, 1995     File Number: 5
Contents: Knowledge Bowl registration materials for 1995 American Indian Higher Education Consortium Conference in Duluth, MN.
 
Folder: 6           File Title: English 113 Research Paper Competition (1 of 2)             File Number: 6
Contents: “Fighting Environmental Pollution” by Donnie Featherman, 1996
                  “The Invisible Rays” by John McCrimmon, n.d.
                  “Child Abuse” by Linda Dixon and Thomas Gray, 1993
                  “Many Barriers Challenge Today’s Native American Student” by Dee Lefthand, 1994
                  “Allergies” by Kim Rickard, 1993
                  “Gangs” by Debbie Tobacco, 1994
                  “Native American Religion” by unknown, 1994
                  “Why Do Indian Students Drop Out of College?” by Sandy Flye, 1994
                  “Women In Combat” by Francine Charging Crow, 1993
                  “College Education for the Native American Is On the Upswing” by Barb Ireland, 1991
                  “Children: Life or Death in the Hands of an Adult” by Marina Eagle Elk, 1993
                  “Child Abuse” by Jeannette Lays Hard, 1993
 
Folder: 7           File Title: English 113 Research Paper Competition (2 of 2)             File Number: 7
Contents: “Crazy Horse: Mystic Warrior” by Wendy Backs, 1991
                  “Will the Rainforest Survive; If Not, Will We?” by Cecilia Big Goose, 1992
                  “Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Its Impact On the Indian Community” by Mary Waters, 1991
                  “Attention Deficit Disorder: An Overview” by Kathleen Satterlee, 1991
                  “Fetal Alcohol Syndrome” by unknown, 1991
                  “External Salvation: Addictive Relationships” by Deb Carpenter, 1991
                  “Sexual Abuse of Children” by Janice Johnson, n.d.
                  “Children and Waunsila Winyan in Comparison” by Verola Mills, 1991
                  “The Failure of the Colleges To Understand the Indian Student” by Wayne Whirlwind Horse, 1991
 
Folder: 8               File Title: Indian College Students – A Resource Guide                File Number: 8
Contents: “Pine Ridge Agency Summary: Aberdeen Area Achievement Study” by Sandra Fox, BIA Education, 1985
                  “Basic Achievement in Aberdeen Area Schools” by BIA, ca. 1981
                  “Pine Ridge High School Drop-out Survey” by Tom Allen, 1985
                  “In a Barren Land, a Tribal College Flourishes” from The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 6, 1988, Vol. 34 #30
                  “That These People May Live: Conditions Among the Oglala Sioux of the Pine Ridge Reservation” by Eileen Maynard and Gayla Twiss, 1970, pg. 81-91
                  “The BIA Should Do More To Help Educate Indian Students: A Report To the Secretary of the Interior” by GAO, 1977

                  “Native American Studies, the University and the Indian Student” by Henrietta V. Whiteman from The Schooling of the Native American, 1978

“Why Do Indian Students Drop Out Of College?” by Arthur McDonald from The Schooling of the Native American, 1978

 

BOX 10

 

Folder: 1         File Title: Children’s Books For Reading Aloud, ca. 1990                  File Number: 9

Contents: Bibliography, lists, notes and instructions for reading children’s books.

 

Folder: 2         File Title: White Bull – Vestel and Others             File Number: 10
Contents:
“Some Traditions of American Indian Autobiography: White Bull, Two Leggings, and Momaday” by H. David Brumble III, July 22, 1985
Discussion questions about “Warpath” by Stanley Vestal
“Invitation to Investigation: ‘The White Bull Manuscript’” by Colleen Oihus from The North Dakota Quarterly 56: 4 (1988).

                 

Folder: 3                File Title: Prairie Writers                 File Number: 11

Contents: Bibliographies and articles on various prairie writers, including “Nature, Ethics and Land: The Making of a South Dakota Novel” by Ruth Alexander, and “Writers on the Plains: The Pen and the Plow, A Humanities Guide to Chautauqua ’85.”

 

Folder: 4                File Title: Eastman, Charles               File Number: 12

Contents: Notes on Charles Eastman’s life and “The Soul of an Indian.” “Building a Cultural Bridge: Elaine and Charles Eastman” by Ruth Alexander, from South Dakota Leaders, undated.

 

Folder: 5               File Title: Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth               File Number: 13

Contents: Notes, publishing vita, correspondence, articles, poems by and about Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, a writer from Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota.

 

Folder: 6               File Title: Bonnin, Gertrude (Zitkala-Sa)                 File Number: 14

Contents: Study guide, notes and articles on Gertrude Bonnin, Zitkala-Sa, a Yankton Dakota writer of short stories and poetry, editor of the Journal of the Society of American Indians, collaborator on an opera, and political lobbyist.

 

Folder: 7              File Title: Native American Bi-Autobiography                File Number: 15

Contents: 

o       “The Critical Collaboration: Introductions as a Gateway to the Study of Native American Bi-Autobiography” by R.D. Theisz, from American Indian Culture and Research Journal 5:1 (1981) 65-80.

o       “The Indian Autobiography: Origins, Type, and Function” by Arnold Krupat, from “Smoothing the Ground: Essays on Native American Oral Literature” edited by Brian Swann.

o       Excerpt from “The Form of the American Indian Autobiography” by David Newquist

o       Excerpt from “Design and Truth in Autobiography” by Roy Pascal

 

 

Folder: 8               File Title: Journals of Lewis & Clark                        File Number: 16
Contents: Notes and articles on the Journals of Lewis & Clark, and the Corps of Discovery.
 
Folder: 9              File Title: Sandoz, Mari                            File Number: 17
Contents: Articles and notes on Mari Sandoz’s life and her work. Also includes “Search for the Bones of Crazy Horse” by Mari Sandoz.
 
Folder: 10             File Title: Trudell, John                  File Number: 18

Contents: Brief biography on and copies of poems by John Trudell, a Santee Sioux writer, activist and Vietnam Veteran.

 

 

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