Episode 6: “Sherman Alexie’s “Crow Testament”

Episode 6 Notes

Andrews, Jennifer. “In the Belly of a Laughing God: Reading Humor and Irony in the Poetry.” American Indian Quarterly Spring 2000, Vol 24, Issue 2: 200-218.

Clatterbuck, Mark. “Tribal Alliances: The State of Israel and Native American Christianity.” Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 49:3, Summer 2014: 384-404.

 Gunn Allen, Paula. The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions.

 Bruchac III, Joseph  Native American Animal Stories

 Feher-Elston, Catherine. Ravensong: A Natural and Fabulous History of Ravens and Crows

 Finkelstein, Israel, and Neil Asher Silberman. The Bible Unearthed: Archeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of its Sacred Texts. Simon and Schuster, 2001.

 Lake-Thorn, Bobby. Spirit of the Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies

 Janicki, Joel J.  “The Art of Losing: Historical Allusions in Sherman Alexie’s Reservation Blues.” Brno Studies in English Volume 41, No. 2, July 2015. 

Nichols Jr., Robert E.  Birds of Algonquin Legend.

 Pierotti, Raymond. “Learning about Extraordinary Beings: Native Stories and Real Birds” in Ethnobiology Letters Vol 11 No 2: 2020.

 Twiss, Richard. Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys: A Native American Expression of the Jesus Way. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, 2015.

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