Sidner Larson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3622103 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sidner Larson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sidner |
| FAMILY NAME | Larson |
| SIGNATURE | LARSON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | American Indian studies, Iowa State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Captured in the Middle: Tradition and Experience in Contemporary Native American Writing
Tatsey and the Enemy-Friend
Although many excellent examples of literary-style American Indian humor exist, they are also often limited by mainstream conventions and tastes regarding both form and content. As a result, they only get us so far in understanding certain realities of Native life, such as those found on reservations. Finding ways to add examination of forms of joking that may be less familiar to the mainstream, such as those often found in tribally specific, non…
Contemporary American Indian Studies
Contemporary American Indian Studies Sidner Larson (bio) In his keynote address to the Fifth Annual American Indian Studies Consortium in 2005 David Wilkins began by commenting on earlier attempts to formally organize such a gathering in ways that might help establish and accredit Indian studies programs. He said he had the sense that the thrust of earlier meetings "was really an opportunity for Native academics, graduate students, and their alli…
Fear and Contempt: A European Concept of Property
American legal system, despite a nagging sense that it infringes on their freedom. Other Americans have a different view. They view the legal system as participating in that which it is sworn to prevent - the theft of freedom and possessions. Native Americans serve as an example of such people, fated to experience the legal system in reverse. They are an effective example because of the magnitude of their loss, a loss that can be measured in eigh…
The Fragmentation of a Tribal People in Louise Erdrich's Tracks
Louise Erdrich’s novel Tracks deals with the years between 1912 and 1919, when the North Dakota Chippewa, or Anishinabe, as they call themselves, were coping with the effects of the General Allotment Act of 1887, the purpose of which was to divide tribally allotted lands among individual Indians so that these Indians could leave their nomadic, communal cultures behind and become settled as farmers. After the Indian Allotment Act of 1904, each enr…
Native American Aesthetics: An Attitude of Relationship
Journal Article Native American Aesthetics: An Attitude Of Relationship Get access Sidner Larson Sidner Larson University of Arizona Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 17, Issue 3, September 1992, Pages 53–67, https://doi.org/10.2307/467240 Published: 01 September 1992
Contemporary American Indian Studies
Contemporary American Indian Studies Sidner Larson (bio) In his keynote address to the Fifth Annual American Indian Studies Consortium in 2005 David Wilkins began by commenting on earlier attempts to formally organize such a gathering in ways that might help establish and accredit Indian studies programs. He said he had the sense that the thrust of earlier meetings "was really an opportunity for Native academics, graduate students, and their alli…
Fear and Contempt: A European Concept of Property
American legal system, despite a nagging sense that it infringes on their freedom. Other Americans have a different view. They view the legal system as participating in that which it is sworn to prevent - the theft of freedom and possessions. Native Americans serve as an example of such people, fated to experience the legal system in reverse. They are an effective example because of the magnitude of their loss, a loss that can be measured in eigh…
Native American Aesthetics: An Attitude of Relationship
Journal Article Native American Aesthetics: An Attitude Of Relationship Get access Sidner Larson Sidner Larson University of Arizona Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 17, Issue 3, September 1992, Pages 53–67, https://doi.org/10.2307/467240 Published: 01 September 1992
The Fragmentation of a Tribal People in Louise Erdrich's Tracks
Louise Erdrich’s novel Tracks deals with the years between 1912 and 1919, when the North Dakota Chippewa, or Anishinabe, as they call themselves, were coping with the effects of the General Allotment Act of 1887, the purpose of which was to divide tribally allotted lands among individual Indians so that these Indians could leave their nomadic, communal cultures behind and become settled as farmers. After the Indian Allotment Act of 1904, each enr…
Fear and Contempt: A European Concept of Property
American legal system, despite a nagging sense that it infringes on their freedom. Other Americans have a different view. They view the legal system as participating in that which it is sworn to prevent - the theft of freedom and possessions. Native Americans serve as an example of such people, fated to experience the legal system in reverse. They are an effective example because of the magnitude of their loss, a loss that can be measured in eigh…
Contemporary American Indian Studies
Contemporary American Indian Studies Sidner Larson (bio) In his keynote address to the Fifth Annual American Indian Studies Consortium in 2005 David Wilkins began by commenting on earlier attempts to formally organize such a gathering in ways that might help establish and accredit Indian studies programs. He said he had the sense that the thrust of earlier meetings "was really an opportunity for Native academics, graduate students, and their alli…
Tatsey and the Enemy-Friend
Although many excellent examples of literary-style American Indian humor exist, they are also often limited by mainstream conventions and tastes regarding both form and content. As a result, they only get us so far in understanding certain realities of Native life, such as those found on reservations. Finding ways to add examination of forms of joking that may be less familiar to the mainstream, such as those often found in tribally specific, non…
Captured in the Middle: Tradition and Experience in Contemporary Native American Writing
Computer Science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · 20th century (1 works) · Adversary (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 works) · American literature (1 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (1 works)