Dossier - Native Literature in Canada, Reviews

This file contains a series of newspaper and magazine articles both photocopied and original including "Native Literature in Canada" by Beverly Rasporich in Canadian Book Review Annual (1990), "Native literary history reveals 'seeds of Oka'" by Robin McGrath (1990), "Native American Architecture" by Peter Nabokov and Robert Easton from the Victoria Times Colonist (1991), "Native Literature in Canada" from The Ottawa Citizen (1992), "Native Literature in Canada from the oral tradition to the present" reviewed by Jill M. Smith from the Canadian Library Journal (1991), "Oral. Written Tradition Native Literature" by Tony Racic from Lakehead Living, "Oversight about natives is called 'inexcusable'" by Lloyd Kirton by the Chronicle-Journal (1990), and "Words Have Power" reviewed by Barb Minett from the Guelph Daily Mercury (1991). This file also contains a series of letters including a letter dated 28 September 1990 addressed to Penny Petrone from Joanne Shurvell, a photocopy of a handwritten letter dated 23 November 1993 by Penny Petrone, and a letter dated 1 December 1993 addressed to Penny Petrone by Kent W. Freeman. Additionally, this file contains a review of Penny Petrone's novel "Native literature in Canada: from the oral tradition to the present" by P. L. Walton of the University of Lethbridge. Also contains an invitation to celebrate the publication of Native Literature in Canada, a letter expressing regrets about the book being taken out of print, a photocopy of the advertisement by Oxford University Press, as well as several newspaper clippings praising the book.