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Williams, Del; Stover, Mark – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2019
This feature describes the efforts of the Oviatt Library at California State University, Northridge to offer programming presenting hip-hop and spoken word poetry. These events, begun in 2016, feature genres relevant to the university's diverse and global enrollment. Though not traditional library presentations, they recognize the wide appeal of…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Music, Cultural Context, Academic Libraries
Margolin, Malcolm, Ed.; Montijo, Yolanda, Ed. – 1995
This collection of stories and memories, suitable for adolescents, offers a perspective on both traditional and contemporary ways of California Indians. Some stories are from old reports and books, and some are from people of today. The introduction ties the wide variety of Indians that live in California to the variety of landscape and climate.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians
James G. Irvine Foundation, San Francisco, CA. – 2000
The recurrence of stories throughout California communities using narrative art to strengthen themselves led to an inquiry that is described in this report. The research question was: how can different ways of discovering and presenting local stories in public contribute to the strengthening of community? The inquiry had six components: (1) a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Action, Community Change, Community Development
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Sutton, Imre – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2006
This article seeks to present a continuing bibliography of research on Southern California Indians from the past 20 years, and sometimes beyond. The coverage reaches outside the variably defined bounds of Southern California so that it includes peripheral groups such as the Timbisha Shoshone of Death Valley and one or more groups in the Owens…
Descriptors: Films, Handicrafts, American Indian Languages, Literature
Desai, Shiv Raj; Marsh, Tyson – Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, 2005
Spoken word is a form of poetry that utilizes the strengths of the communities: oral tradition, call-and-response, home languages, storytelling, and resistance. Spoken word poetry is usually performed for an audience and must be heard. The authors are interested in investigating how spoken word can be utilized as a critical teaching tool that can…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Oral Tradition, Word Recognition, Poetry