Misuse is abuse II

This paper consists of four voices speaking about representation and the Trickster. Gerald Vizenor, Chippewa, is a professor of Literature at the University of California, Berkeley campus. His voice is in bold type and is excerpted from his article, "Trickster Discourse". Peter Blue Cloud, a Mohawk, is a writer of contemporary Trickster (Coyote) stories. His voice is in reqular type and is excerpted from his book The Other Side of Nowhere. My own voice is in italics and is excerpted from ruminations and mumblings in my mind. The fourth voice, on the transparent overlays, is the Trickster voice, also known as Coyote woman. She exists in all of us. Four voices, four points of view. Tribal discourse, farting bugs, process and journey

Ruth Cuthand : Location/Dislocation

Interpreting Cuthand's multimedia installation, Grenville alludes to ongoing Native negotiations for treaty land entitlements and explores the opposition between nomad and colonial space. Cuthand's statement expresses her identity crisis as an urban Native. Biographical notes. 1 bibl. ref

Women in Politics

Larson presents 15 Canadian women artists whose work is evidence of their commitment to social changes and discusses the relationship of art and politics, meaning and social change. Biographical notes. Artist's statements

Remembering and Telling : Stories of Identity and Location

Bell seeks to elaborate on recent feminist debates about enunciation and identity, and reveal "woman" as the speaking/questioning subject. Statements by 13 artists focus on the aspects of hardship, nostalgia, doubt, labelling/naming, cross-dressing, folk art and personal history. Biographical notes. 14 bibl. ref