Tracks
by Louise Erdrich

To find information about Louise Erdrich and her work, try some of the following sources:

Literature Resource Center

This online database includes biographical and critical information about Louise Erdrich and Tracks drawn from standard reference books such as Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography and Contemporary Literary Criticism .

(Off campus access: Use the "Off campus" link for Literature Resource Center on the Library's Electronic Databases page. SRJC User Name and PIN required for off-campus access.)

InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP

InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP contains magazine and journal articles on many topics. A search on "erdrich louise" (not "louise erdrich") will locate numerous articles in online magazines as well as in print copies of magazines held in the SRJC libraries. You can also search InfoTrac for louise erdrich and tracks     or for InfoTrac search on ojibwas or other related topics.

(Off campus access: Use the "Off campus" link for InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP on the Library's Electronic Databases page. SRJC User Name and PIN required for off-campus access.)

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Books, Articles and Films on Library Reserve for the WOLM

A collection of books and journal articles about Louise Erdrich and Tracks have been placed on reserve in the SRJC libraries for the WOLM project. In addition, several films related to Erdrich and her works maybe be viewed in the SRJC libraries. In the Plover Library, ask for books and articles at the Reserve Books window; ask for films at the Media Services window. In the Mahoney Library, ask for books, articles or films at the Circulation Desk.

Webpages on Louise Erdrich and Her Work

• Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color - Louise Erdrich
• The SALON Interview: Louise Erdrich
• Louise Erdrich in Conversation with Barbara Lane, Director, Commonwealth Club [of California] Book Awards (Also available in RealAudio format)
• Bacon, Katie. "An Emissary of the Between World" Atlantic Unbound 17 January 2001.
• Ursu, Anne. Louise Erdrich; the Lay of the Land." CityPages 19.927 (9 September 1998).
• Tracks - Book reviews from the New York Times

Webpages on the Ojibwe Culture & History

(NOTE: Ojibwe also spelled Ojibwa, Ojibway; also known as Chippewa or Anishinabe, Anishinaabe or Anishinaabeg.)

• An Introduction to Ojibway Culture and History
• The Ojibway Story
• Ojibwe Tribe - Authors & Online Resources About the Tribe (Internet Public Library)
• Ojibwe History
•   ... History and Culture   ... Let's Speak Ojibwe
• Ojibwe Language Resources
• OjibWeb.com - Favorite Links
• Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
• Constitution and Bylaws of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians North Dakota
• Turtle Mountain Chippewa Indian Heritage Center
• Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains (Photographs)

Other Websites on Native American Topics and Issues

• SRJC Library Guide on Native American Resources

Allotment of Indian Lands

• What Were the Results of Allotment?
• Impact of Allotment on Indian Lands
• Dawes Act 1887
• Allotment Act of 1891 (Amendment to the Dawes Act - Text)

• Brief History of U.S. "Indian" Policy
• Facts on the American Indian & Alaska Native Population (Statistics from the 2000 and 1990 censuses)
• Native American Spirituality & Religion
• Native American Political Issues
• Native American Resources on the Internet (New York Public Library)
• Yahoo! - United States - Cultures - Native American
• Indian Country Today Native American Indian News Source
• National Museum of the American Indian - Links (Smithsonian Institution)
• North Dakota Historica Overview: Native Americans (Northern Great Plains)
• North Dakota Indian Tribes (Map)
• Code Talk, Office of Native American Programs
• Native American Resources on the Internet (USC Library)
• NativeWeb: Resources for Indigenous Cultures Around the World

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