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Me funny / compiled and edited by Drew Hayden Taylor.

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Douglas & McIntyre, 2005.

First Nations -- Humor.

Ojibwa Indians -- Humor.

First Nations -- Wit and humor.

Canadian literature -- First Nations authors -- History and criticism.

Canadian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.

First Nations popular culture series (Douglas and McIntyre)

9781553651376 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

far-reaching exploration of the humour dominant among the First Nations people of North America

191 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Introduction / Drew Hayden Taylor -- One big Indian / Allan J. Ryan -- Teasing, tolerating, teaching : laughter and community in Native literature / Kristina Fagan -- And now ladies and gentlemen : get ready for some (ab)original stand-up comedy / Don Kelly -- Whacking the indigenous funny bone : political correctness vs. Native humour, round one / Drew Hayden Taylor -- Cree-atively speaking / Janice Acoose & Natasha Beeds -- Subversive humour : Canadian Native playwrights' winning weapon of resistance / Mirjam Hirch -- How to be as funny as an Indian / Ian Ferguson -- Buffalo tales and academic trails / Karen Froman -- Ruby lips / Louise Profeit-Leblanc -- Why Cree is the funniest of all languages / Tomson Highway -- Performing Native humour : the Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour / Thomas King -- About the contributors -- Acknowledgements.

"Humor has always been an essential part of North American aboriginal culture. This fact remained unnoticed by most settlers, however, since non-aboriginals just didn’t get the joke. For most of written history, a stern, unyielding profile of “the Indian” dominated the popular mainstream imagination. Indians, it was believed, never laughed. But Indians themselves always knew better. As an award-winning playwright, columnist, and comedy-sketch creator, Drew Hayden Taylor has spent 15 years writing and researching aboriginal humor. For Me Funny, he asked a noted cast of writers from a variety of fields — including such celebrated wordsmiths as Thomas King, Allan J. Ryan, Mirjam Hirch, and Tomson Highway — to take a look at what makes aboriginal humor tick. Their hilarious, enlightening contributions playfully examine the use of humor in areas as diverse as stand-up comedy, fiction, visual art, drama, performance, poetry, traditional storytelling, and education."--Publisher's description.

Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-

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