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 and 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 cafe comedy hour / Thomas King.