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The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82283-1. Senier, Sionhan, ed. (2014). Dawnland Voices: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing from New England. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-4686-7. Sigafus, Kim; Ernst, Lyle (2012-04-01). Native Writers: Voices of Power ...
Native American pieces of literature come out of a rich set of oral traditions from before European contact and/or the later adoption of European writing practices. Oral traditions include not only narrative story-telling, but also the songs, chants, and poetry used for rituals and ceremonies.
This work inspired public interest in Native cultures and within Native American communities themselves; it was also a period of activism within Native American communities to achieve greater sovereignty and civil rights. The ferment also inspired a group of young Native American writers, who emerged in the fields of poetry and novel-writing.
Welch's work was collected in Nothing but the Truth, an Anthology of Native American Literature. He is one of the early authors of what became called the Native American literary renaissance. [13] He wanted to explore Native American life in his writing, both its good and bad aspects as people struggled with modern United States culture. [1]
House Made of Dawn was the first novel of the Native American Renaissance, a term coined by literary critic Kenneth Lincoln in the Native American Renaissance. The novel is a seminal work of contemporary Native American literature. [17] [18] His follow-up work The Way to Rainy Mountain blended folklore with memoir. [19]
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, read up on famous Native Americans shaping our culture today, including actors, artists, athletes, and politicians 25 Famous Native Americans to Know ...
American Indian literary nationalists hold that American Indian literature is best studied through the lens of American Indian cultural and philosophical traditions. When the earliest works now categorized as nationalist were first published, this "grounded" approach ran counter both to the ethnologically inflected literary criticism of the 1970s and early 1980s, and also to the postmodern ...
To save you time, we’ve gathered 20 of the best Native American books from a variety of authors and locations. From modern memoirs to historical nonfiction accounts, these titles have all earned ...