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Many early Native American writers were political and/or autobiographical, which was often also political in that it was meant to persuade readers to push for better treatment of Native Americans. Samson Occom (Mohegan) was a Christian preacher who wrote not only his autobiography, A Short Narrative of My Life, but also many hymns.
Maidu traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Maidu, Konkow, and Nisenan people of eastern Sacramento Valley and foothills in northeastern California. Maidu oral literature aligned the Maidu closely with their central California neighbors, such as the Wintu and Valley and Sierra Miwok, but also ...
Indigenous American communication is rich with stories, myths, philosophies and narratives that serve as a means to exchange information. [13] Storytelling can be put into different types of forms such as textual, oral, personal, mythical, and sacred storytelling. Storytelling is a tool that is used to learn about life and as a way to witness ...
"Shoshonean Tales", Journal of American Folklore 37:1-242. (Northern Paiute narratives, including "Theft of Fire," collected in 1914, pp. 200–242.) Marsden, W. L. (1923). "The Northern Paiute Language of Oregon", University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 20:175-191. Berkeley. (Traditional narratives, pp. 181 ...
"The Red Record: The 'Walam Olum', Translated and Annotated by David McCutchen." Book Review, North American Archaeologist 16(3):281–85. Leopold, Joan (ed) 2000. The Prix Volney: Volume II: Early Nineteenth-Century Contributions to American Indian and General Linguistics: Du Ponceau and Rafinesque, Springer, ISBN 978-0-7923-2506-2, searchable at
Chumash traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Chumash people of the northern and western Transverse Ranges, Santa Barbara — Ventura coast, and northern Channel Islands, in present-day Southern California. Early analysts expected Chumash oral literature to conform to the regional pattern of ...
Atsugewi traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Atsugewi people of the Pit River basin of Northeastern California. Atsugewi oral literature reflects the transitional position of Atsugewi culture between Central California , Northwest Coast, Plateau, and Great Basin regions.
Native American author N. Scott Momaday, in his review of the narrative, agreed with the viability of the comparison, stating "Having read Mr. Brown, one has a better understanding of what it is that nags at the American conscience at times (to our everlasting credit) and of that morality which informs and fuses events so far apart in time and ...