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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.
The American Indian Library Association was officially established in 1979 as a result of the Indian White House Pre-Conference of 1978 on Indian Library and Information Services On or Near Reservations. [2] This Pre-Conference took place in Denver, Colorado, and its focus was on the amelioration of library services and resources to American ...
It was founded in 1971 [2] to promote the study, criticism, and research of American Indian literary traditions, both written and oral. [3] Its journal, Studies in American Indian Literatures, has been the primary journal for the study of North American indigenous literature for over thirty years.
Of course, the terms “Native American authors” or “Native American literature” can be a bit too simplistic. Native Americans are not a monolith. With more than 500 recognized Indian ...
Birchbark Books, also known by its full name, Birchbark Books & Native Arts, is an independent bookstore in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the Kenwood neighborhood. Selling both books and works of art, it was founded by Pulitzer Prize–winning Native American novelist Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians [2]) in 2001.
Native American studies (also known as American Indian, Indigenous American, Aboriginal, Native, or First Nations studies) is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, issues, spirituality, sociology and contemporary experience of Native peoples in North America, [1] or, taking a hemispheric approach, the Americas. [2]
Ruoff earned her BS in education and an MA (1954) and PhD (1966) in English at Northwestern University.She taught first at Roosevelt University.Then beginning in 1969 she taught English literature in the English department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, [7] where she developed curriculum for a Native American studies program.
The current legislation of the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) requires that "geographical, kinship, biological, archaeological, anthropological, linguistic, folkloric, oral traditional, historical, or other relevant information or expert opinion" are taken into account when determining Indigenous claims to ...