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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.
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.
Online access at Project MUSE Studies in American Indian Literatures is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering Native American literature . It is published by the University of Nebraska Press on behalf of the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures .
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 ...
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]
Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures; NativeWiki literature pages; Associated Press/CNN.com: Reading into Native American Writers; Storytellers: Native American Authors Online. Yax Te' Books catalog, publishing house for Mayan literature in Mayan, Spanish and English.
As an educator, Sanchez served on the Faculty of San Francisco State University, where she taught courses in the American Studies, Ethnic Studies & Women's Studies Programs (1976–85); [4] she was appointed Acting Chairperson of American Indian Studies (1979–80) and served in other academic and student services positions.
Molly S. McGlennen is an American poet and scholar of Anishinaabe and European descent. [1] She is a professor of English and Native American studies at Vassar College. [2] She is currently the vice president of the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures. [3]