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Over the last twenty years, Native American literary studies has taken a sharp political turn. In this book, Matthew Herman provides the historical framework for this shift and examines the key moments in the movement away from cultural analyses toward more politically inflected and motivated perspectives. He highlights such notable cases as the prevailing readings of the popular within Native American writing; the Silko-Erdrich controversy; the ongoing debate over the comparative value of nationalism versus cosmopolitanism within Native American literature and politics; and the status of native nationalism in relation to recent critiques of the nation coming from postmodernism, postcolonialism, and subaltern studies. Herman concludes that the central problematic defining the last two decades of Native American literary studies has involved the emergence in theory of anti-colonial nationalism, its variants, and its contradictions. This study will be a necessary addition for students and scholars of Native American Studies as well as 20th-century literature.

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Land is people. Remembering is all.

These themes pervade Geary Hobson's anthology of poetry, essays, and short stories by contemporary Native American writers. A Native American (Cherokee-Chickasaw), Hobson himself is a poet, short story writer, essayist, editor, university teacher, and ex-Marine. He knows this generation well: the writers he has selected, from the Atlantic coast to Hawaii, are for the most part young voices reaffirming the wisdom, "In remembering, there is strength and continuance and renewal through the generations."

Originally published by the Red Earth Press of Albuquerque, this broad survey of the experience, renascence, and aesthetic of Native American writing today is incisive, reflective, moving, and provocative in its variety. Readers familiar with contemporary writing will recognize the names of Silko, Momaday, Hero, Allen, Brooches, and Rose among the nearly one hundred artists assembled here. Their poems, short stories, and especially their essays titled "Imitation Indian Poems," "The Man Made of Words," and "The rise of the White Shaman," provide valuable statements of Native American writers' own assessment of their legacy within the larger context of Anglo-American life and literary traditions. Their works illumine the will to endure and to praise as it is revealed in on-Reservation and urban-landless Native American experiences. ... Read more

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Remembered Earth
The Remembered Earth, edited by Geary Hobson, may have been the first anthology exclusively containing Native American literature.It is by far the most comprehensive one that I have come across.The works in the anthology cut across all literary genres (poetry, short stories, drama,etc) and cover most of the regions in the U.S.It includes works by whoare now major figures in the literary world-Leslie Marmon Silko and N.Scott Momaday for example-but it also includes a great sample of littleknow authors. My only quibble with the book is that there is no index,the table of contents is arranged by author and not by their work, andtheir is not a lot of biographical info included about the authors. Thosesmall quibbles aside, The Remembered Earth is a wonderful book that coversan extraordinary group of artists that often do not make it into theliterary canon. ... Read more

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From oral tradition to the written word, this history of Native American literature highlights such authors as Wilma Mankiller, Will Rogers, and N. Scott Momaday. ... Read more

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This is a collection of religious myths and legends of the world as they were related over a lifetime to the late Percy Bullchild, a full-bloded Blackfeet Indian. These accounts, some familiar, most unknown, capture the force of the original tellings. They offer an insight into native American spirituality, history and culture. ... Read more

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"My name is Percy Bullchild. I'm sixty-seven years of age. I'm a Blackfeet Indian from Browning, Montana. With what little education I have, I have, I'm going to try to write the version of our true ways in our history and legends.....Some of these stories may sound a little foolish, but they are very true, and they have much influence over all of the people of this world, even as we all live now."

THE SUN CAME DOWN is a legendary history of the world, told in the distinctive voice of one of the last Blackfeet Indians who remembers what the elders taught him.

THE SUN CAME DOWN shares a major body of North American religious myths as handed down by such Blackfeet tribal elders as Yellow Kidney, Shoots First and Bullchild's own grandmother, Catches Last. With the same vividness that has kept these stories alive for centuries, Bullchild retells the legendary history of Creator Sun, who made the earth by spitting on a ball of dust; of Napi, a Coyote figure who is both humananity's bane and helper; and Ku-toeyis, the hero the Sun sent to undo Napi's mischief. In the final chapter, "Honoring Creator Sun," Bullchild recounts the origina and cultural importance of Plains Indian ceremonies, including the Sun Dance.

These legends, some familiar, most unknown, capture the raw force of the original oral traditions. With robust energy, flashes of raucous humor, and lyricism, these legends expose a culture rich in spirituality and humor. This is a rare sampling of the spirituality, mythology, and psychology of the Native American.

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A survey of early Native literature provides the framework for considering the development of Native writings throughout the twentieth century. Focusing primarily upon late twentieth-century writings, the study begins with the moment that is widely defined as marking the 'renaissance' of contemporary Native American literature: the awarding of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize to the Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday for his novelHouse Made of Dawn.

The subsequent analysis of key writers and texts includes a biography and brief bibliographical survey of each writer's work, with a detailed analysis of one text considered to be particularly important in the field, and considerations of significant topics such as cultural translation, humour, gender, and the role of the reader. The study concludes with an overview of current developments and emerging writers.

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* Detailed historical context for writers and texts

* Writers and texts situated within developments in Native politics

* Inclusion of significant writers often excluded from textbooks

* Equal balance between coverage of poetry and prose

* Clear discussion of gender issues and importance of the medium of film

* Comprehensive analysis of recent developments and emerging writers

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This full text from one of the stories in our full Native American Literature - Virtual Voyager series is made available to you at cost to us at www.virtuallearner.info. It will allow you limited access to the text "American Indian Stories," by Zitkala Sa. This text along with 4 additional texts are taught in great detail in our full Native American Literature - Virtual Voyager series. Our full series contains supporting activities, rich multimedia, additional characters and storylines to engage readers, as well as full assessments of each text along with unit pre and post tests. To access all 5 activities along with full access to all supporting content, visit www.virtuallearner.info. ... Read more

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This book studies Native American and Chicano/a writers of the American Southwest as a coherent cultural group with common features and distinct efforts to deal with and to resist the dominant Euro-American culture. ... Read more

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Roanoke and Wampum: Topics in Native American Heritage and Literatures focuses on the discourses about selected legacies and writings predominantly of eastern Native North America. Ron Welburn skillfully approaches diverse subjects through scholarly and personal modes. More specifically, the book begins with the author reflecting on the sign talk of fifties television's Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah, and it concludes with a discussion of a narrative by thirties Chippewa author Thomas Whitecloud. Other essays inquire about the southeastern Blackfoot, Jeffrey Amherst, and literary theories. Still others discuss Indian slaves, the Great Seal of the United States, Mildred Haun's Melungeon novel, and nineteenth-century Indian interviewers. A section on William Apess features poetry and a scholarly essay.

"As a Native American author myself, I welcome such works, and especially now Ron Welburn's…"Geary Hobson (Cheroke/Quawpaw/Chickasaw), Professor of English and Native American Studies, University of Oklahoma; Editor of The Remembered Earth: An Anthology of Contemporary Native American Literature ... Read more

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Native American Literature underwent a Renaissance around 1968, and the current canon of novels written in the late twentieth century in American English by Native American or mixed-blood authors is diverse, exciting and flourishing. Despite this, very few such novels are accepted as part of the broader American literary canon.

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This digital document is an article from Christianity and Literature, published by Conference on Christianity and Literature on March 22, 2004. The length of the article is 1744 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: American Lazarus: Religion and the Rise of African-American and Native American Literatures.(Book Review)
Author: Walter A. Hesford
Publication: Christianity and Literature (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2004
Publisher: Conference on Christianity and Literature
Volume: 53Issue: 3Page: 411(4)

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This digital document is an article from Studies in American Fiction, published by Northeastern University on September 22, 2004. The length of the article is 815 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Brennan, Jonathan, ed. When Brer Rabbit Meets Coyote: African-Native American Literature.(Book Review)
Author: Bonnie TuSmith
Publication: Studies in American Fiction (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2004
Publisher: Northeastern University
Volume: 32Issue: 2Page: 252(3)

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