Native American Literature: A Very Short Introduction - Sean Teuton 2018

Further reading

Literature

Alexie, Sherman. Indian Killer. New York: Atlantic Monthly, 1996.

Alexie, Sherman. Reservation Blues. New York: Grove Press, 1995.

Allen, Paula Gunn. “Iyani: It Goes This Way.” In The Remembered Earth: An Anthology of Contemporary Native American Literature. Edited by Geary Hobson, 191—193. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1979.

Allen, Paula Gunn. The Woman Who Owned the Shadows. San Francisco: Spinters, 1983.

Apess, William. Eulogy on King Philip, as Pronounced at the Odeon, in Federal Street, Boston. Boston: By the author, 1836. In A Son of the Forest and Other Writings. Edited by Barry O’Connell, 105—138. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1997.

Apess, William. The Experiences of Five Christian Indians of the Pequot Tribe. Boston: By the author, 1833. In A Son of the Forest and Other Writings. Edited by Barry O’Connell, 3—56. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1997.

Apess, William. “An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White Man.” In The Experiences of Five Christian Indians of the Pequot Tribe. Boston: By the author, 1833. In A Son of the Forest and Other Writings. Edited by Barry O’Connell, 95—101. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1997.

Apess, William. Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe; or, The Pretended Riot Explained. Boston: Jonathan Howe, 1835. In On Our Own Ground: The Complete Writings of William Apess, A Pequot. Edited by Barry O’Connell, 166—274. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1992.

Apess, William. A Son of the Forest: The Experience of William Apes, a Native of the Forest, Comprising a Notice of the Pequot Tribe of Indians. New York: By the author, 1829. In A Son of the Forest and Other Writings. Edited by Barry O’Connell, 3—56. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1997.

Armstrong, Jeannette C. Slash. Penticton, BC: Theytus Books, 1985.

Aupaumut, Hendrick. “History of the Muh-he-con-nuk Indians, ca. 1790.” In Stockbridge, Past and Present; or Records of an Old Mission Station. Edited by Electa Jones, 15—23. Springfield, MA: Samuel Bowles and Company, 1854.

Bell, Betty Louise. Faces in the Moon. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994.

Birchfield, D. L. Field of Honor. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004.

Blackbird, Andrew Jackson. The Indian Problem, from the Indian’s Standpoint. Philadelphia: National Indian Association, 1900. In American Indian Nonfiction: An Anthology of Writings, 1760s—1930s. Edited by Bernd C. Peyer, 244—252. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007.

Black Hawk. Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk. Edited by J. B. Patterson. Cincinnati: Unidentified publisher, 1833. Reprint, Black Hawk: An Autobiography. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1955.

Boudinot, Elias Cornelius. “An Address to the Whites.” Philadelphia: William F. Geddes, 1826. Reprint, Cherokee Editor: The Writings of Elias Boudinot. Edited by Theda Perdue, 244—252. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996.

Boudinot, Elias Cornelius. Elias Cornelius Boudinot: A Life on the Cherokee Border, James W. Parins. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006.

Brown, Catherine. Memoir of Catherine Brown: A Christian Indian of the Cherokee Nation. Edited by Rufus Anderson. Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, and Crocker and Brewster, 1825.

Callahan, Alice. Wynema a Child of the Forest. Chicago: H. J. Smith and Company, 1891. Reprint, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997.

Campbell, Maria. Halfbreed. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1978.

Coolidge, Sherman. “The Function of the Society of American Indians.” The Quarterly Journal of the Society of American Indians 2.1 (January—March 1914): 186—190. In American Indian Nonfiction: An Anthology of Writings, 1760s—1930s. Edited by Bernd C. Peyer, 345—348. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007.

Copway, George. Life, Letters, and Speeches of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh. (Originally published as The Life, History, and Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh (George Copway), a Young Indian Chief of the Ojibwa Nation, A Convert to the Christian Faith, and a Missionary to His People for Twelve Years, 1847 [New York: S. W. Benedict, 1850].) Edited by LaVonne Brown Ruoff and Donald B. Smith. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997.

Copway, George. Running Sketches of Men and Places, in England, France, Germany, Belgium, and Scotland. New York: J. C. Riker, 1851.

Cusick, David. Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations. Lockport, NY: Turner and McCollum, Printers, Democrat Office, 1848.

Deloria, Ella. Waterlily. Reprint, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1988.

Dembiki, Matt. Trickster: Native American Tales, a Graphic Collection. Golden, CO: Fulcrum, 2010.

Downing, Todd. The Cat Screams. Reprint, Downing: New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1934.

Duncan, DeWitt Clinton. “A Momentous Occasion.” Indian Chieftain (Vinita, Cherokee Nation), June 24, 1897. Reprint, Native American Writing in the Southeast: An Anthology, 1875—1935. Edited by Daniel F. Littlefield Jr. and James W. Parins, 31—37. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1995.

Eastman, Charles. From the Deep Woods to Civilization. Reprint, Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1916.

Eastman, Charles. Indian Boyhood. Reprint, Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1902.

Erdrich, Louise. “Indian Boarding School: The Runaways.” In Harper’s Anthology of Twentieth-Century Native American Poetry. Edited by Duane Niatum, 334. New York: Harper, 1988.

Erdrich, Louise. Love Medicine. 1984. New York: Perennial, 1993.

Erdrich, Louise. Tracks. New York: Perennial, 1988.

Eubanks, William. “For Land in Severalty, and Statehood.” Cherokee Advocate (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation), April 18, 1894. In Native American Writing in the Southeast: An Anthology, 1875—1935. Edited by Daniel F. Littlefield Jr. and James W. Parins, 26—27. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1995.

First Boy. “A Different Kind of Man.” In Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophesy to the Present, 1492—1992. Edited by Peter Nabokov, 26—29. New York: Penguin, 1991.

Gansworth, Eric. Breathing the Monster Alive. Treadwell, NY: Bright Hill Press, 2006.

Gansworth, Eric. Nickel Eclipse. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2000.

Gansworth, Eric. Smoke Dancing. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2004.

Geiogamah, Hanay. Body Indian. Seventh Generation: An Anthology of Native American Plays. Edited by Mimi Gisolfi D’Aponte, 1—37. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1972.

Geronimo. Geronimo’s Story of His Life: A Legendary Warrior and Shaman Recounts the Beliefs and Customs of His People in One of Native American History’s Most Extraordinary Documents. Edited by S. M. Barrett. New York: Duffield and Company, 1906.

Hale, Janet Campbell. The Jailing of Cecelia Capture. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1985.

Harjo, Joy. A Map to the Next World. New York: W. W. Norton, 2000.

Hausman, Blake. Riding the Trail of Tears. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2011.

Hewitt, J. N. B. “The Teaching of Ethnology in Indian Schools.” The Quarterly Journal of the Society of American Indians 1.1 (April 15, 1913): 30—35. In American Indian Nonfiction: An Anthology of Writings, 1760s—1930s. Edited by Bernd Peyer, 328—332. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007.

Highway, Tomson. Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing. Toronto: Fifth House Publishers, 1989.

Highway, Tomson. Rez Sisters. Toronto: Fifth House Publishers, 1986.

Hill, Roberta. nee Roberta Hill Whiteman. Star Quilt. Duluth, MN: Holy Cow! Press, 2001.

Hogan, Linda. Mean Spirit. New York: Ivy Books, 1990.

Hogan, Linda. Power. New York: W. W. Norton, 1999.

Howe, LeAnne. Shell Shaker. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 2001.

Johnson, E. Pauline. Flint and Feather (Collected Verse). New York: Hodder and Stoughton, 1917.

Johnson, Joseph. “Speech to the Oneidas.” 1774. Reprint, To Do Good to My Indian Brethren: The Writings of Joseph Johnson, 1751—1776. Edited by Laura J. Murray. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1998.

Jones, Peter. History of the Ojibway Indians; with Especial Reference to Their Conversion to Christianity. London: A. W. Bennett, 1860.

King, Thomas. Green Grass, Running Water. New York: Bantam, 1993.

King, Thomas. Truth and Bright Water. New York: Grove, 1999.

La Flesche, Francis. The Middle Five: Indian Schoolboys of the Omaha Tribe. Reprint, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1978.

Lambert, Leonard. Up From These Hills. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2011.

Linderman, Frank. Plenty Coup: Chief of the Crows. (Originally published as American: The Life Story of a Great Indian, Plenty-coup, Chief of the Crows [New York: John Day Company, 1930].) Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1962.

Linderman, Frank. Pretty Shield: Medicine Woman of Crows. (Originally published as Red Mother [New York: John Day Company, 1932].) Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003.

Lurie, Nancy Oestreich. Mountain Wolf Woman, Sister of Crashing Thunder: The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1961.

Maracle, Lee. Ravensong. Vancouver, BC: Press Gang, 1993.

Mathews, John Joseph. Sundown. New York: Longman, Green, 1934.

Maungwudaus. An Account of the Chippewa Indians: Who Have Been Travelling among the Whites. Boston: By the author, 1848.

McNickle, D’Arcy. Runner in the Sun: A Story of Indian Maize. Reprint, New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1954.

McNickle, D’Arcy. The Surrounded. Reprint, New York: Dodd, Mead, 1936.

McNickle, D’Arcy. Wind from an Enemy Sky. Reprint, New York: Harper and Row, 1978.

Midge, Tiffany. Outlaws, Renegades, and Saints. Greenfield Center, NY: Greenfield Review, 1996.

Mojica, Monique. Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots. Toronto: Three O’Clock Press, 1991.

Momaday, N. Scott. House Made of Dawn. New York: Harper and Row, 1968.

Momaday, N. Scott. “The Man Made of Words.” In The Remembered Earth: An Anthology of Contemporary Native American Literature. Edited by Geary Hobson, 162—173. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1979.

Momaday, N. Scott. The Way to Rainy Mountain. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1969.

Montezuma, Carlos. “Our Treatment of the Indians from the Standpoint of One of Them.” Saturday Evening Post 170 (May 21, 1898): 11—12.

Morris, Irvin. From the Glittering World. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000.

Moses, Daniel David. Almighty Voice and His Wife. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2010.

Mourning Dove. Cogewea, the Half-Blood. Reprint, Boston: Four Seas Co., 1927.

Neihardt, John G. Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux. Reprint, New York: William Morrow and Co., 1932.

Occom, Samson. Sermon Preached at the Execution of Moses Paul, and Indian. New Haven, CT: Press of Thomas and Samuel Green, 1899. Reprint, Samson Occom and the Christian Indians of New England. Edited by W. DeLoss Love. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1772.

Oliver, Louis Little Coon. “Empty Kettle.” In Harper’s Anthology of Twentieth-Century Native American Poetry. Edited by Duane Niatum. New York: Harper, 1988.

Ortiz, Simon. From Sand Creek. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1981.

Ortiz, Simon. “Song/Poetry and Language—Expression and Perception.” Symposium of the Whole. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978. Reprint, Speak to Me Words. Edited by Dean Rader and Janice Gould, 235—246. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1993.

Ortiz, Simon. “A Story of How a Wall Stands.” In Going for the Rain. New York: Harper and Row, 1976. Reprint, Woven Stone. Edited by Simon Ortiz, 145. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1992.

Oskison, John Milton. Black Jack Davy. New York: Appleton, 1926.

Oskison, John Milton. Brothers Three. New York: Macmillan, 1935.

Oskison, John Milton. The Singing Bird: A Cherokee Novel. Reprint, Norman: University of Oklahoma, 2007.

Oskison, John Milton. Wild Harvest: A Novel of Transition Days in Oklahoma. New York: Appleton, 1925.

Parker, Arthur C. The Code of Handsome Lake. New York: New York State Museum Bulletin, 1913.

Parker, Arthur C. The Constitution of the Five Nations. New York: New York State Museum Bulletin, 1916.

Pierce, Maris Bryant. Address on the Present Condition and Prospects of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of North America, with Particular Reference to the Seneca Nation. Philadelphia: J. Richards, 1839. In American Indian Nonfiction: An Anthology of Writings, 1760s—1930s. Edited by Bernd C. Peyer, 87—95. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007.

Pokagon, Simon. The Red Man’s Rebuke by Chief Pokagon (Pottawattamie Chief). Reprinted as The Red Man’s Greeting, Hartford, MI: C. H. Engle, 1893. Reprint, Indian Nation: Native American Literature and Nineteenth-Century Nationalisms, by Cheryl Walker, 211—220. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1997.

Pomplun, Tom. Native American Classics. Mount Horeb, WI: Eureka, 2013.

Posey, Alexander. “Choonstootee’s Letter.” Arrow, October 5, 1895. Reprint, The Fus Fixico Letters. Edited by Daniel F. Littlefield Jr. and Carol A. Petty Hunter, 28—29. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993.

Power, Susan. Grass Dancer. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1994.

Prewett, Frank James. “The Red-Man.” In Harper’s Anthology of Twentieth-Century Native American Poetry. Edited by Duane Niatum. New York: Harper, 1988.

Radin, Paul. Crashing Thunder: The Autobiography of an American Indian. Reprint, D. Appleton and Co., 1926.

Red Jacket. 1805. “You have got our country, but are not satisfied; you want to force religion upon us.” In Lives of Famous Indian Chiefs. Edited by Norman B. Wood, 254—256. Aurora, IL: American Indian Historical Publishing Company, 1906. Reprint, Great Speeches by Native Americans. Edited by Bob Blaisdell, 41—43. New York: Dover, 2000.

Reese, Sally M. “Letter to Reverend Daniel Campbell, July 25, 1828.” Quoted in The Cherokee Removal: A Brief History with Documents. Edited by Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green, 46—47. Boston: Bedford, 1995.

Ridge, John. “Indian Address.” Religious Remembrancer 10.18 (December 15, 1822): 70. In American Indian Nonfiction: An Anthology of Writings, 1760s—1930s. Edited by Bernd C. Peyer, 119—121. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007.

Ridge, John. “Letter.” Cherokee Phoenix, February 18, 1832, p. 1, cols. 3—5.

Ridge, John Rollin. Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta, the Celebrated California Bandit. Reprint, San Francisco: W. R. Cook and Co., 1854.

Riggs, Lynn. 1932. “The Cherokee Night.” In The Cherokee Night and Other Plays. Edited by Lynn Riggs, 106—211. Reprint, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003.

Riggs, Lynn. 1931. “Green Grow the Lilacs.” In The Cherokee Night and Other Plays. Edited by Lynn Riggs, 2—105. Reprint, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003.

Robinson, Eden. Monkey Beach. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

Rogers, Will. The Best of Will Rogers. Edited by Bryan B. Sterling. New York: Crown, 1979.

Ross, John. The Papers of Chief John Ross. 2 vols. Edited by Gary E. Moulton. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1984.

Sarris, Greg. Grand Avenue. Reprint, New York: Hyperion, 1994.

Sarris, Greg. Watermelon Nights. Reprint, New York: Hyperion, 1998.

Schoolcraft, Jane Johnston. “The Forsaken Brother: A Chippewa Tale.” In Native American Women’s Writing, c. 1800—1924: An Anthology. Edited by Karen L. Kilcup, 67—69. Oxford: Blackwell, 2000.

Silko, Leslie Marmon. Almanac of the Dead. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991.

Silko, Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. New York: Penguin, 1977.

Spiderwoman Theater. “Winnetou’s Snake Oil Show from Wigwam City.” Canadian Theatre Review 68 (Fall 1991): 56—63.

Standing Bear, Luther. Land of the Spotted Eagle. Reprint, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1933.

Standing Bear, Luther. My People the Sioux. Reprint, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928.

Strong, Nathaniel Thayer. Appeal to the Christian Community on the Condition and Prospects of the New York Indians. Buffalo: Press of Thomas and Company, 1841. In American Indian Nonfiction: An Anthology of Writings, 1760s—1930s. Edited by Bernd C. Peyer, 100—107. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007.

Taylor, Drew Hayden. Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth: Seventh Generation; An Anthology of Native American Plays. Edited by Mimi Gisolfi D’Aponte, 201—265. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1999.

Tohe, Laura. No Parole Today. Albuquerque: West End Press, 1999.

Treuer, David. The Hiawatha. Reprint, New York: Picador, 2000.

Turcotte, Mark. “No Pie.” In Exploding Chippewas. Edited by Mark Turcotte, 51. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2002.

Van Camp, Richard. The Lesser Blessed. Vancouver, BC: Douglas and McIntyre, 1996.

Vizenor, Gerald. Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles. (Originally published as St. Paul: Truck Press, 1978.) Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1990.

Vizenor, Gerald. The Heirs of Columbus. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1991.

Vizenor, Gerald. Interior Landscapes: Autobiographical Myths and Metaphors. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1990.

Vizenor, Gerald. Word Arrows: Indians and Whites in the New Fur Trade. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1978.

Wagamese, Richard. Keeper ’n Me. Toronto: Doubleday, 1994.

Warren, William Whipple. History of the Ojibway People. Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1885. Reprint, St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1984.

Warrior, Clyde. “The War on Poverty.” In Rural Poverty. Edited by Clyde Warrior, 143—147. Washington, DC: federal report, 1967. Reprint, Great Documents in American Indian History. Edited by Wayne Moquin, 355—357. New York: Da Capo Press, 1995.

Welch, James. The Death of Jim Loney. New York: Penguin, 1979.

Welch, James. Fools Crow. New York: Penguin, 1986.

Welch, James. The Heartsong of Charging Elk. New York: Doubleday, 2000.

Welch, James. The Indian Lawyer. Reprint, New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1990.

Welch, James. “The Man from Washington.” In Riding the Earthboy 40. Edited by James Welch, 35. Reprint, Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1971.

Welch, James. Winter in the Blood. Reprint, New York: Harper and Row, 1974.

Winnemucca Hopkins, Sarah. Life among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims. New York: G. P. Putnam Sons, 1883. Reprint, Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1994.

Womack, Craig. Drowning in Fire. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2001.

Yellow Robe, William S. Jr. The Independence of Eddie Rose: Seventh Generation; An Anthology of Native American Plays. Edited by Mimi Gisolfi D’Aponte, 39—97. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1999.

Young Bear, Ray. Remnants of the First Earth. New York: Grove, 1996.

Zitkala-Ša. “The Soft-Hearted Sioux.” In American Indian Stories, 48—55. Washington, DC: Hayworth Publishing House, 1921. Reprint, Mineola, NY: Dover, 2009.

Contexts

Edmunds, R. David, Frederick E. Hoxie, and Neal Salisbury. The People: A History of Native America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.

Pearce, Roy Harvey. The Savages of America: A Study of the Indian and the Idea of Civilization. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1953. Reprinted with foreword by Arnold Krupat. Savagism and Civilization: A Study of the Indian and the American Mind. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988.

Warrior, Robert, ed. The World of Indigenous North America. London: Routledge, 2014.

Wilkins, David E., and K. Tsianina Lomawaima. Uneven Ground: American Indian Sovereignty and Federal Law. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001.

Wilkinson, Charles F. Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations. New York: W.W. Norton, 2006.

Oral tradition

Kroeber, Karl. Artistry in Native American Myths. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998.

Krupat, Arnold. “That the People Might Live”: Loss and Renewal in the Native American Elegy. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2012.

Ramsey, Jarold. Reading the Fire: The Traditional Indian Literatures of America. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999.

Ruoff, A. LaVonne Brown. “The Survival of Tradition: American Indian Oral and Written Narratives.” Massachusetts Review 27.2 (1986): 274—293.

Silko, Leslie Marmon. “Interior and Exterior Landscapes: The Pueblo Migration Stories.” In Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit: Essays on Native American Life Today. Edited by Leslie Marmon Silko, 25—47. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.

Early writing

Konkle, Maureen. Writing Indian Nations: Native Intellectuals and the Politics of Historiography, 1827—1863. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004.

O’Brien, Jean M. Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010.

Perdue, Theda, and Michael Green. The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears. New York: Penguin, 2008.

Peyer, Bernd. The Tutor’d Mind: Indian Missionary-Writers in Antebellum America. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1997.

Wyss, Hilary E. Writing Indians: Literacy, Christianity, and Native Community in Early America. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2000.

Resistance and assimilation

Calloway, Colin G. One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West before Lewis and Clark. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003.

Hoxie, Frederick E. A Final Promise: The Campaign to Assimilate the Indians, 1880—1920. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001.

Jung, Patrick J. The Black Hawk War of 1832. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007.

Kelman, Ari. A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling over the Memory of Sand Creek. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013.

Maddox, Lucy. Citizen Indians: Native American Intellectuals, Race, and Reform. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005.

Studying Native Americans

Elliott, Michael A. The Culture Concept: Writing and Difference in the Age of Realism. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002.

Huhndorf, Shari. Mapping the Americas: The Transnational Politics of Contemporary Native Culture. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2009.

Krupat, Arnold. Red Matters: Native American Studies. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.

Smith, Paul Chaat, and Robert Allen Warrior. Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee. New York: New Press, 1997.

Vizenor, Gerald. Fugitive Poses: Native American Indian Scenes of Absence and Presence. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000.

Weaver, Jace, Craig S. Womack, and Robert Warrior. American Indian Literary Nationalism. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005.

The novel

Bevis, William W. “Native American Novels: Homing In.” In Recovering the Word: Essays on Native American Literature. Edited by Brian Swann and Arnold Krupat, 580—620. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987.

Fixico, Donald L. Termination and Relocation: Federal Indian Policy, 1945—1960. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1986.

Owens, Louis. Other Destinies: Understanding the American Indian Novel. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992.

Teuton, Sean. Red Land, Red Power: Grounding Knowledge in the American Indian Novel. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2008.

Wilson, Michael D. Writing Home: Indigenous Narratives of Resistance. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2008.

Looking ahead

Clifford, James. Returns: Becoming Indigenous in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013.

Deloria, Philip J. Indians in Unexpected Places. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2004.

Lyons, Scott Richard. X-Marks: Native Signatures of Assent. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010.

Smith, Paul Chaat. Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.