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Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Learn about the life events and aspirations that shaped the voices of ten influential Native writers, whose novels, short stories and plays encompass the soul of Native life. Learn how these writers draw from personal experience to create situations and characters that are entertaining and poignant. Featured writers include:
Sherman Alexie (Spokane/Coeur d'Alene) Marilyn Dumont (Cree/Métis)
Joseph Boyden (Cree/Métis) Louise Erdrich (Ojibwa)
Joseph...
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"This is the first anthology to bring together Diné writers of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction prose into a single collection of Navajo literature. The book includes author biographies and interviews with a selections of the writers' most important creative work, as well as a chronology and resources for teachers and readers"--
Author
Pub. Date
[1986]
Description
This pioneering work, first published in 1986, documents the continuing vitality of the American Indian tradition and of women's leadership within that tradition. In her new preface to this edition, Allen reflects on the remarkable resurgence of American Indian pride and culture in recent times.
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Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
"This is the story of the children's books of the last century beautifully illustrated by Native American artists." "In the era beginning with the 1920s, a quiet revolution was stirring the U.S. federal government's approach to Indian education. Radical for its time, the Bureau of Indian Affairs adopted a policy that brought together writers, ethnologists, linguists, and emerging Indian artists to create and illustrate a literature for Indian students...
Author
Series
Sun tracks volume 50
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
"This album of essays, photographs, stories, and art chronicles some of the people and events that have played - and continue to play - a role in the lives of Native families in the Bay Area Indian community over the past seventy years"--P. 4 of cover.
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