American Indian Literature: An AnthologyAlan R. Velie Along with the traditional, primarily oral, literature of tales, songs, memoirs, and oratory, this revised anthology offers a large selection of poetry and fiction by American Indian women, including an excerpt from Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine and poetry by Paula Gunn Allen, Rayna Green, Joy Harjo, nila northSun, and others. There is also a rich array of works by contemporary Indian men from different regions, such as N. Scott Momaday, James Welch, Gerald Vizenor, and Maurice Kenny. |
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... Dance is reproduced on the front cover with the permission of The Philbrook Museum of Art , Tulsa , Oklahoma . Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data . American Indian Literature : an anthology / edited and with an ...
... Dance is reproduced on the front cover with the permission of The Philbrook Museum of Art , Tulsa , Oklahoma . Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data . American Indian Literature : an anthology / edited and with an ...
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... Dance Wakan'tanka Hears Me I Have Conquered Them 81 81 82 83 83 84 Song of the Strong Heart Society 84 Watch Your Horses 84 You Have No Horses 84 The Earth Only Endures 84 Song Concerning a Message from Washington 85 Mandan and Hidatsa ...
... Dance Wakan'tanka Hears Me I Have Conquered Them 81 81 82 83 83 84 Song of the Strong Heart Society 84 Watch Your Horses 84 You Have No Horses 84 The Earth Only Endures 84 Song Concerning a Message from Washington 85 Mandan and Hidatsa ...
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... Dancer 235 James Welch 236 Magic Fox 237 Getting Things Straight 237 Harlem , Montana : Just Off the Reservation 238 D - Y Bar 238 Arizona Highways The Man from Washington In the American Express Line Plea to Those Who Matter Grandma's ...
... Dancer 235 James Welch 236 Magic Fox 237 Getting Things Straight 237 Harlem , Montana : Just Off the Reservation 238 D - Y Bar 238 Arizona Highways The Man from Washington In the American Express Line Plea to Those Who Matter Grandma's ...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Origin Myth of Acoma | 14 |
Three Menomini Tales | 27 |
High Horses Courting | 33 |
The Winnebago Trickster Cycle | 44 |
Chippewa Songs | 77 |
Teton Sioux Songs | 82 |
Oratory | 135 |
Geary Hobson | 246 |
Rayna Green | 252 |
Lance Henson | 263 |
Charlotte DeClue | 270 |
Linda Hogan | 276 |
Joy Harjo | 287 |
Richard Aitson | 297 |
Louise Erdrich | 304 |
Common terms and phrases
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