Dictionary of Native American Literature (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)

The Dictionary of Native American Literature is a unique, comprehensive, and authoritative guide to the oral and written literatures of Native Americans. It lays the perfect foundation for understanding the works of Native. The book features reports on the oral traditions of various tribes and topics such as the relation of the Bible, dreams, oratory, humor, autobiography, and federal land policies to Native American literature. Eight additional essays cover teaching Native American literature, new fiction, new theater, and other important topics, and there are bio-critical essays on more than 40 writers ranging from William Apes (who in the early 19th century denounced white society's treatment of his people) to contemporary poet Ray Young Bear. Packed with information that was once scattered and scarce, the Dictionary of Native American Literature -a valuable one-volume resource-is sure to appeal to everyone interested in Native American history, culture, and literature. Covers Native American Literature In Both Oral And Written Forms With General Articles And Articles On Individual Authors Including Black Elk, Vine Deloria, Jr., Zitkal Sa, N. Scott Momaday, Wendy Rose, Ray Young Bear, And Many Others. Introduction / Andrew Wiget -- Native American Oral Literatures -- Native American Oral Literatures : A Critical Orientation / Andrew Wiget -- Oral Literature Of The Alaskan Arctic / Phyllis Morrow -- Oral Literature Of The Subarctic Athapaskans / Scott Rushforth -- Native Oral Literature Of The Northwest Coast And The Plateau / M. Dale Kinkade -- Oral Literature Of California And Intermountain Region / William Bright -- Oral Literature Of The Southwest / Andrew Wiget -- Oral Literature Of The Plains Indians / Julian Rice -- Oral Literature Of The Northeastern Algonquians And The Northern Iroquoians / Gordon M. Day, Michale K. Foster -- Oral Literature Of The Southeast / George E. Lankford -- Oral Historical Epic Narratives / Alexander Vaschenko -- The Native American Trickster / Barbara Babcock, Jay Cox -- Oratory / Donald Bahr -- Dreams, Song And Narrative / Donald Bahr -- Revitalization Movements And Oral Literature / Kenneth M. Morrison -- Myth And Religion Of Native America / Kenneth M. Morrison -- The Bible And Traditional Indian Literature / Jarold Ramsey -- The White Man In Native Oral Tradition / Jarold Ramsey -- The Historical Emergence Of Native American Writing -- Native American Writing : Beginnings To 1967 / A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff -- Population, Reservations, And Federal Indian Policy / Ronald A. Janke -- Autobiography / David Brumble, Arnold Krupat -- Women's Autobiography / Gretchen M. Bataille, Kathleen M. Sands -- Coyote's Jokebook : Humor In Native American Literature And Culture / John Lowe -- William Apes / Bernd C. Peyer -- Black Elk / Julian Rice -- Elias Boudinot / James W. Parins -- S. Alice Callahan / A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff -- George Copway / A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff -- Charles Alexander Eastman / Bernd C. Peyer -- E. Pauline Johnson / A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff -- John Joseph Mathews / Terry P. Wilson -- (william) D'arcy Mcnickle / Birgit Hans -- Mourning Dove / Alanna K. Brown -- Samson Occom / Bernd C. Peyer -- John Milton Oskison / Gretchen Ronnow -- Simon Pokagon / A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff -- Alexander Lawrence Posey / Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr. -- John Rollin Ridge / James W. Parins -- (rolla) Lynn Riggs / Thomas A. Erbard -- Jane Johnston Schoolcraft / A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff -- Sarah Winnemucca / A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff -- Zitkala Sa / Mary A. Stout -- A Native American Renaissance : 1967 To The Present -- Contemporary Native American Writing : An Overview / Joseph Bruchac -- Critical Approaches To Native American Literature / Arnold Krupat -- European Responses To Native American Literature / Laura Coltelli -- Teaching Indian Literature / Kenneth M. Roemer -- Native Literature Of Canada / Thomas King -- New Native American Fiction / John Lloyd Purdy -- The New Native American Theater / Hanay L. Geiogamah -- Indians In Anglo-american Literature, 1492 To 1990 -- Paula Gunn Allen / James Ruppert -- Joseph Bruchac / Andrea Lerner -- Elizabeth Cook-lynn / James Ruppert -- Vine Deloria, Jr. / Roger Dunsmore -- Michael (anthony) Dorris / Barbara K. Robins -- (karen) Louise Erdrich / John Lloyd Purdy -- Hanay Geiogamah / Sue M. Johnson -- Joy Harjo / Norma C. Wilson -- Lance (david) Henson / Gogisgi Carroll Arnett -- Linda Henderson Hogan / Norma C. Wilson -- Maurice Kenny / James Ruppert -- Thomas King / A Lavonne Brown Ruoff -- N(avarre) Scott Momaday / Susan Scarberry-garcia -- Duane (mcginniss) Niaturm / Andrea Lerner -- Simon J. Ortiz / Robert M. Nelson -- Carter Revard / Franchot Ballinger -- Wendy Rose / Norma C. Wilson -- Leslie Marmon Silko / Elaine A. Jahner -- Hyemeyohsts (chuck) Storm / Robert F. Sayre -- Gerald Vizenor / Alan R. Velie -- Anna Lee Walters / James Ruppert -- James Welch / Kathryn S. Vangen -- Roberta Hill Whiteman / Norma C. Wilson -- Ray (anthony) Young Bear / Robert F. Gish. Andrew Wiget, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This dictionary, produced by the Association for the Study of American Indian Literature, contains 40 critical-biographical essays on various writers spanning two time periods: the historical emergence of Native American writers (to 1800) and the Native American Renaissance (1967-) First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.