Bibliograph

Literature of the American Indian, [compiled by] Thomas E. Sanders [and] Walter W. Peek

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Literature of the American Indian, [compiled by] Thomas E. Sanders [and] Walter W. Peek

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

portraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Literature of the American Indian

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

658106

Responsibility statement

[compiled by] Thomas E. Sanders [and] Walter W. Peek

Summary

With 114 selections representative of at least 28 tribes as well as contemporary individual writers, this book goes from creation myths, through pre-Columbian tales and poetry; to the great orations and protest speeches, to the attempts at assimilation, and then to the present resurgence of Pan Indianism

Table Of Contents

Pre-Columbian religions : from Wah'kon-tah, the great mystery ... -- The trickster, hereos and the folk -- The soul of the Indian : pre-Columbian poetry -- The liberated and the league : the law of the Great Peace and the American epic -- The golden word unheard : oratory -- To Golgotha and back : Native American religions after the Christian invasion -- Memories miserable and magnificent : biography and autobiiography -- Anguished, angry, articulate : current voices in poetry, prose, and protest

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