Literature of the American Indian

Sanders, Thomas Edward 1926- (compiler.). Peek, Walter W., (compiler.).

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.

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Physical Description: print
xviii, 534 pages portrait 27 cm
Publisher: New York, Glencoe Press [1973]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

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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.