Dictionary of Native American literature

Book

Dictionary of Native American literature / Andrew Wiget, editor.

Wiget, Andrew. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0815315600 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780815315605 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: xviii, 598 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : Garland, 1994.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: 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 the 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, Michael 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 -- 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. Erhard -- Jane Johnston Schoolcraft / A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff -- Sarah Winnemucca / A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff -- Zitkala Sa / Mary A. Stout -- Contemporary Native American writing: an overview / Joseph Bruchac -- Critical approaches to Native American literature / Arnold Krupat --

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.