Great short stories by contemporary Native American writers

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Great short stories by contemporary Native American writers / edited by Bob Blaisdell.

Summary:

This new anthology of short fiction by Native Americans features a wide range of contemporary writers. It includes stories dating from the early twentieth century by Pauline Johnson, daughter of a Mohawk chief, whose works helped define Canadian literature; Zitkala-Sa, a Sioux writer whose books were among the first to bring Native American stories to wider recognition; John M. Oskison, whose Cherokee ancestry informed his tales of the cultural clash faced by children of mixed marriages; and D'Arcy McNickle, Cree activist and anthropologist. Ten additional stories date from the 1960s through the twenty-first century, ranging in their settings from Canada to New Mexico. Selections include Leslie Marmon Silko's "The Man to Send Rain Clouds," "Crow's Sun" by Duane Niatum, "Beading Lesson" by Beth H. Piatote, Sherman Alexie's "War Dances," and other tales that explore cultural borders and intersections, dramatizing the ways in which people discover their own heritage as well as the wider world.

Record details

ISBN: 9780486490953
ISBN: 0486490955
Physical Description: viii, 130 pages ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, �2014.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:: A red girl's reasoning (1893) / Pauline Johnson -- The soft-hearted Sioux (1901) / Zitkala-Sa -- The singing bird (1925) / John M. Oskison -- Train time (1936) / D'Arcy McNickle -- The man to send rain clouds (1969) / Leslie Marmo Silko -- Turtle Meat (1983) / Joseph Bruchac III -- Only approved Indians can play made in the USA (1983) / Jack D. Forbes -- High Cotton (1984) / Rayna Green -- Snatched away (1988) / Mary Tallmountain -- Crow's sun (1991) / Duane Niatum -- Borders (1993) / Thomas King -- The dog pit (1994) / Eli Funaro -- Beading lesson (2002) / Beth H. Piatote -- War dances (2009) / Sherman Alexie.