Native American Literature : An Anthology

by Trout, Lawana

• ISBN13: 9780844259857
• ISBN10: 0844259853
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

This treasury of literature by Native American authors allows students to listen to the voices from America's first and oldest literature. More than fifty tribes from the U.S. and Canada are represented, giving readers opportunities to explore the diversity of authors' experiences through poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, including the oral tradition. Two maps provide geographical context for the readings, one showing tribal locations and the other showing the Trail of Tears.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv	(2)
Historical Overview	xvii
CHAPTER ONE IMAGES AND IDENTITIES	1	(74)
Reading Poems in Public	4	(3)
Maurice Kenny
Indians Today, the Real and the Unreal	7	(9)
Vine Deloria, Jr.
For Indians, No Thanksgiving	16	(4)
Michael Dorris
13/16	20	(3)
Sherman Alexie
The Truth Is	23	(3)
Linda Hogan
The Two Lives	26	(16)
Linda Hogan
Dear John Wayne	42	(3)
Louise Erdrich
I Am Not a Mascot	45	(4)
Philip J. Deloria
Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question	49	(3)
Diane Burns
Plea to Those Who Matter	52	(2)
James Welch
My Indian Name and Name Giveaway	54	(6)
Phil George
The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee	60	(3)
N. Scott Momaday
Adventures of an Indian Princess	63	(5)
Patricia Riley
What I Am	68	(7)
Luci Tapahonso
CHAPTER TWO THE SPIRIT WORLD	75	(110)
Carriers of the Dream Wheel	79	(2)
N. Scott Momaday
The Creation: Iroquois Myths	81	(5)
Harriet Converse
Arthur Parker
Origins of the False Face Company: Seneca Myths	86	(7)
Arthur Parker
The Origins of the Long House: Seneca Legend	93	(5)
Arthur Parker
The Council of the Great Peace	98	(5)
Arthur Parker
The Creation or Age of Beginning: Dine (Navajo) Origin Myths	103	(6)
Hastin Tlo'tsi hee
Aileen O'Bryan
White Bead Women Marries the Sun and The Story of the Twin Brothers and the Giant Yeitso	109	(8)
The Coming of Horses	117	(3)
Sandoval
The War God's Horse Song	120	(2)
Tall Kia ah ni
A Prayer of the Night Chant	122	(3)
The Sun Dance	125	(9)
Luther Standing Bear
Alone on a Hilltop	134	(6)
John Fire Lame Deer
Richard Erdoes
All My Relations	140	(4)
Linda Hogan
Old Man, the Sweat Lodge	144	(2)
Phil George
The Origin of Eternal Death: Blackfoot Myth	146	(4)
The Fawn, the Wolves, and the Terrapin: Creck Myth	150	(3)
Karl Kroeber
The Vampire Skelton: Onondaga Myth	153	(3)
John Bierhorst
Raven Steals the Light: Haida Myth	156	(5)
Bill Reid
Robert Bringhurst
Naanabozho and the Gambler	161	(5)
Gerald Vizenor
Soul Catcher	166	(9)
Louis Owens
Rite of Encounter	175	(10)
Russell Bates
CHAPTER THREE CRISIS IN THE HOMELAND	185	(98)
The Man from Washington	189	(3)
James Welch
An Address to the Whites	192	(9)
Elias Boudinot
from Pushing the Bear	201	(13)
Diane Glancy
In 1864	214	(5)
Luci Tapahonso
The Navajo Long Walk	219	(7)
Howard W. Gorman
Voices of the Invisible	226	(6)
Debra Calling Thunder
Black Kettle National Grasslands, Western Oklahoma	232	(4)
Diane Glancy
Buried Alive	236	(6)
Sarah Winnemucca
from Yellow Wolf: His Own Story	242	(10)
Yellow Wolf
Return to Bearpaw	252	(12)
Janet Campbell Hale
December 29, 1890	264	(2)
N. Scott Momaday
The Ghost Dance War	266	(11)
Charles Alexander Eastman
Three Thousand Dollar Death Song	277	(6)
Wendy Rose
CHAPTER FOUR THE REMEMBERED EARTH	283	(62)
from "Waiting at the Edge"	285	(6)
Maurice Kenny
I Still Trust the Land	291	(6)
Leslie Silko
Giant Bear	297	(3)
Leslie Silko
The Time We Climbed Snake Mountain	300	(2)
Leslie Silko
Slim Man Canyon	302	(2)
Leslie Silko
Indian Song: Survival	304	(4)
Leslie Silko
Hawk Nailed to a Barn Door	308	(3)
Peter Blue Cloud
Buffalo Poem #1	311	(1)
Geary Hobson
Time	312	(3)
Joseph Bruchac
We Are the Land	315	(3)
Paula Gunn Allen
The Strange People	318	(3)
Louise Erdrich
Skunk Dreams	321	(4)
Louise Erdrich
Morning Glories and Eastern Phoebes	325	(3)
Louise Erdrich
Snow Country Weavers	328	(2)
James Welch
Five Rounds	330	(2)
Lorenzo Baca
from Solar Storms	332	(9)
Linda Hogan
Song of the Sky Loom	341	(4)
Brian Swann
CHAPTER FIVE ALL MY RELATIONS	345	(66)
My Father's Song	347	(3)
Simon Ortiz
Remember	350	(3)
Joy Harjo
The Power of Love	353	(4)
Michael Dorris
A Second Adoption	357	(4)
Micheal Dorris
Halfbreed	361	(6)
Maria Campbell
"Introduction" from The Way to Rainy Mountain	367	(7)
N. Scott Momaday
Neon Scars	374	(10)
Wendy Rose
A Special Treat	384	(3)
Luci Tapahonso
They Were Alone in Winter	387	(2)
Luci Tapahonso
Lullaby	389	(9)
Leslie Silko
Wake Up! Do Not Be Idle!	398	(4)
Maria Chona
Ruth Underhill
In the Hour of the Wolf	402	(6)
Betty Bell
Ellis Island	408	(3)
Joseph Bruchac
CHAPTER SIX GROWING UP	411	(82)
A Son of the Forest	414	(9)
William Apess
At Last I Kill a Buffalo	423	(7)
Luther Standing Bear
from The Arapaho Way	430	(12)
Carl Sweezy
Althea Bass
Beets	442	(8)
Tiffany Midge
from Interior Landscapes	450	(13)
Gerald Vizenor
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven	463	(4)
Sherman Alexie
Rayona's Ride	467	(11)
Michael Dorris
Growing Up	478	(4)
Michael Dorris
Notes of a Translator's Son	482	(6)
Joseph Bruchac
The End of Childhood	488	(5)
N. Scott Momaday
CHAPTER SEVEN AFFAIRS OF THE HEART	493	(94)
A Classic Drop Off	495	(3)
Luci Tapahonso
Tiny Treaties	498	(3)
Sherman Alexie
Raisin Eyes	501	(3)
Luci Tapahonso
The Bingo Van	504	(12)
Louise Erdrich
Love Song	516	(2)
Donna Whitewing
Songs of Divorce	518	(2)
Traditional Chippewa
High Horse's Courting	520	(7)
Black Elk
John Neihardt
Going to School	527	(10)
D'Arcy McNickle
Groom Service	537	(13)
Michael Dorris
from Stoney Creek Woman	550	(9)
Mary John
Bridget Moran
The Marriage of Red Paint and White Man's Dog	559	(21)
James Welch
Earth and I Gave You Turquoise	580	(3)
N. Scott Momaday
Love Poem	583	(4)
Leslie Silko
CHAPTER EIGHT LANGUAGE AND LEARNING IN TWO WORLDS	587	(64)
Lakota Language	592	(64)
Albert White Hat, Sr.
First Days at Carlisle	598	(13)
Luther Standing Bear
The School Days of an Indian Girl	611	(13)
Zitkala-Sa
Gertrude Bonnin
Indian Boarding School: The Runaways	624	(2)
Louise Erdrich
Indian Education	626	(4)
Sherman Alexie
Tlingit Concrete Poem	630	(3)
Nora Dauenhauer
Enchanted Enchanted Rattlesnake	633	(2)
Larry Evers
Felipe S. Molina
The Man Made of Words	635	(16)
N. Scott Momaday
CHAPTER NINE WE SURVIVE	651	(64)
Indian Humor	654	(9)
Vine Deloria, Jr.
I Give You Back	663	(3)
Joy Harjo
An Indian's Looking-Glass for the White Man	666	(6)
William Apess
The Game Between the Jews and the Indians Is Tied Going into the Bottom of the Ninth Inning	672	(2)
Sherman Alexie
The Man to Send Rainclouds	674	(5)
Leslie Silko
Metamorphosis	679	(5)
Joy Harjo
The Woman Hanging from the Thirteenth Floor Window	684	(4)
Joy Harjo
The Big Snow and Flood Rampage of 1892-1893	688	(8)
Mourning Dove
Christine Quintasket
Street Kid	696	(2)
Duane Niatum
Battle Won Is Lost	698	(2)
Phil George
We Saw Days	700	(2)
Ted Palmanteer
Captured by the Enemy	702	(13)
Chahadineli Benally
CHAPTER TEN MEMORY ALIVE	715	(54)
Skelton of Winter	717	(3)
Joy Harjo
The Warriors	720	(12)
Anna Lee Walters
Water Witch	732	(6)
Louis Owens
The View from the Mesa	738	(9)
Shonto Begay
Seeing, Knowing, Remembering	747	(4)
Linda Hogan
Of All Tomorrows	751	(4)
Peter Blue Cloud
Proviso	755	(2)
Phil George
Celebration	757	(2)
Alonzo Lopez
I Remember	759	(3)
James Welch
The Voyagers	762	(7)
Linda Hogan
Acknowledgments	769	(6)
Author-Title Index	775