Eulogy on William Apess -- Democratic vistas of the Osage constitutional crisis -- The work of Indian pupils -- Momaday in the movement years
Summary
The People and the Word explores how the Native tradition of nonfiction has both encompassed and dissected Native experiences. Robert Warrior traces a history of American Indian nonfiction writing, including Pequot intellectual William Apess's autobiographical works; the Osage Constitution of 1881; accounts of boarding school in the late 1880s; and modern Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday's essay "The Man Made of Words."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-231) and index
