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Title Native American writers of the United States / edited by Kenneth M. Roemer
Published Detroit, MI : Gale Research, 1997
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 414 pages) : illustrations
Series Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 175
Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 175
Contents Sherman Alexie (1966- ) -- Paula Gunn Allen (1939- ) -- William Apess (1798-1839) -- Jim Barnes (1933- ) -- S. Alice Callahan (1868-1894) -- Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (1930- ) -- George Copway (1818-1869) -- Ella C. Deloria (1889-1971) -- Vine Deloria Jr. (1933- ) -- Michael Dorris (1945- ) -- Charles A. Eastman (1858-1939) -- Louis Erdich (1954- ) -- Hanay Geiogamah (1945- ) -- Diane Clancy (1941- ) -- Janet Campbell Hale (1946- ) -- Joy Harjo (1951- ) -- Lance Henson (1944- ) -- Linda Hogan (1947- ) -- E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) -- Maurice Kenny (1929- ) -- Thomas King (1943- ) -- Francis La Flesche (1857-1932) -- John Joseph Mathews (1894-1979) -- D'Arcy McNickle (1904-1977) -- N. Scott Momaday (1934- ) -Mourning Dove (Humishuma) (between 1882? And 1888?-1936) -- Duane Niatum (1938- ) -- Samson Occom (1723-1792) -- Simon J. Ortiz (1941- ) -- John Milton Oskison (1874-1947) -- Alexander Posey (1873-1947) -- John Rollin Ridge (1827-1867) -- Lynn Riggs (1899-1954) -- Wendy Rose (1948- ) -- Greg Sarris (1952- ) -- Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800-1841) -- Leslie Marmon Silko (1948- ) Luci Tapahonso (1953- ) -- Gerald Vizenor (1934- ) -- James Welch (1940- ) -- Sarah Winnemucca (1844-1891) -- Ray A. Young Bear (1950- ) -- Zitkala-Sa (18876-1938)
Summary Essays on American Indian authors from the United States who wrote primarily in English. These works illustrate the complex issues and literary diversity of Native American writing. Discusses how Native American authors have been defined, their distinctive characteristics and responsibilities, and how historical and institutional forces shaped the roles of these authors and their texts
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject American literature -- Indian authors -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries
American literature -- Indian authors -- Dictionaries
Indian authors -- United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries
Indians in literature -- Dictionaries
Indians of North America -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
Genre/Form Bio-bibliography.
Biographies.
Dictionaries.
Form Electronic book
Author Roemer, Kenneth M., 1945-
Gale Research Inc
LC no. 96052414
ISBN 0810399385
9780810399389