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The moccasin maker E. Pauline Johnson
W. Briggs, 1913
Emily Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) (1861-1913), was a Canadian writer and performer. She is often remembered for her poems that celebrate her aboriginal heritage. The Shagganappi (1913) and The Moccasin Maker (1913), posthumous publications, are collections of selected periodical stories Johnson penned on a number of sentimental, didactic, and biographical topics.
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Coyote Stories 2 reviews Mourning Dove
Bison Books, 1990
A COLLECTION OF NATIVE AMERICAN FOLK TALES
+ Coyote rules!
Mourning Dove, (Hu-mis-hu-ma) is the pen name of Christine Quintasket, a member of the Colville Reservation of north central Washington. She had little schooling and even less exposure to literature, however she was determined to be a writer of fiction, particularly in her collections of Native ...
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Grand Avenue : A Novel in Stories 6 reviews Greg Sarris, 1995
It is Grand...a must-read!
+ Brilliant! + FROM THE REZ TO GRAND AVENUE + loved the acting on the movie i saw on cable
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In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems, 1961-1991 N. Scott Momaday
St Martins Pr, 1992
A collection of stories, poems, and drawings reflect the career of one of America's most distinctive storytellers, whose literary oeuvre both celebrates and mourns the lost world of great native American legends and myths.
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The Trickster of Liberty: Native Heirs to a Wild Baronage Gerald Robert Vizenor
University of Oklahoma Press, 2005
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Love Medicine: A Novel (P.S.) 70 reviews Louise Erdrich
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
One of the best writers in American History
+ Erdrich + A Classic
Simply fantastic. It is a shame though, that she is not included in the canon of literary geniuses of American history. Her stories read beautifully and her artistic ability to paint a picture with words is amazing. Read all her books, they are all wonderful.
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The Shagganappi E. Pauline Johnson, Ernest Thompson Seton
BiblioBazaar, 2006
From that day, twenty odd years ago, our friendship continued to the end, and it is the last sad privilege of brotherhood to write this brief comment on her personality. I do it with a special insight, for I am charged with a message from Tekahionwake herself.
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Storyteller 5 reviews Leslie Marmon Silko
Arcade Publishing, 1989
There Are No Pigeon Holes For This Pigeon
+ A first, now a classic
Librarians have a difficult time finding a place for this book. Should it go into the autobiographical section? There's a great deal of her past and her family's heritage in this book. Should it be placed next to the poetry books? She has included several of her poems. What about fiction? ...
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Turtle Meat: And Other Stories Joseph Bruchac
Holy Cow! Press, 1996
first published collection of his short stories
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Elderberry flute song: Contemporary coyote tales Peter Blue Cloud
Crossing Press, 1982
These Coyote tales are funny, profound, sometimes sad, and always wise. Blue Cloud's style and power have made this book a classic. These tales take coyote from his mythic beginnings to the present in stories that show his enduring vitality. "Blue Cloud's poems are living proof that the power and beauty of the Old Way cannot be lost. . . . Blue Cloud does nothing glamorous: he speaks from his ...
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Talking Leaves: Contemporary Native American Short Stories 2 reviews
Dell Publishing, 1991
Awesome depiction of the Native American Ways
+ Generally good reading
This book was awesome! It was the most enchanting short stories I have ever read. It was marvelous.
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Earth Power Coming: Short Fiction in Native American Literature 1 review Simon J. Ortiz
Dine College Pr, 1983
AWSOME book
great book. beautifully good. short and sweet
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One good story, that one: Stories 2 reviews Thomas King
HarperPerennial, 1993
Great Stories, Funny, Knife-Pointed-- and available
+ One Good Story, That one
They say (in their current hardcopy catalog: "The 10 stories in this collection are mischievously told, slyly exposing the underside of Native-whtie relations. Adolescents who don't like to read will get caught up in these stories."
King, a well-known Cherokee writer (Green Grass, Running Water; ...
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The Power of Horses and Other Stories (Sun Tracks) Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
University of Arizona Press, 2006
The fifteen stories contained in The Power of Horses portray, each in a different way, the sensitive and enduring culture of the Dakota of the Upper Plains and convey many of the basic truths that have sustained Elizabeth Cook-Lynn’s people for countless generations. Though the stories are often filled with violence and grief, they are also brimming with beauty, gentleness, charm, and humor. ...
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Landfill Meditation: Crossblood Stories Gerald Vizenor
Wesleyan, 1991
In these fourteen stories Gerald Vizenor leads his crossblood characters out of romantic thickets into a new tribal world of psychotaxidermy, laser holograms, and urban ceremonies. Dancing with tricksters, animals, and language is never dangerous in this collection. With the comic pleasures of tribal tricksters, Vizenor's fantastic characters arise from the burdens of racialism and noble ...
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The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages 1 review N. Scott Momaday
St. Martin's Griffin, 1998
N. Scott Momaday: A Master of Time, History, and Language
N. Scott Momaday is the most intelligent, thought-provoking, and beautiful writer of this century. I went to a reading at Emory University in Atlanta, GA a few weeks before this book was published throughout the country. The book mixes the beauty of language with the complexity of the human ...
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Faithful Hunter Abenaki Stories: Abenaki Stories (Bowman Books) Joseph Bruchac, Ka-Hon-Hes
Greenfield Review Press, 1988
folktales
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Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women 3 reviews Paula Gunn Allen
Ballantine Books, 1990
Great for classroom intro for Native American Lit
+ A Great Collection of Stories
What a great book. So many books that are available are on the stories of men (these are important too) but women are seldom heard from. We usually only hear of vision quests and warriors. This is a book that would introduce students to both sides of the story and the intro gives such insight to ...
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven 110 reviews Sherman Alexie
Grove Press, 2005
That's How I Do Life Sometimes By Making The Ordinary Just Like Magic... -Sherman Alexie
+ Amazing + stories as evocative as any novel + Very good writer
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The Singing Spirit: Early Short Stories by North American Indians (Sun Tracks)
University of Arizona Press, 1991
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