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.
  
  











  



  
Coyote Stories2 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Grand Avenue : A Novel in Stories6 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
  
  











  



  
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.
  
  











  



  
The Trickster of Liberty: Native Heirs to a Wild Baronage
Gerald Robert Vizenor

University of Oklahoma Press, 2005
  
  











  



  
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.
  
  











  



  
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.
  
  











  



  
Storyteller5 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? ...
  
  











  



  
Turtle Meat: And Other Stories
Joseph Bruchac

Holy Cow! Press, 1996

first published collection of his short stories
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
Talking Leaves: Contemporary Native American Short Stories2 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.
  
  











  



  
Earth Power Coming: Short Fiction in Native American Literature1 review
Simon J. Ortiz

Dine College Pr, 1983

AWSOME book

great book. beautifully good. short and sweet
  
  











  



  
One good story, that one: Stories2 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; ...
  
  











  



  
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. ...
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages1 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Faithful Hunter Abenaki Stories: Abenaki Stories (Bowman Books)
Joseph Bruchac, Ka-Hon-Hes

Greenfield Review Press, 1988

folktales
  
  











  



  
Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women3 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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven110 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
  
  











  



  
The Singing Spirit: Early Short Stories by North American Indians (Sun Tracks)

University of Arizona Press, 1991