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NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE A Brief Introduction and Anthology Gerald Vizenor University of California Berkeley The HarperCollins Literary Mosaic Series Ishmael Reed General Editor University of California Berkeley HARPERCOLUNSCOLLEGEPUBLISHERS Contents Foreword by Ishmael Reed Introduction AUTOBIOGRAPHY William Apess (1798-?) A Son of the Forest Preface 20 Chapter I 20 Chapter II 24 Chapter III 28 Luther Standing Bear (1868-1939) My People the Sioux Preface 33 First Days at Carlisle 33 John Rogers (1890-?) Return to White Earth 46 N Scott Momaday (b 1934) The Way to Rainy Mountain [Introduction] 60 The Names 65 Gerald VTzenor(b 1934) Measuring My Blood 69 Maria Campbell (b 1940) The Little People 76 Louis Owens (b 1948) Motion of Fire and Form 83 Wendy Rose (b 1948) Neon Scars 95 FICTION John Joseph Mathews (1894-1979) The Birth of Challenge 106 iv Native American Literature D Arcy McNickle (1904-1977) A Different World Elizabeth Cook Lynn (b 1930) A Good Chance N Scott Momaday (b 1934) The Rise of the Song Gerald Vizenor (b 1934) Hearthnes Paula Gunn Allen (b 1939) Someday Soon James Welch (b 1940) The Earthboy Place Thomas King (b 1943) Maydean Joe Leslie Marmon Silko (b 1948) Call That Story Back Louis Owens (b 1948) The Last Stand Betty Louise Bell (b 1949) In the Hour of the Wolf Le Anne Howe (b 1951) Moccasins Don t Have High Heels Evelina Zuni Lucero (b 1953) Deer Dance Louise Erdnch (b 1954) Lipsha Mornssey Kimberly Blaeser (b 1955) A Matter of Proportion Gordon Henry Jr (b 1955) Arthur Boozhoo on the Nature of Magic POETRY Mary TallMountain (b 1918) There Is No Word for Goodbye 245 Maurice Kenny (b 1929) Wild Strawberry 248 Jim Barnes (b 1933) The Sawdust War 251 Under the Tent- 252 The Cabin on Nanny Ridge 253 Diane Glancy (b 1941) SHEdomsm 256 Simon Ortiz (b 1941) A Story of How a Wall Stands 259 My Fathers Song 260 Linda Hogan (b 1947) The New Apartment Minneapolis 262 The Truth Is 264 Return [Buffalo] 265 Roberta Hill Whiteman (b 1947) Star Quilt 268 Wendy Rose (b 1948) To Some Few Hopi Ancestors 271 Is It Crazy to Want to Unravel 272 For the White Poets Who Would Be Indian 273 Ray Young Bear (b 1950) poem for viet nam 274 coming back home 276 winter of the salamander 277 JoyHarjo(b 1951) She Had Some Horses 281 Luci Tapahonso (b 1953) For Lora Tazbah 283 Hills Brothers Coffee 284 vi Native American Literature Louise Erdnch (b 1954) Indian Boarding School The Runaways 286 Turtle Mountain Reservation 287 Sherman Alexie (b 1966) Before We Knew about Mirrors 290 Crazy Horse Speaks 292 Robert DeNiro 296 DRAMA Gerald Vizenor (b 1934) Ishi and the Wood Ducks 299 Hanay Geiogamah (b 1945) Foghorn 337 Alternate Table of Contents by Theme 359 Selected Bibliography 363 Index of Authors Titles and First Unes of Poems ^ 366 Acknowledgments 369.

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