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Storytelling. At base that is what American Indian authors and poets are doing — storytelling.
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Other Words: American Indian Literature,
Law, and Culture
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Abenaki
Joseph Bruchac, Abenaki
Cheryl Savageau, Abenaki
Abena Songbird, Abenaki
Acoma Pueblo
Simon Ortiz, Acoma Pueblo
From counterbalance poetry
(unofficial)
Apache
Jimmy Santiago Baca, Apache/Mexican
From the Modern American Poetry website.
From the Writer's Net website (Unofficial)
Margo Tamez, Lipan Apache/Mexican
Athabaskan
Mary TallMountain, Koyukon/Athabaskan
from the TallMountain Circle site.
Velma Wallis, Athabaskan, from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
Blackfeet
Stephen Graham Jones, Blackfeet
Beverly Hungry Wolf, Blackfeet, from Voices from the Gaps. (Unofficial)
James Welch, Blackfeet/Gros Ventre, from the Wikipedia
Cheyenne
Lance Henson, Cheyenne
Chickasaw
Geary Hobson, Cherokee-Quapaw/Chickasaw
Linda Hogan, Chickasaw
From Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
Choctaw
Jim Barnes, Choctaw/Welsh
LeAnne Howe, Choctaw
From Voices from the Gaps (Unofficial)
Devon A. Mihesuah, Choctaw
Louis Owens, Choctaw/Cherokee
Tim Tingle, Choctaw
Ron Querry, Choctaw
Colville Confederated Tribes
Steve LaFountaine, Colville Confederated Tribes
Coeur d'Alene
Sherman Alexie, Spokane/Coeur d'Alene (Official)
From the Modern American Poetry website.
Janet Campbell Hale, Coeur d'Alene
From Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
Comanche
Paul Chaat Smith, Commanche
Cree
Shirley Cheechoo, Cree
Tomson Highway, Cree
Note: Currently poetry chapbooks are for sale
chapbooks are for sale on the websites of Tiffany Midge, Deborah Miranda, Annette Arkeketa,
Ofelia Zepeda, Duane Niatum and
Marijo Moore.
Ordering information is available on each site.
Chapbooks from Lance Henson, Carter Revard and Maurice Kenny are available from Point Riders Press.
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Most of these sites have been constructed either by the writer or with the writer's cooperation and collaboration. When that is not the case, the site is designated as Unofficial.
This index is compiled by Karen M. Strom
This page was last modified on Sunday, 03-Dec-2006 15:18:35 EST.