LibGuides: Multiculturalism: Fiction by Native American Authors

Five works by Native American authors chosen to reflect the diversity of this literature

"There's a lot more diversity within Native American literature than many imagine," according to Megan Tusler. The University of Chicago academic and cohost of the Better Read than Dead podcast recommends five fantastic novels which ... demonstrate the range of literary production by American Indians. (Megan Tusler, <Five Books>)

Waterlily	Ella Cara Deloria
House Made of Dawn	N. Scot Momaday
Love Medicine	Louise Erdrich
The Heirs of Columbus	Gerald Vizenor
The Fast Red Road: A Plainsong	Stephen Graham Jones

"According to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, there are currently 574 federally recognized tribes in the United States, and each has its own intellectual context. This literature is so diverse in genre, topic and theme that it's hard to say one thing that makes it Native American literature other than the identity of the author."

Collections of Native American Writing

American Indian Literature: An Anthology. Alan R. Velie (1991).

Dawnland Voices: An Anthology of Contemporary Indigenous Writing from New England. Siobhan Senier (2014).

Growing Up Native American: An Anthology. Patricia Riley (1993).

Tending the Fire: Native Voices and Portraits. Christopher Felver, Linda Hogan, et al. (2017).

Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection. Matt Dembicki, Micah Farritor (2010).

Joy Harjo was the nation's first ever Native American Poet Laureate and the 23rd person chosen for this honor since the position was established in 1985. In this clip, she recites a poem, "For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet," from her latest book, American Sunrise.

Library of Congress, Consultants and Poets Laureate
Joy Harjo Official Website The author of nine books of poetry, including the highly acclaimed An American Sunrise, several plays and children's books, and two memoirs, Crazy Brave and Poet Warrior: A Call for Love and Justice, her many honors include the Ruth Lily Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the Poetry Foundation, the Academy of American Poets Wallace Stevens Award, two NEA fellowships, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. As a musician and performer, Harjo has produced seven award-winning music albums including her newest, I Pray for My Enemies. She is Executive Editor of the anthology When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through — A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry and the editor of Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry, the companion anthology to her signature Poet Laureate project. She is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Board of Directors Chair of the Native Arts & Cultures Foundation, and holds a Tulsa Artist Fellowship. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

A few well-known Native American authors (in no particular order)

Fools Crow	James Welch
Ceremony	Leslie Marmon Silko
The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian	Sherman Alexie
Power	Linda Hogan
The Hiawatha	David Treuer
There, There	Tommy Orange
The Woman Who Owned the Shadows	Paula Gunn Allen
Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea	Diane Clancy
Last Standing Woman	Winona LaDuke
The Jailing of Cecelia Capture	Janet Campbell Hale
Shell Shaker	LeAnne Howe
Indians on Vacation	Thomas King
The Surrounded	D'arcy McNickle
Wolf Song	Louis Owens
Sacred Wilderness	Susan Power
Sundown	John Joseph Matthews
American Indian Legends and Old Stories	Sitkala-Sa
Coyote Stories	Mourning Dove and Jay Miller

Multiculturalism: Fiction by Native American Authors

Five works by Native American authors chosen to reflect the diversity of this literature

Collections of Native American Writing

A few well-known Native American authors (in no particular order)

Bibliography for ENGL 415 - North American Native Literature

More Native American Authors - Explore Their Works

David Treuer from his book REZ LIFE: AN INDIAN'S JOURNEY THROUGH RESERVATION LIFE