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Storytelling. At base that is what American Indian authors and poets are doing — storytelling.
Jace Weaver in
Other Words: American Indian Literature,
Law, and Culture
Read Debbie Reese's blog, American Indians in Children's Literature, with recommendations of books for use at all levels, from picture books to young adult reading.
Listen to authors read from their own work on our virtual iPod.
Miwok
Wendy Rose, Hopi/Miwok, from Voices from the Gaps (Unofficial)
From the Modern American Poetry website.
Mohawk
Gerald Taiaiake Alfred, Mohawk
Beth Brant, Mohawk, from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
Emily Pauline Johnson, Mohawk, from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
Maurice Kenny, Mohawk
James Thomas Stevens, Akwesasne Mohawk
Monacan
Karenne Wood, Monacan
Muscogee
Annette Arkeketa, Otoe-Missouria/Muscogee
Carolyn Dunn, Muscogee/Seminole/Cherokee Blog !!
Joy Harjo, Muskogee Blog !!
From Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
Janet McAdams, Alabama Creek
Cynthia Leitich Smith, Muscogee (Creek)
Navajo
Shonto Begay, Navajo
Sherwin Bitsui, Navajo Blog !!
- Arthur Sze on Sherwin Bitsui
Vee F. Browne, Navajo
Hershman John, Navajo
Geri Keams, Navajo
John Rustywire, Navajo
Luci Tapahonso, Navajo
from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
Laura Tohe, Navajo
Elizabeth Woody, Navajo/Warm Springs/Wasco/Yakama
from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
Nez Perce
Inés Hernández-Ávila, Nimipu (Nez Perce)
William S. Penn, Nez Perce
Okanagon
Jeanette Armstrong from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
Mourning Dove, Okanagan, from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
Oneida
Roberta Hill, Oneida
From Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
Onondaga
Eric Gansworth, Onondaga
Note: Currently poetry 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.
Recommend this website to a friend!
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 Wednesday, 14-Oct-2009 19:40:24 EDT.