AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE AT THE GOLDA MEIR LIBRARY
May 6, 1996 - June 30, 1996
Anthologies
The Winged Serpent: An Anthology of American IndianProse and Poetry
Messengers of the Wind: Native American Women Tell Their Life Stories
Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices.
When It Rains: Papago and Pima Poetry=Mat Hekid O Ju: ‘O’odham Ha-Ce todag.
The Winged Serpent: An Anthology of American IndianProse and Poetry
Margaret Astrov, 1908-
The Winged Serpent; an Anthology of American Indian Prose and Poetry. New York: The
John Day Company [1946].
Call Number: (SPL) PM 197 .E1 A85 1946
An anthology of poetry and prose drawn from tribal tales and the historical record. Most of the material is not attributed to specific individuals, but the scholarly sources are cited.
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Messengers of the Wind: Native American Women Tell Their Life Stories
Jane Katz, ed.
Messengers of the Wind: Native American Women Tell Their Life Stories.
New York:
Ballantine Books, 1995.
Call Number: (SPL) E 98 .W8 M47 1995
This book includes the life stories of several Wisconsin Indian writers, such as Ingrid Washinawatok (Menominee); Faith Smith (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibway); Chrystos (Menominee); Cassandra Holmes (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibway); and Roberta Hill Whiteman (Oneida)
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Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices
Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices. New York: Aperture,
1995.
Call Number: (SPL) E 77.5 .S77x 1995
This comprehensive collection of contemporary Native American photography explores Native American culture from within. The photographs are accompanied by commentary and poetry by noted Native American authors, including N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa), Luci Tapahonso (Navajo), Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo), Linda Hogan (Chickasaw), and James Welch (Blackfeet/Gros Ventre).
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Shaking the Pumpkin: Traditional Poetry of the Indian North Americas
Jerome Rothenberg.
Shaking the Pumpkin; Traditional Poetry of the Indian North Americas. Garden
City, New York: Doubleday, 1972.
Call Number: PM 197 .E3 R6
An important anthology of traditional, as opposed to contemporary, poetry. Rothenberg, a co-founder of Alcheringa, translated some of the poems; others were translated by Anselm Hollo, W. S. Merwin, Nathaniel Tarn and others.
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When It Rains: Papago and Pima Poetry=Mat Hekid O Ju: ‘O’odham Ha-Ce todag
Ofelia Zepeda, ed.
When It Rains: Papago and Pima Poetry=Mat Hekid O Ju: ‘O’odham Ha-Ce
todag. Tucson: University of Arizona Press: Sun Tracks, 1982.
Call Number: PM 2174 .A2 W54x
The editorial committee of this bilingual anthology includes Native American literary notables Vine Deloria, N. Scott Momaday, and Leslie Marmon Silko.
Part of the Sun Tracks Native American Indian Literary Series, this work represents the growth of new traditions of creative writing in Native American languages. The renaissance of these languages, whose expressive power and beauty are unequaled, is an important part of the preservation of Native American culture.
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