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Read some of the great resources that are available in Native American literary study. Read the stories, get a taste for the curriculum and enjoy.
Native American Quotes
What do Native Americans (American Indians) say about writing, literature, and America? Here are are a few sayings and quotes in related to the Native Amerian experience. Read on.
Books About Native American Literature
These books collect the poems, short stories, essays, and memoirs from more than 200 years of Native American writing. Also find bibliographies and other critical resources.
Eastern Woodland Indians: Northeastern Indians Bibliography
"The Northern Maize (Corn) Area extended from southern New England and Maryland to the Lower Missouri River. These peoples practiced agriculture and were hunters and fishermen. Some tribes included the Iroquois [Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca Indians]; the Huron, the Lenni-Lenape [Delaware]. The Penobscots lived in the far northeastern corner of the United States [Maine, Vermont, etc.]."
Native American Literature - USC
Sources for scholars of American Indian oral and written literature.
Native American Literature
"Beginning with its first thousand years of oral literature and continuing to the present time with writers in all the genre of literature, Native American is an important element in the literature of this country."
Native American Literature
University resource, authored by Catherine Rainwater, outlines the difficulties of teaching this topic, etc.
Native American Literature
This site includes a bibliography of books documenting the history of Native American literature.
Native American: Alaska & Pacific Northwest
"The Pacific Northwest between California and Alaska was the home of tribes who depended upon fishing for salmon. Among these tribes were the Inuit, Tlingit, Kwakiutl, the Klamath and the Yurok. Inland in Alaska the Eskimo hunted the caribou and the seal."
Native Americans - Internet Resources
"You will find bibliographies, directories to pages of individual tribes, history and historical documents, periodicals and general links. The ISLMC is a preview site for teachers, librarians, students and parents."
Native Americans of the Southwest
"Multicultural Bibliography includes Athabascan, Ute, Paiute, Apache, Rancheria, Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, Taos Pueblo, Pima and other tribes of the Southwest."
Native Americans Religion Bibliography
This page provides a bibliography of children's books on Native American religions and religious practices.
Paths to Literature, Stories, Poems!
A large collection of Native American Indian works.

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