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.
Sherman Alexie, Spokane/Coeur d'Alene (Official)
- From the Reed College English 201 site, Prof. Laura Arnold
- From the Modern American Poetry website.
- Gerald Taiaiake Alfred, Mohawk
- Paula Gunn Allen, Laguna Pueblo/Sioux Blog !!
- from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
- Annette Arkeketa, Otoe-Missouria/Muscogee
- Jeanette Armstrong, Okanagan, from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
- Marilou Awiakta, Cherokee, from the Shepherd College website. (Unofficial)
- Poems by Marilou Awiakta and a bibliography
- Mike Austin, Cherokee
- Jimmy Santiago Baca, Apache/Mexican
- From the Modern American Poetry website.
- From the Writer's Net website (Unofficial)
- Dennis Banks, Anishinaabe, from the Wikipedia
- Jim Barnes, Choctaw/Welsh
- Shonto Begay, Navajo
- Gloria Bird, Spokane
- Sherwin Bitsui, Navajo Blog !!
- Arthur Sze on Sherwin Bitsui
- Kimberly Blaeser, Anishinaabe
- from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
- Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa), Lakota, from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
- Linda Boyden, Cherokee
- Beth Brant, Mohawk, from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
- Trevino Brings Plenty, Lakota
- Ignatia Broker Ojibwe, from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
- Vee F. Browne, Navajo
- Joseph Bruchac, Abenaki
- Shirley Cheechoo, Cree
- Chrystos, Menominee, from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
- Sandra Cisneros, Xicana
- Robert J. Conley, Cherokee
- Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Crow Creek Sioux
- from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
- kateri akiwenzie-damm, Anishinaabe
Blog !!
- Joseph A. Dandurand, Kwantlen
- Ella Deloria Lakota, from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)
- Vine Deloria, Standing Rock Sioux, from the Wikipedia
- Qwo -Li Driskill, Cherokee, Lenape, Lumbee, Osage
- Carolyn Dunn, Muscogee/Seminole/Cherokee
Blog !!
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
© 1997 - Karen M. Strom
This page was last modified on Thursday, 05-Apr-2007 17:08:25 EDT.
