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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.

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Abenaki

Joseph Bruchac, Abenaki

Cheryl Savageau, Abenaki

Abena Songbird, Abenaki

Acoma Pueblo

Simon Ortiz, Acoma Pueblo

From counterbalance poetry

(unofficial)

Apache

Jimmy Santiago Baca, Apache/Mexican

From the Modern American Poetry website.

From the Writer's Net website (Unofficial)

Margo Tamez, Lipan Apache/Mexican

Athabaskan

Mary TallMountain, Koyukon/Athabaskan

from the TallMountain Circle site.

Velma Wallis, Athabaskan, from Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)

Blackfeet

Stephen Graham Jones, Blackfeet

Beverly Hungry Wolf, Blackfeet, from Voices from the Gaps. (Unofficial)

James Welch, Blackfeet/Gros Ventre, from the Wikipedia

Cheyenne

Lance Henson, Cheyenne

Chickasaw

Geary Hobson, Cherokee-Quapaw/Chickasaw

Linda Hogan, Chickasaw

From Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)

Choctaw

Jim Barnes, Choctaw/Welsh

LeAnne Howe, Choctaw

From Voices from the Gaps (Unofficial)

Devon A. Mihesuah, Choctaw

Louis Owens, Choctaw/Cherokee

Tim Tingle, Choctaw

Ron Querry, Choctaw

Colville Confederated Tribes

Steve LaFountaine, Colville Confederated Tribes

Coeur d'Alene

Sherman Alexie, Spokane/Coeur d'Alene (Official)

From the Modern American Poetry website.

Janet Campbell Hale, Coeur d'Alene

From Voices in the Gaps. (Unofficial)

Comanche

Paul Chaat Smith, Commanche

Cree

Shirley Cheechoo, Cree

Tomson Highway, Cree

Note: Currently poetry chapbooks are for sale 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.

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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 Sunday, 03-Dec-2006 15:18:35 EST.