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Starting Points

  • PM155.R86 1990 Ruoff, A. LaVonne Brown American Indian literatures: an introduction, bibliographic review, and selected bibliography.
  • PS 508.I5 S6 1995 Smoke Rising: the Native North American Literary Companion.

Bibliography

  • REF Z1229.I52 R64 1985 Rock, Roger O. The native American in American literature: a selectively annotated bibliography.
  • REF Z1209.2.U5 L57 and Supplement Littlefield, Daniel F. A biobibliography of native American writers, 1772-1924.
  • Bibliography of Native North Americans Available: CBB only Updated: annually Access: Ebsco Based on the cumulative 8 volumes of the Ethnographic Bibliography of Native North America, the standard reference work on the native peoples of North America. Presents 17 broad regions including 290 ethnic groups, with over 80,000 citations published from the 16th century to the present.

Quick Reference & Biography

  • REF PM155.D53 1994 Dictionary of Native American literature.
  • REF PS153.I52 N39 1997 Native American writers of the United States.
  • REF PS508.I5 N38 1994 Native North American literature: biographical and critical information on native writers and orators from the United States and Canada from historical times to the present.

Literature and Publications

  • Search the CBB Catalog for books by individual Native American authors or use subject headings such as:
    • American literature - Indian Authors
    • Indians of North America - Fiction
    • Indians of North America - Poetry
    • Headings may exit for regions of the country or specific tribes as well, e.g.Navajo Indians - Literary Collections
  • Native American Authors This website provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites. Currently the website primarily contains information on contemporary Native American authors, although some historical authors are represented.
  • Storytellers: Native American Authors Online
  • The Indigenous Circle Select Literature from the sidebar for full text of literature and legends arranged by tribe.
  • Native Web Includes contemporary poetry and stories. Use Literature from the index for more.
  • Native American Women Playwrights Archive Includes a directory and bibliography.
  • Ethnic Newswatch A full-text database of newspapers and magazines of the ethnic and minority press in America : Includes some Native American regional and tribal newspapers
  • Native American Press Archives (Univ. of Arkansas) Collects and archives the products of the Native press and materials related to Native press history, collects and documents the works of Native writers, and constructs bibliographic guides to Native writing and publishing.
  • Native Media Links to organizations, journals and newspapers, radio & television

    Last Updated Date: 07/25/2006    
    Created by:  Prahl, Sara L. 
    Email: slprahl@colby.edu