LibGuides: LIT 233: Native American Literature, Dr. Harsh Sharma: Selected Readings

Literary Criticism

These books will help you understand and critique Native Amercan literature. Search for more in the catalog by utilizing subject headings such as:

American literature -- Indian authors
American literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism
Indians in literature

Or browse the shelves in the PS153-508 range.

You may also want to search for critiques of a particular author's work, such as:

Alexie, Sherman -- Criticism and interpretation

The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature by Kenneth M. Roemer; Joy Porter
Call Number: PS153 .I52 C36 2005
This book includes bio-bibliographies of forty authors, maps, suggestions for further reading, and a timeline which details major works of Native American literature and mainstream American literature, as well as significant social, cultural and historical events.
Reading Native American Literature by Joseph L. Coulombe
Call Number: PS153.I52 C59 2011
Beginning with a historical overview of Native American literature, this book presents focused readings of key texts and provides a comprehensive introduction to Native American literature and a critical framework through which it may be read.
Indigenous North American Drama by Birgit Däwes
Call Number: PS153.I52 I56 2013
Traces the historical dimensions of Native North American drama using a critical perspective.
Speak Like Singing by Kenneth Lincoln
Call Number: PS153.I52 L55 2007
This book focuses on select Native American writers showcasing the distinct voices and tribal diversities of living Indians. Through the pan-tribal medium of English, a second language for some and now a mother tongue for most, many of these Native writers begin as poets and go on to write novels.
Native American Literatures by Suzanne Lunquist; Suzanne Evertsen Lundquist
Call Number: PS153.I52 L86 2004
A broad definition of the genre and its essential elements. Detailed readings of a range of widely taught texts. In-depth analysis of major themes and issues.
Native American Novelists by Carl Rollyson
Call Number: PS153.I52 N376 2012
The essays in Native American Novelists discuss such influential writers as Sherman Alexie, James Fenimore Cooper, Louise Erdrich, and Barbara Kingsolver.
The Voice of the Turtle by Paula Gunn Allen
Call Number: PS508.I5 V64 1994
An anthology of twentieth-century Native American literature, including fiction, essays, and autobiographies on such subjects as spiritual loss and displacement.

Native American History & Culture

Reviewing Native American History will help put their literature in context. Search for more books in the catalog by utilizing phrases such as:

Indians of North America -- History
Indians of North America -- Historiography
Indians of North America -- Social life and customs
Indians, Treatment of -- North America
Native Americans -- History

All the Real Indians Died Off by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz; Dina Gilio-Whitaker
Call Number: E76.8 .D85 2016
This book tackles a wide range of myths about Native American culture and history that have misinformed generations.
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Call Number: E76.8 .D86 2014
The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples. There are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once inhabited this land.
Native America by Daniel S. Murphree
Call Number: E77 .N3512 2012
Employing innovative research and unique interpretations, these essays provide a fresh perspective on Native American history by focusing on how Indians lived and helped shape each of the United States.
The Oxford Handbook of American Indian History by Frederick E. Hoxie
Call Number: E77 .O94 2016
The real people, real communities, and real events of indigenous America continue to elude most people. This book confronts this erroneous view by presenting an accurate and comprehensive history of the indigenous peoples who lived-and live-in the territory that became the United States.
Daily Life During the Indian Wars by Clarissa W. Confer
Call Number: E81 .C59 2011
This book takes an in-depth look at every aspect of American Indian life--food, dress, customs, and more--during the almost 300 years of conflict with Anglo-Americans.
50 Events That Shaped American Indian History by Donna Martinez ; Jennifer L. Williams Bordeaux
Call Number: REF E77 .A125 2017
This two-volume set provides an insider's perspective on American Indian experiences through engaging narrative entries about key historical events written by leading scholars in American Indian history as well as inspiring first-person accounts from American Indian peoples.
Native American Almanac by Yvonne Wakim Dennis; Arlene Hirschfelder; Shannon Rothenberger Flynn
Call Number: REF E77 .D394 2016
This book traces the rich heritage of indigenous people. It is a mix of biography, pre-contact and post-contact history, current events, Tribal Nations' histories, insights on environmental and land issues, arts, treaties, languages, education, movements, and more.
The Longest Trail by Alvin M. Josephy
Call Number: E77 .J788 2015
Alvin Josephy Jr.'s groundbreaking, popular books and essays advocated for a fair and true historical assessment of Native Americans, and set the course for modern Native American studies.

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