Masterpieces of American Indian literature

Summary: "The five complete and unabridged works collected here are parts of a long and passionate testimony about American Indian culture as related by Indians themselves. Deep emotions and life-shaking crises converge in these pages concerning identity, family, community, caste, gender, nature, the future, the past, solitude, duty, trust, betrayal, leadership, war, and apocalypse. Each work is also regarded as a classic of Native literature and has much to teach.

Record details

ISBN: 0803289979 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780803289970 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xv, 623 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: New York : MJF Books, c1993.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 621-623).
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface -- Introduction -- The life of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh / George Copway (Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh) -- The soul of the Indian / Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) -- American Indian stories / Zitkala-Ša (Gertrude Bonnin) -- Coyote stories / Mourning Dove (Christine Quintasket, Humishuma) -- Black Elk speaks / as told to John G. Neihardt -- Further reading.