Re: Native American authors

[Joan Miller <jmiller@FREENET.COLUMBUS.OH.US>]

Tony Hillerman is not a Native American author although his books are all
about Native Americans.
Joan Miller
jmiller@freenet.columbus.oh.us

On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Kathryn L. Stirk wrote:

> I forwarded the request for Native American authors to my friend, hoping
> she would send them direct to the person who had requested the authors. However, 
>she didn't, I deleted - so ALL 7000 of you get to read about Native American 
>authors.....
>
> -Kate Stirk
> stirkk@juno.com
>
> For starters, try:
>
> N. Scott Momaday   (Kiowa)       House Made of Dawn (Pulitzer Prize)
> Leslie Marmo Silko   (Navaho?)   Ceremony
> Vine Deloria, Jr.       (Lakota)       God is Red; Custer Died for Your
> Sins
> Ella Cara Deloria      (Lakota)        Water Lily
> Tony Hillerman         (Navaho)      many titles
> Louise Erdrich         (Chippewa)   many titles
>
>
> There are hundreds. I'm not an teacher, just someone who is interested
> in the subject.  try contacting Victor Golla at Humboldt State Univ. -
> golav@axe.humboldt.edu  He's secretary of the Society for the Study of
> Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA).
>
> Great topic - good luck!
>
> Linda Cumberland Simpson
> lcs@mail.reinhardt.edu
>
>
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