Native American Autobiography: An Anthology (Wisconsin Studies Autobiography)
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Native American Autobiography: An Anthology is the first collection to bring together the major autobiographical narratives by Native American people from the earliest documents that exist to the resent. The thirty narratives included here cover many tribes and cultural areas, over a span of more than 200 years. From the earliest know written memoir (a 1768 narrative by the Reverend Samson Occom) to recent reminiscences by such prominent writers as N. Scott Momaday and Gerald Viszenor, Native American Autobiography covers a broad range of Native American experience. The sections include Traditional Lives, the Christian Indians, the Resisting Indians, the Closed Frontier, the Anthropologists' Indians, Native American Renaissance, and Traditional Lives Today. As the editor, Arnold Krupat provides a general introduction, an historical introduction to each of the seven sections, extensive headnotes for each selection, and suggestions for further reading. Native American Autobiography is a valued addition to any Native American studies collection.
Native American Autobiography: An Anthology (Wisconsin Studies Autobiography),Arnold Krupat,University of Wisconsin Press,0299140202,Autobiographies,Biography,Biography / Autobiography,Biography/Autobiography,General,History,Indian authors,Indians of North America,Native Americans
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