Native American Women's Writing An Anthology C. 1800 - 1924

Name: Native American Women's Writing An Anthology C. 1800 - 1924
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ISBN: 9780631205180

ISBN-10: 0631205187

ISBN-13: 9780631205180

Edition: 2000

Authors: Karen L. Kilcup

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This ground-breaking anthology establishes the tradition of early Native American women's writing within American literature and American women's history. With a regionally diverse group of writers, this richly interwoven collection explores in depth the work of well-known figures such as Pauline Johnson, Sarah Winnemucca and Zitkala-a, as well as less familiar writers such as Narcissa Owen, Buffalo Bird Woman, Mary Jemison, Ora Eddleman Reed, Sophia Alice Callahan, Owl Woman and Annette Leevier. Anonymously authored women's texts are also included, along with writing by children and young adults. Karen Kilcup challenges traditional mainstream notions of what constitutes literature,…

Book details

List price: $66.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/3/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Writing "The Red Woman's America": An Introduction to Writing by Earlier Native American Women


Traditional Narratives and Songs


Nancy Ward (Nan-ye-hi; Cherokee, c. 1738-c. 1822) and Cherokee Women


Mary Jemison (Degiwene's, Two Falling Voices; Seneca, c. 1743-1833)


Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (Bame-wa-wa-ge-zhik-a-quay, Woman of the Stars Rushing Through the Sky; Ojibwe, 1800-1841)


Lucy Lowrey Hoyt Keys (Wahnenauhi, Over-There-They-Just-Arrived-With-It; Cherokee, 1831-1912)


Narcissa Owen (Cherokee, 1831-1911)


Buffalo Bird Woman (Waheenee, Maxidiwiac; Hidatsa, c. 1839-1932)


Sarah Winnemucca (Thocmetony, Shell Flower: Paiute, c. 1844-1891)


Susette LaFlesche [Tibbles] (Inshta Theamba, Bright Eyes; Omaha, 1854-1903)


Annette Leevier (Ojjbwe, 1856-?)


E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake, Double Wampum; Mohawk, 1861-1913)


Mabel Washbourne Anderson (Cherokee, 1863-1949)


Sophia Alice Callahan (Muscogee/Creek, 1868-1894)


Fox Indian Woman (Mesquakie/Fox, fl. 1918)/Truman Michelson


Owl Woman (Juana Manwell; Papago, fl. 1880)/Frances Densmore (1867-1957)


Zitkala-Sa (Red Bird, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin; Sioux, 1876-1938)


Ora V. Eddleman Reed (pseud. Mignon Schreiber; Cherokee, 1880-1968)


Various Authors


Index