Parins, James W., and Daniel F. Littlefield, eds. The Omaha Stories of Francis La Flesche . Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1995.

Short stories by Francis La Flesche (1857<caron>1932), an Omaha ethnographer and writer who, with humor and verbal skill, describes growing up with traditional teachings. Focused on Omaha life and culture.

Penn, W.S. (Nez Percé). The Absence of Angels . Sag Harbor: Permanent, 1994.

A first novel about a mixed-blood young man who finds self-knowledge and love through travel (throughout the Southwest and in Los Angeles) and relationships.

Power, Susan (Sioux). The Grass Dancer . New York: Putnam's, 1994.

The linked stories, interwoven with oral tales, of several generations of a Sioux family living on a reservation.

Sarris, Greg (Coast Miwok-Kashaya Pomo). Grand Avenue . New York: Hyperion, 1994.

Ten related short stories set in a northern California coastal community and told in a variety of voices. Themes include mixed-blood identity, family relationships, cultural loss, and survival.

Poetry

Alexie, Sherman (Spokane-Coeur d'Alene). The Summer of Black Widows . New York: Hanging Loose, 1996.

Lyrical, straightforward testimonies convey passion, love, and mourning. Subjects range from Walt Whitman and basketball to Fred Astaire and the Owl Dance, and settings extend from the reservation to New York City to Dachau.

Blaeser, Kimberly M. (Ojibwa). Trailing You: Poems . Greenfield Center: Greenfield Review, 1994.

Lyrical poems about contemporary Native America, the grip of history, Ojibwa mythic stories, relationships, personal growth, and place. Winner of the 1993 Native Authors First Book Award.

Blue Cloud, Peter (Mohawk). Clans of Many Nations: Selected Poems, 1969<caron>1994 . Preface by Gary Snyder. Fredonia: White Pine, 1995.

Poems retelling myths, depicting land, acknowledging relationships, and commenting on contemporary Native American political activism and cultural practice.

Chrystos (Menominee). Fire Power . Vancouver: Press Gang, 1995.

Poems arising from truth, the “fire power” that can both injure and enlighten. Themes include prison, poverty, and the struggle against injustice.

———. Fugitive Colors . Cleveland: Cleveland State U Poetry Center, 1995.

Often autobiographical poems voicing rage and desire, as well as tenderness and pain, and offering astute political commentaries. Winner of the 1994 Audre Lorde Poetry Competition.

Gould, Janice (Koyangk áuwi Maidu). Earthquake Weather: Poems . Sun Tracks 33. Tucson: U of Arizona P, 1996.

Poems of love, rage, and power filtered through historical and personal lenses and focused on Gould's experiences as a mixed-blood Native American lesbian.

Harjo, Joy (Muscogee [Creek]). The Woman Who Fell from the Sky . New York: Norton, 1994.

Poems, containing lyrical voices and prose rhythms; depicting a variety of places; and addressing love, loss, relationships, myth, nature, and the postcolonial world.

Louis, Adrian C. (Paiute). Ancient Acid Flashing Back: Poems of the Sixties . N.p.: Mother Road, 1995.

Meditations on drugs, poetry, and San Francisco in the 1960s.

———. Blood Thirsty Savages . Saint Louis: Time Being, 1994.

Sometimes angry, sometimes accepting, the poetic voice in this collection addresses Native American survival.

———. Vortex of Indian Fevers . Evanston: Triquarterly, 1995.

An eclectic collection of poems about contemporary Native American life, political and spiritual awareness, and literary forebears. Using colloquial language, the author mixes confessional pieces and social commentary about his experiences in Nevada and at the Pine Ridge Reservation.

Rose, Wendy (Hopi-Miwok). Bone Dance: New and Selected Poems, 1965<caron>1993 . Sun Tracks 27. Tucson: U of Arizona P, 1994.

Previously published and new poems. Themes include Native American history, urban Native American experience, wanna-bes, and survival.

———. Now Poof She Is Gone . Ithaca: Firebrand, 1994.

Poems focusing on mixed-blood identity, Native American women, and the life of the poet.

Trask, Haunani-Kay (Native Hawaiian). Light in the Crevice Never Seen . Corvallis: Calyx, 1994.

The first collection of poetry by an indigenous Hawaiian to be published on the mainland. Focuses on land and culture. The author is director of the Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawaii, Manoa.

Trudell, John (Lakota), and Paola Igliori. Stickman: John Trudell Poems, Lyrics, Talks, Conversation . New York: Inanout, 1994.

Writings by and about the performance artist John Trudell.

Turcotte, Mark (Ojibwa). The Heathered Heart . Illus. Kathleen Presnell. Chicago: Abrazo, 1994.

In thirty-six poems moving between despair and hope, the poet chronicles childhood at the Turtle Mountain Reservation, displacement in Chicago, and renewal in love of family.

Whiteman, Roberta Hill (Oneida). Philadelphia Flowers . Duluth: Holy Cow!, 1996.

Poems that affirm the healing powers of the natural world, poetry, family, and motherhood in the face of urban violence in Philadelphia.

Woody, Elizabeth A. (Wasco-Navajo). Luminaries of the Humble . Sun Tracks 30. Tucson: U of Arizona P, 1994.

Poems set in the Pacific Northwest. Themes include family, love, estrangement, and joy.

———. Seven Hands, Seven Hearts . Illus. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. Portland: Eighth Mountain, 1994.

Poems focused on Native American experiences in the Northwest. Winner of the American Book Award.

Zepeda, Ofelia (Tohono O'odham). Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert . Tucson: U of Arizona P, 1995.

Poems about mythic journeys and everyday life. The centrality of sacred water in the Arizona desert is a unifying theme.

Drama

Nolan, Yvette (Algonquian), Betty Quan, and George Bwanika Seremba, eds. Beyond the Pale: Dramatic Writing from First Nations Writers and Writers of Colour.

Toronto: Playwrights Canada, 1996.

Includes plays by Vera Manuel, Monique Mojica, Yvette Nolan, Marvin Francis, Eric Linklater, Daniel David Moses, Ian Ross, and Drew Hayden Taylor.

Perkins, Kathy A., and Roberta Uno, eds. Contemporary Plays by Women of Color: An Anthology. New York: Routledge, 1996.

Includes the work of Native American playwrights such as Diane Glancy, Terry Gomez, and the Spider-woman Theater members Lisa Mayo, Gloria Miguel, and Muriel Miguel.

Zimmerman, Cynthia, ed. Taking the Stage: Selections from Plays by Canadian Women . Toronto: Playwrights Canada, 1995.

Includes plays by Native North American playwrights such as Marie Humber Clements, Hortensia Colorado, and Elvira Colorado.

Nonfiction

Life Stories, Biographies, and Autobiographies

Baughman, Michael. Mohawk Blood . New York: Lyons, 1995.

A memoir of a mixed-blood Mohawk who claims a distant relation to Joseph Brant, a late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Mohawk politician.

Benedek, Emily. Beyond The Four Corners of the World: A Navajo Woman's journey . New York: Knopf, 1995.

Traces Ella Bedonie's life from a childhood spent tending sheep on a reservation through boarding school, college, marriage, and a move to Phoenix. By the author of The Wind Won't Know Me.

Brant, Beth (Bay of Quinte Mohawk), comp. “I'll Sing till the Day I Di”: - Conversations with Tyendinaga Elders . Toronto: McGilligan, 1995.

Interviews with Mohawks from the Tyendinaga Indian Reserve in Ontario.

Dauenhauer, Richard, and Nora Marks Dauenhauer (Tlingit), eds. Haa Kusteeyí, Our Culture: Tlingit Life Stories . Seattle: U of Washington P, 1994.

A bilingual collection of over fifty autobiographical narratives told by Tlingit born between 1860 and 1910. Also includes official documents and an overview of Tlingit political and social history.

Erdrich, Louise (Chippewa). The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year . New York: Harper, 1995.

Autobiographical vignettes and meditations on pregnancy and on the first year of an infant's life, as well as family recipes, observations of the natural world, and reflections on the balance between mothering and writing.

Evans, Steven Ross. Voices of the Old Wolf: Lucullus Virgil McWhorter and the Nez Perce Indians . Pullman: Washington State UP, 1996.

A study of McWhorter's long relationship with the Nez Percé people.

Hilden, Patricia Penn (Nez Percé). When Nickels Were Indians: An Urban, Mixed-Blood Story . Washington: Smithsonian Inst., 1995.

An autobiographical account of a blue-eyed urban Native American of Nez Percé descent and a historical analysis of how the federal government defines Native American identity.

Hirschfelder, Arlene, ed. Native Heritage: Personal Accou

"Hilden, Patricia Penn (Nez Percé). When Nickels Were Indians: An Urban, Mixed-Blood Story . Washington: Smithsonian Inst., 1995."

Blaeser, Kimberly M. (Ojibwa). Trailing You: Poems . Greenfield Center: Greenfield Review, 1994.

(sorry, I'm impartial: she's a friend of mine)