Kenny, Maurice (Mohawk). On Second Thought: A Compilation . Foreword by Joseph Bruchac. Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 1995.

Previously published and new poetry and prose (fiction and criticism) in which the author comments on literature and politics. Includes a description of the New York literary scene from the 1950s through the 1970s.

Krupat, Arnold, ed. Native American Autobiography: An Anthology . Madison: U of Wisconsin P, 1994.

Native American personal narratives, memoirs, and autobiographical excerpts from 1768 to the present.

Larson, Sidner J. (Gros Ventre). Catch Colt . Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1995.

An account of growing up as a mixed-blood “catch colt” (a child born to a single Gros Ventre woman) in northern Montana. In searching for his father, the author finds himself

McAuliffe, Dennis, Jr. (Osage). The Deaths of Sybil Bolton: An American History . New York: Random, 1994.

An investigation into the murder of the author's grand-mother, a victim of systematic white violence against the oil-rich Osages in the 1920s.

McBride, Bunny. Molly Spotted Elk: A Penobscot in Paris . Foreword by Eunice Nelson-Bauman. Postscript by jean Archambaud Moore. Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 1995.

A biography of a Penobscot dancer who represented the United States at the International Colonial and Overseas Exposition in Paris and who continued to perform in Paris until forced to flee the country during World War II.

Malinowski, Sharon, ed. Notable Native Americans . Foreword by George H. J. Abrams. Detroit: Gale, 1995.

Biographical and historical entries on Native North Americans.

Malinowski, Sharon, and Simon Glickman, eds. Native North American Biograpby . New York: UXL-Gale, 1995.

Comprehensive reference book containing four hundred pages of biographical and historical entries on Native North Americans.

Means, Russell (Oglala Lakota), with Marvin J. Wolf Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means . New York: St. Martin's, 1995.

The story of Means's life, including his childhood, his role as the first national director of the American Indian Movement, the 1973 takeover of Wounded Knee, twelve years of work with the United Nations, and his Hollywood career. Includes commentary on global activism by indigenous peoples.

Mendoza, Vincent I. (Muscogee [Creek]). Son of Two Bloods . Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1996.

An autobiography by the son of a Muscogee (Creek) mother and a Mexican father. The author endures Vietnam, racism, and the death of his wife yet finds hope in family and friends.

Midge, Tiffany (Hunkpapa Lakota). Outlaws, Renegades, and Saints: Diary of a Mixed-Up Halfbreed . Greenfield Center: Greenfield Review, 1996.

A personal account by a woman of mixed descent who, in a lively voice, comments on Native American identity, nuclear fission, the American dream, and contemporary absurdities.

Ortiz, Simon (Acoma Pueblo). After and before the Lightning . Tucson: U of Arizona P, 1994.

A journal in poetry and prose of a winter-long residence at the Rosebud Sioux reservation in South Dakota. Includes reflections on place, social class, displacement, identity, and family and tribal relationships.

Penn, W S. (Nez Percé). All My Sons Are Relatives . Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1995.

An account of three generations of a family and of their varied and often conflicting attempts to understand their Native American identity. The author describes his urban, mixed-blood experience and its effect on his development as a writer. Winner of the North American Indian Prose Award.

Petri, Hilda Neihardt. Black Elk and Flaming Rainbow: Personal Memoirs of the Lakota Holy Man and John Neihardt . Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1995.

The author, who is the daughter of John G. Neihardt (the amanuensis of Nicholas Black Elk, to whom Black Elk gave the name Flaming Rainbow) and the stenographer of Black Elk's oral narratives, shares her memories of visits to Black Elk's home, of interviews with Black Elk, and of the lifelong relationship between her father and Black Elk. Includes a transcript of a videotaped conversation between Benjamin Black Elk (Nicholas Black Elk's son) and John Neihardt.

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk (Dakota-Ponca). Completing the Circle . Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1995.

Memoir that weaves oral myths and history with maternal family history. The star quilt is an organizing metaphor for piecing together an individual life in the contexts of family relationships and storytelling.

Young Bear, Severt (Lakota), with R. D. Theisz. Standing in the Light: A Lakota Way of Seeing . Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1994.

Personal anecdotes of the founder of the Porcupine Singers, a traditional Lakota singing and drumming group. Touches on Lakota cultural practices and the political activism of the 1970s.

Essays

Brant, Beth (Bay of Quinte Mohawk). Writing as Witness: Essay and Talk . Toronto: Women's, 1994.

Personal and critical essays addressing topics such as lesbianism, writing, community, Native American women's resilience, and political activism.

Bruchac, Joseph (Abenaki). Roots of Survival- Native American Storytelling and the Sacred . Golden: Fulcrum, 1996.

Uses tribal stories and teachings to discuss the relevance of Native American traditions to contemporary life. Comments on appropriations of indigenous cultures, gender relations in Native America, Native American environmentalism, and Native American humor.

Churchill, Ward (Muscogee [Creek]-Cherokee). From a Native Son: Selected Essays in Indigenism, 1985<caron>1995 . Boston: South End, 1996.

A collection of essays (written between 1980 and 1996) on the contemporary political situation of Native Americans in the United States. Includes accounts of struggles for Native American land and sovereignty and discussions of Fourth World ideology, as well as critiques of European American appropriation of indigenous knowledge systems, Native American stereotypes in film, and Marxism.

Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth (Dakota). “Why I Can't Read Wallace Stegner” and Other Essays: A Tribal Voice . Madison: U of Wisconsin P, 1996.

Essays by the founder and editor of Wicazo Sa . Challenges the academic treatment of Native American literature and history and argues for Native American intellectual sovereignty.

Dorris, Michael (Modoc). Paper Trail: Essays . New York: Harper, 1994.

Personal essays about the author's childhood with his mother and grandmother, his adopted son's fetal alcohol syndrome, working for human rights in Native America and internationally, and reading and writing literature.

Hogan, Linda (Chickasaw). Dwellings: A Spiritual History ofthe Living World . New York: Norton, 1995.

Lyrical essays in which the author, a poet-novelist, articulates her vision of the elatedness of all life forms and calls for a new vision, derived from indigenous traditions, to counter environmental degradation.

Silko, Leslie Marmon (Laguna Pueblo). Yellow Woman and a Spirit of Beauty: Essays on Native American Life Today . New York: Simon, 1996.

Essays, commentary, and notes in which the author, a poet-novelist, discusses the writing of her novel Almanac of the Dead , Laguna Pueblo oral traditions, Native American subjectivity and land, interactions between the United States government and tribal peoples across the Americas, mixed-race identity, racism, and photography.

Interviews

Abbott, Lawrence, ed. I Stand in the Center of the Good: Interviews with Contemporary Native American Artists . Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1994.

Conversations with Rick Glazer-Danay, Shan Goshorn, Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, Rick Hill, G. Peter Jemison, Michael Kabotie, Frank La Peña, Carm, Little Turtle, Linda Lomahaftewa, George Longfish, Mato Martinez, Nora Naranjo-Morse, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Susan Stewart, Frank Tuttle, Kay Walkingstick, and Emmi Whitehorse. Includes bibliographies, photographs of the artists, and reproductions of their work.

Chavkin, Allan, and Nancy E Chavkin, eds. Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris . Jackson: UP of Mississippi, 1994.

Chronologically arranged interviews with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris conducted between 1985 and 1993. Some are individual, and some are joint; all but two have been published previously. Erdrich and Dorris discuss their collaboration and offer specific commentary on the novels The Beet Queen, Tracks, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water , and The Crown of Columbus and on the autobiographical work The Broken Cord (an account of their adopted son's fetal alcohol syndrome). Includes interviews by Joseph Bruchac, Laura Coltelli, Bill Moyers, Mickey Pearlman, Vince Passaro, Sharon White and Glenda Burnside, Hertha D. Wong, and the editors.

Coltelli, Laura, ed. The Spiral of Memory: Interviews with Joy Harjo . Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P 1996.

Conducted by Joseph Bruchac, Bill Moyers, Helen Jaskoski, Carol H. Grimes, Donelle R. Ruwe, and others, these eleven interviews of the Muscogee (Creek) poet Joy Harjo discuss such topics as the oral tradition, writing as a means of personal and cultural survival, the healing capacity of language, poetry, jazz, and Native American identity.

Leroux, Odette, Marion E. Jackson, and Minnie Aodla Freeman, eds. Inuit Women Artists: Voices from Cape Dorset . Foreword by George F. MacDonald. Seattle: U of Washington P, 1994.

Interviews and essays by three Inuit writers who speak about Inuit culture and land, artistic processes, and contemporary life. Includes two hundred reproductions of works by well-known artists such as Pitseolak Ashoona, Kenojuak Ashevak, Pitaloosie Saila, and Mayoreak Ashoona.

"McAuliffe, Dennis, Jr. (Osage). The Deaths of Sybil Bolton: An American History . New York: Random, 1994.

An investigation into the murder of the author's grand-mother, a victim of systematic white violence against the oil-rich Osages in the 1920s. "


I LOVE his book 'Bloodland', that is about as real as it gets....for me.

Bet there's some folks who are thanking their lucky stars they didn't civilize those savages enough to start writing books much earlier than they did, huh?

Think of all the bonfires that might have caused!