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Title

American Indian nonfiction : an anthology of writings, 1760s-1930s / edited by Bernd C. Peyer.

Publication

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

Peyer, Bernd

Description

ix, 401 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Product Description: American Indian literature has deep roots. This collection of political writings covers nearly two centuries and represents a historical survey of the development of Indian nonfiction prose, from the missionary-trained writers of the late eighteenth century to the members of the first Indian intellectual network in the early twentieth century. Included are personal letters, sermons, printed speeches, autobiographical sketches, editorials, pamphlets, and humorous pieces. From early writers such as Samson Occom to twentieth-century writers such as Will Rogers and Luther Standing Bear, these authors were deeply committed to the welfare of their Native communities. Many of the pieces were quite popular in their day but have been lost to time.

Subject

• Centro para la Promoción de la Conservación del Suelo y del Agua Buenos Aires
• Geschichte 1760-1930
• American prose literature > Indian authors > History and criticism
• Indians of North America > Intellectual life
• Indians of North America > Historiography
• Indians in literature
• American prose literature > Indian authors > Biography

Genre/Form

• Anthologie.
• Biographies
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Northeast : the new England Indians. Short narrative of my life ; Beloved Brethren / Samson Occom -- Samson Occom biography -- Speeches to the Oneidas / Joseph Johnson -- Joseph Johnson biography -- History of the Muh-he-con-nuk Indians / Hendrick Aupaumut -- Hendrick Aupaumut biography -- Indian's looking glass for the white man / William Apess -- William Apess biography --
• Northeast : the New York Indians. Address on the present condition and prospects of the original inhabitants of North America / Maris B. Pierce -- Maris B. Pierce biography -- Appeal to the Christian community / Nathaniel T. Strong -- Nathaniel T. Strong biography --
• Southeast and Indian territory : the five tribes. Extract of a letter from Catherine Brown, to her brother David / Catherine Brown -- Catherine Brown biography -- Indian address / John Ridge -- John Ridge biography -- Letter to the editor of the Cherokee Phoenix / Elias Boudinot -- Resolutions of the treaty party / Elias Boudinot, John Ridge -- Elias Boudinot biography -- To the senate and house of representatives / John Ross ...[et al.] -- John Ross biography -- Cherokees, their history : present condition and future prospects / John Rollin Ridge -- John R. Ridge biography -- Remarks of Elias C. Boudinot, of the Cherokee nation, in behalf of the bill to organize the territory of Oklahoma / Elias C. Boudinot -- Elias C. Boudinot biography -- Indian's hard lot / DeWitt Duncan Clinton -- DeWitt Duncan Clinton biography -- Passing of Creek lands / Charles Gibson -- Charles Gibson biography -- Fus Fixico letter (1905) ; Fus Fixico letter (1906) / Alexander Lawrence Posey -- Alexander L. Posey biography -- Writes on feeding Democrats raw oratory at Jackson dinner ; Story of a misspent boyhood / Will Rogers -- Will Rogers biography --
• Great lakes : the three fires. Account of the Chippewa Indians, who have been travelling among the whites, in the United States, England, Ireland, Scotland, France and Belgium / George Henry -- George Henry biography -- American Indians / George Copway -- George Copway biography -- Death of Chief I. H. Turtle / John Johnson -- John Johnson biography -- Red man's rebuke / Simon Pokagon -- Simon Pokagon biography -- Indian problem, from the Indian's standpoint / Andrew J. Blackbird -- Andrew J. Blackbird biography --
• Transregional voices : the society of American Indians. Report of Colonel Parker on Indian affairs ; Letter to Harriet Maxwell converse / Ely S. Parker -- Ely S. Parker biography -- Letter to Major Henry Douglas ; Letter to Commissioner Ely S. Parker ; Petition to Congress / Sarah Winnemucca biography -- Indian question / Susette La Flesche -- Susette La Flesche biography -- Indian allotment / Francis La Flesche -- Francis La Flesche biography -- Why I am a Pagan ; America, home of the red man / Gertrude Bonnin -- Gertrude S. Bonnin biography -- Industrial organization for the Indian / Laura Cornelius Kellogg -- Laura C. Kellogg biography -- Native Indian Art / Angel De Cora Dietz -- Angel De Cora Dietz biography -- Teaching of ethnology in Indian schools / J.N.B. Hewitt -- J. N. B. Hewitt biography -- Indian reservation system ; Let my people go ; Truth is coming to light / Carlos Montezuma -- Carlos Montezuma biography -- Function of the society of American Indians / Sherman Coolidge -- Sherman Coolidge biography -- Legal status of the American Indian ; Civilizing power of language / Arthur C. Parker -- Arthur C. Parker biography -- Justice for the Sioux ; Indian's plea for freedom / Charles A. Eastman -- Charles A. Eastman biography -- New Indian leadership / John M. Oskison -- John M. Oskison biography -- Future of the red man in America / Henry Roe Cloud -- Henry Roe Cloud biography -- Tragedy of the Sioux / Luther Standing Bear -- Luther Standing Bear biography.

ISBN

• 0806137983 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780806137988 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006026610

OCLC

• 71004237
• SCSB-11460713

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library