Song of the Turtle : American Indian Literature, 1974-1994 / edited with an introduction by Paula Gunn Allen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Ballantine Books, c1996.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 353 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0345375254
  • 9780345375254
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Song of the turtle.LOC classification:
  • PS 508.I5 S62 1995
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
Zuma Chowt's cave / Opal Lee Popkes -- Tony's story / Leslie Marmon Silko -- Yellow calf / James Welch -- Wili Woyi / Robert J. Conley -- The snakeman / Luci Tapahonso -- Eagles / Dean Ing -- Flute song / Patricia Clark Smith -- Pilgrims / Roxy Gordon -- Tender Street / Mary Randle TallMountain -- Aniwaya, Anikawa, and the killer teen-agers / Ralph Salisbury -- Amen / Linda Hogan -- Soul-catcher / Louis Owens -- Coyote learns a new trick / Beth Brant -- Charlie / Paula Gunn Allen -- Tsoai / N. Scott Momaday -- The orchard / Diane Glancy -- Compatriots / Emma Lee Warrior -- A seat in the garden / Thomas King -- Bicenti / Anna Lee Walters -- Jules Bart, giving too much--August, 1946 -- Debra Earling -- Indigenous irony / Esther Belin -- Humiliation of the boy / Michelle T. Clinton -- Lipsha's luck / Louise Erdrich -- Bears / Joseph Bruchac -- The Russian duck / Martin Cruz Smith -- Groom service / Michael Dorris -- Somebody kept saying powwow / Sherman Alexie -- Neon powwow / Dan L. Crank -- The woman who fell from the sky / Joy Harjo -- Christianity comes to the Sioux / Susan Power -- Drum slowly ... don't ... stop ... too ... fast / Betty Louise Bell -- Mary / Karen Wallace -- Siobhan La Rue in color / D. Renville.
Summary: A collection of American Indian literature from 1974 to 1994. It contains an introduction by the editor, pointing out the increased use of themes of identity in such literature, the stories probing what it means to be American Indian.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection PS 508 .I5 S62 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98646972

"A One World book"--T.p. verso.

Zuma Chowt's cave / Opal Lee Popkes -- Tony's story / Leslie Marmon Silko -- Yellow calf / James Welch -- Wili Woyi / Robert J. Conley -- The snakeman / Luci Tapahonso -- Eagles / Dean Ing -- Flute song / Patricia Clark Smith -- Pilgrims / Roxy Gordon -- Tender Street / Mary Randle TallMountain -- Aniwaya, Anikawa, and the killer teen-agers / Ralph Salisbury -- Amen / Linda Hogan -- Soul-catcher / Louis Owens -- Coyote learns a new trick / Beth Brant -- Charlie / Paula Gunn Allen -- Tsoai / N. Scott Momaday -- The orchard / Diane Glancy -- Compatriots / Emma Lee Warrior -- A seat in the garden / Thomas King -- Bicenti / Anna Lee Walters -- Jules Bart, giving too much--August, 1946 -- Debra Earling -- Indigenous irony / Esther Belin -- Humiliation of the boy / Michelle T. Clinton -- Lipsha's luck / Louise Erdrich -- Bears / Joseph Bruchac -- The Russian duck / Martin Cruz Smith -- Groom service / Michael Dorris -- Somebody kept saying powwow / Sherman Alexie -- Neon powwow / Dan L. Crank -- The woman who fell from the sky / Joy Harjo -- Christianity comes to the Sioux / Susan Power -- Drum slowly ... don't ... stop ... too ... fast / Betty Louise Bell -- Mary / Karen Wallace -- Siobhan La Rue in color / D. Renville.

A collection of American Indian literature from 1974 to 1994. It contains an introduction by the editor, pointing out the increased use of themes of identity in such literature, the stories probing what it means to be American Indian.

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