Regier, Willis G., ed. Masterpieces of American Indian literature.REGIER, Willis G., ed. Masterpieces of American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. literature. Univ. of Nebraska Press. 623p. illus. bibliog. c1993. 0-8032-8997-9. $17.95. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. Regier has gathered here five of the earliest and best-known examples of American Indian writing. George Copway first published his life story in 1847 and it reverberates with the tension of a man proud of his Ojibway heritage and anxious to spread the gospel of Christianity to his own people, a man who strove to explain his traditions to white Americans even as he blamed them for the ills that had befallen his people. Charles Alexander Eastman, a Santee Sioux, first published "The Soul of the Indian" in 1911 when he was already a physician, had cared for the survivors at Wounded Knee Wounded Knee, creek, rising in SW S.Dak. and flowing NW to the White River; site of the last major battle of the Indian wars. After the death of Sitting Bull, a band of Sioux, led by Big Foot, fled into the badlands, where they were captured by the 7th Cavalry on Dec. , and had dedicated himself to the well-being of the Sioux on Pine Ridge Pine Ridge is the name of several places in the United States and Canada, including:
Species (Zenaida macroura) of pigeon (family Columbidae), the common wild pigeon of North America. They have long, pointed tails, and the sides of the neck are violet and pink. Their name comes from their call's haunting, mournful tone. (Christine Quintasket), a Salish activist, recorded the folk stories of her people and published them in the 1920s even as she was working as a political organizer for her people. The last work that Regier includes here is the complete "Black Elk Black Elk (b. Ekhaka Sapa) (1863–1950) Oglala Sioux mystic/medicine man; born near the Little Powder River in present-day Montana or Wyoming. Returning with Sitting Bull from Canadian exile, he traveled with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Speaks" as told to John Neihardt Johnathan (John) Gneisenau Neihardt (January 8, 1881 – November 24, 1973) was an American author of poetry and prose, an amateur historian and ethnographer, and a philosopher of the Great Plains. in the 1930s, a staple of all early American Indian literature. While the literature here is unannotated and unevenly presented (Mourning Dove and Black Elk alone receive detailed introductions), the presence of these works in accessible form makes this a valuable addition to any reference shelf. Patricia Moore, Chestnut Hill, MA J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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