Unit 1
Native Voices
Resistance and Renewal in American Indian Literature
Authors and Works 31
Overview Questions 31
Learning Objectives 31
Instructor Overview 32
Student Overview 32
Video Overview 34
Discussion Questions for the Video 35
Timeline 36
Author/Text Review 40
Luci Tapahonso (b. 1953) 40
Teaching Tips 41
Web Archive 41
Questions 43
Simon J. Ortiz (b. 1941) 43
Teaching Tips 44
Questions 44
Web Archive 44
Leslie Marmon Silko (b. 1948) 45
Teaching Tips 46
Questions 47
Web Archive 47
Stories of the Beginning of the World 48
Teaching Tips 49
Questions 49
Web Archive 49
Louise Erdrich (b. 1954) 50
Teaching Tips 51
Questions 52
Web Archive 52
Chippewa Songs 52
Teaching Tips 52
Questions 52
Web Archive 52
Black Elk (1863-1950) and John G. Neilhardt (1881-1973) 54
Teaching Tips 56
Questions 56
Web Archive 56
Ghost Dance Songs 57
Teaching Tips 58
Questions 59
Web Archive 59
Non-Native Representations of Indians 59
Roger Williams (c. 1603-1683) 59
Teaching Tips 61
Questions 61
Web Archive 61
Thomas Harriot (1560-1621) 62
Teaching Tips 62
Web Archive 62
Questions 63
Suggested Author Pairings 63
Core Contexts 65
“God is Red”: The Clashes and Contacts of Native Religion and Christianity 65
Web Archive 66
Questions 67
Healing Arts: The Navajo Night Chant (Nightway) 67
Questions 69
Web Archive 69
Singing Mothers and Storytelling Grandfathers: The Art and Meaning of Pueblo Pottery 70
Web Archive 71
Questions 72
Extended Contexts 72
Native Weavers and the Art of Basketry 72
Questions 73
Web Archive 73
Sacred Play: Gambling in Native Cultures 74
Teaching Tips 75
Web Archive 75
Questions 76
Assignments 76
Personal and Creative Responses 76
Problem-Based Learning Projects 77
Glossary 78
Selected Bibliography 79
Further Resources 80