Unit 1
Native Voices
Resistance and Renewal in American Indian Literature
Authors and Works 31
Overview Questions 31
Learning Objectives 31
Overview 32
Video Overview 33
Discussion Questions for the Video 34
Timeline 35
Author/Text Review 39
Luci Tapahonso (b. 1953) 39
Questions 40
Web Archive 40
Simon J. Ortiz (b. 1941) 41
Questions 42
Web Archive 42
Leslie Marmon Silko (b. 1948) 42
Questions 44
Web Archive 44
Stories of the Beginning of the World 45
Questions 46
Web Archive 46
Louise Erdrich (b. 1954) 47
Questions 48
Web Archive 48
Chippewa Songs 48
Questions 49
Web Archive 50
Black Elk (1863-1950) and John G. Neihardt (1881-1973)
Questions 52
Web Archive 52
Ghost Dance Songs 53
Questions 54
Web Archive 54
Non-Native Representations of Indians 54
Roger Williams (c. 1603-1683) 54
Web Archive 55
Questions 55
Thomas Harriot (1560-1621) 56
Questions 57
Web Archive 57
Core Contexts 57
“God is Red”: The Clashes and Contacts of Native Religion and Christianity 57
Questions 59
Web Archive 59
Healing Arts: The Navajo Night Chant Nightway) 60
Questions 61
Web Archive 62
Singing Mothers and Storytelling Grandfathers: The Art and Meaning of Pueblo Pottery 62
Web Archive 63
Questions 64
Extended Contexts 65
Native Weavers and the Art of Basketry 65
Web Archive 65
Questions 66
Sacred Play: Gambling in Native Cultures 66
Questions 68
Web Archive 68
Assignments 68
Personal and Creative Responses 68
Problem-Based Learning Projects 69
Glossary 70
Selected Bibliography 71
Further Resources 73