Native American Literature: Decolonizing Intellectual Traditions

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Reference

Davis, Mary B., ed. Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1994. Frost Reference E76.2 .N36 1994

A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Frost Reference E76.2 .P75 2000

Cox, James H., and Daniel Heath Justice. 2014. The Oxford handbook of indigenous American literature. [catalog record] Frost Reference / PS153.I52 O84 2014

Wiget, Andrew, ed. Dictionary of Native American Literature. New York: Garland, 1994. Frost Reference PM155 .D53 1994

Johansen, Bruce E., ed. The Encyclopedia of Native American Legal Tradition. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1998.

Porter, Joy, and Kenneth M. Roemer. The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Early Native American Literature

Biographical

Roemer, Kenneth M.. "Bio-bibliographies", in The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature. Ed. Joy Porter and Kenneth M. Roemer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. pp. 311-328.

Dictionary of Canadian biography online = Dictionnaire biographique du Canada. [Ottawa] : [Toronto]: National Archives of Canada and National Library of Canada : Université Laval : University of Toronto, 2003-

Markowitz, Harvey, and Carole A. Barrett, eds. American Indian Biographies. Revised edition. Magill’s Choice. Pasadena, Calif: Salem Press, 2005. [catalog record] Frost Reference / E89 .A46 2005

Littlefield, Daniel F., and James W. Parins. A Biobibliography of Native American Writers, 1772-1924. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press, 1981. [catalog record] Frost Reference / E77 .L57 1981

Littlefield, Daniel F., and James W. Parins. A Biobibliography of Native American Writers, 1772-1924. A Supplement. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press, 1985. [catalog record]

Native American Authors page with title and tribal info from the ipl2 consortium

Tribal Nations map showing original locations

Map of KWE collection by Nation or group from Digital Scholaship intern Victoria Turner

Primary Sources

  • America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1980)
    Searchable archive of American newspapers including Early American Newspapers (1690-1922) and Hispanic American Newspapers (1808-1980).
  • American Periodicals (1740-1940)
    Digitized reproductions of more than 1,100 18th and 19th century newspapers and periodicals.
  • Ethnic NewsWatch (1959 to present)
    News and analysis from ethnic popular and scholarly publications.
  • Alternative Press Index (1969 to present)
    Covers alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
  • Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
    Combined search of the historic Boston Globe, Chicago Defender, Chinese Newspapers Collection, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, New York Amsterdam News, New York Times, South China Morning Post, Times of India, and Washington Post.
  • Congressional Publications
    Index to U.S. congressional material, some full text.
  • U.S. Congressional Serial Set (1817-1976)
    Reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Preceded by American State Papers.
  • ArchiveGrid
    Primary-source collection descriptions from WorldCat records and archival finding aids.

Search the catalog for Younghee Kim-Wait (AC 1982) Pablo Eisenberg Native American Literature Collection titles (in Advanced Search, choose AC Archives & Special Collections as location and use keywords Kim-Wait Eisenberg)

Search for digitized copies in ACDC

Consecrated Eminence posts on the KWE collection

Databases

  • MLA International Bibliography with Full Text (1926 to present)
    Covers critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
  • America, History & Life (1964 to present)
    Covers the world's scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada.
  • Arts & Humanities Database
    Full-text publications that focus on art, architecture, design, history, philosophy, music, literature, theatre and cultural studies.
  • Book Review Digest (1908 to present)
    Reviews of English-language fiction and nonfiction books from U. S., Canadian, and British periodicals.