Bücher der Reihe American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series

In the hot, dry New Mexico wilderness, Will and Billy, two half-Cherokee ranchers, discover a corpse and a suitcase containing nearly a million dollars. As the two friends contemplate what to do with the money, they set into motion a series of events that will cost them more than they want to pay."Volume 41 in the American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series"

In this collection of six fast-paced, thought-provoking plays, E. Donald Two-Rivers presents an intricate and multifaceted view of contemporary American Indian urban life. Alternately sad, humorous, or discomfiting, these plays range from one-act vignettes to extended portrayals of the seedier side of urban existence.

In these short stories, Jack Forbes captures the remarkable breadth and variety of American Indian life. Drawing on his skills as scholar and native activist, and, above all, as artist, Forbes enlarges our sense of how American Indians experience themselves and the world around them.

Tells a powerful tale about the love and forgiveness that keep a modern Native American family together in Santa Rosa, California. First published in 1998, Watermelon Nights remains one of the few works of fiction to illuminate the experiences of urban Native Americans.

Adopted into the Cherokee tribe as a teenager, William Holland Thomas, known to the Cherokees as Wil Usdi (Little Will), went on to have a distinguished career as lawyer, politician, and soldier. The true story of Wil Usdi's life forms the basis for this historical novella, the final published work of fiction by Cherokee author Robert Conley.

Adam Fortunate Eagle has been called many things: social activist, serious joke medicine, contrary warrior, national treasure, enemy of the state, living history. Characterizing his style as 'Fortunate Eagle meets Mark Twain, Indian style', the author relates the traditions, joys, and frustrations of his own Native American experience.

Takes a fascinating look at how literacy served to unite Cherokees during a critical moment in their national history, and advances our understanding of how literacy has functioned as a tool of sovereignty among Native peoples, both historically and today.

In this challenging and often humorous book, Louis Owens examines issues of Indian identity and relationship to the environment as depicted in literature and film and as embodied in his own mixedblood roots in family and land.

Red Bird, Red Power tells the story of one of the most influential--and controversial--American Indian activists of the twentieth century. Zitkala-Sa (1876-1938), also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a highly gifted writer, editor, and musician who dedicated her life to achieving justice for Native peoples.

Centred on the volatile issue of the repatriation of Native American skeletal remains, Chancers follows a group of student Solar Dancers who set out to resurrect native remains housed in the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.

At the turn of the twentieth century, the Osage Indians owned Oklahoma's most valuable oil reserves and became members of the world's first wealthy oil population. Osage children and grandchildren continued to respect the old customs and ways, but now they also had lives of leisure: purchasing large homes, expensive cars, eating in fancy restaurants, and traveling to faraway places. In the 1920s, they also found themselves immersed in a series of murders. Charles H. Red Corn sets A Pipe for February against this turbulent, exhilarating background.Tracing the experiences of John Grayeagle, the story's main character, Red Corn describes the Osage murders from the perspective of a traditional Osage. Other books on the notorious crimes have focused on the greed of government officials and businessmen to increase their oil wealth. Red Corn focuses on the character of the Osage people, drawing on his own experiences and insights as a member of the Osage Tribe.

Focusing on the novels of six contemporary American writers, the author analyzes the ways in which these writers draw upon their bicultural heritage and the attraction of their styles to Native and non-Native readers, aiming to produce cross-cultural understanding rather than divisiveness.

Bruchac ratchets the tension from the first page to the last in this detective novel that pairs comedy and action with serious consideration of corporate greed, environmental destruction, cultural erosion, and other modern-day issues pressing Native peoples.

Bagese, a tribal woman transformed into a bear, has discovered a new urban world and she describes this world from the perspective of animals. These tales, drawn from traditional tribal stories, illuminate the centuries of conflict between American Indians and Europeans.

Focusing on published works by novelists N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, D'Arcy McNickle, Louise Erdrich, and other Native American authors, the essays in this collection examine translation and representation in tribal literatures, comic and tragic world views and trickster discourse.

The Anishinaabe, otherwise named as the Ojibwe or Chippewa, are well known for their lyric songs and stories. This annotated anthology aims to bring readers close to the tribe's union of natural reason and dream song, to "the memories that walk with the birds in the sky and sing across the water".

So what does it mean to be a Cherokee?" asks Cherokee author Robert J. Conley at the start of this delightful collection of his writings. This posthumous publication, edited by the author's wife, Evelyn L. Conley, offers readers the opportunity to appreciate anew the blend of humour, candour, and creativity that makes his work so exceptional.