Allen, Paula Gunn

"American Horse" - Louise Erdrich "As It Was in the Beginning," by E. Pauline Johnson Includes writers: Silko, Erdrich, and Hogan Stories include :"The Warriors," The Casualties", "Oshkikwe's Baby".

This is the first novel written by an American Indian woman about an Indian woman published in the last 50 years. The book starts where the rest of the world leaves Indians off: at the brink of death. Ephanie Atencio is in the midst of a breakdown from which she can barely move. She has been left by her husband and is unable to take care of her children. To heal, she must seek her future. She leaves New Mexico for San Francisco, where she begins again the process of remembering, of trying to sort out the parts of her. Eventually, no longer seeking herself through men, she discovers her primary connections are to the spirit women of her people and to the women of her own world.

Presents essays about nine Native Americans who have made positive contributions to the arts, politics, sports, and other aspects of life in the United States.

Includes essays about nine Native Americans who have made positive contributions to the arts, politics, sports, and other aspects of life in the United States.

A collection of traditional tales, biographical writings, and contemporary short stories by a variety of Native American women authors.

Anthology of Native American narrative literature, with brief biographical sketches of the authors.

Collection of more than thirty stories written by major and emerging American Indian writers from 1974 through 1994, exploring themes of Native American spirituality, ritual, and identity.