Native American Women's Writing

This ground-breaking anthology establishes the tradition of early
Native American women's writing within American literature and
American women's history.

With a regionally diverse group of writers, this richly
interwoven collection explores in depth the work of well-known
figures such as Pauline Johnson, Sarah Winnemucca and Zitkala-ea,
as well as less familiar writers such as Narcissa Owen, Buffalo
Bird Woman, Mary Jemison, Ora Eddleman Reed, Sophia Alice Callahan,
Owl Woman and Annette Leevier. Anonymously authored "women's texts"
are also included, along with writing by children and young
adults.

Karen Kilcup challenges traditional mainstream notions of what
constitutes literature, including political, historical, and
autobiographical writing alongside more familiarly "aesthetic"
forms like romantic poetry, short fiction and spiritual literature.
As well as representing traditional oral narratives, the collection
invites readers to hear the "translation" of orality into written
forms.

Brief headnotes outline the writers' lives and indicate
connections between and among the writers. The volume also includes
brief bibliographies of primary and secondary materials for each
writer.

A key text for the classroom, Native American Women's
Writing: An Anthology c. 1800-1924 offers an inviting wealth of
newly discovered material for scholars and general readers
alike.