Native American literature

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Native American literature is a body of writing by Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada that blends oral storytelling traditions with written forms to explore themes of identity, history, colonization, and cultural survival.

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Label Occurrences
Native American literature canonical 4
First Nations literature 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous literature
literature
aim assertion of Indigenous sovereignty
critique of colonialism
preservation of Indigenous cultures
reclamation of history
country Canada
United States
genre American literature
Canadian literature
ethnic literature
postcolonial literature
hasPart autobiography
ceremonial narratives
drama
essays
legends
memoir
myths
novels
oral literature
oratory
poetry
short stories
song lyrics
tribal histories
written literature
influencedBy boarding school experiences
ceremonial practices
colonial history
oral tradition
tribal cosmologies
language English
Indigenous languages of North America
notableAuthor Gerald Vizenor
James Welch
Joy Harjo
Leslie Marmon Silko
Louise Erdrich
N. Scott Momaday
Paula Gunn Allen
Sherman Alexie
Simon Ortiz
linked to: Simon J. Ortiz

Thomas King
Tomson Highway
notableWork Ceremony
House Made of Dawn
Love Medicine
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
The Round House
period Native American Renaissance
relatedDiscipline American studies
Indigenous studies
Native American studies
comparative literature
significantEvent publication of House Made of Dawn in 1968
rise of the Native American Renaissance in the late 1960s and 1970s
theme colonization
community
cultural survival
decolonization
history
identity
intergenerational trauma
land
language revitalization
resistance
sovereignty
spirituality
storytelling

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James Welch influenced Native American literature
Green Grass, Running Water associatedWith First Nations literature
linked to: Native American literature
White Earth Ojibwe playsSignificantRoleIn Native American literature
Women on the Run genre Native American literature