An anthology of Canadian Native literature in English

Moses, Daniel David, 1952- (editor.). Goldie, Terry (editor.).

Summary: Beginning with traditional songs, goes on to include prose passages by early figures, works by well-known writers, and a broad selection of short stories, plays, poems, and essays by twentieth century Native writers. Among issues covered are aboriginal rights, family relations, and the environment. The anthology includes memoirs, polemical statements, works of imaginative fantasy, and contemporary reinventions of tradtional material. It also presents the diversity of opinion among the writers themselves.-- Adapted from publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 0195408195 :
ISBN: 9780195408195 (softcover)
ISBN: 9780195408195 :
ISBN: 0195408195 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xxii, 393 pages ; 23 cm
print
Publisher: Toronto : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Copyright: ©1992

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Traditional songs: Inuit -- Traditional orature: Southern First Nations -- Joseph Brant 1742-1807, Mohawk -- George Copway 1818-69, Ojibway -- Catherine Soneegoh Sutton 1822-65, Ojibway -- E. Pauline Johnson 1861-1913, Mohawk -- John Brant-Sero 1867-1914, Mohawk -- Mary Augusta Tappage b. 1888, Shuswap -- Martin Martin 1889, Inuit -- Alma Greene 1896-1984, Mohawk -- Susan Martin 1897, Inuit -- Harry Robinson 1900-90, Okanagan -- Marion Tuu'luq b.1910, Inuit -- Simon Arnaviapik b.1915, Inuit -- Alexander Wolfe b.1927, Saulteaux -- Basil H. Johnson b.1929, Ojibway -- Rita Joe b.1932, Micmac -- Anthony Apakaark Thrasher 1937-1989, Inuit -- Duke Redbird b.1939, Ojibway -- Maria Campbell b. 1940, Métis -- Richard Green b.1940, Mohawk -- Beth Brant b.1941, Mohawk -- Buffy St. Marie b.1941, Cree -- Emma Lee Warrior b.1941, Peigan -- Annharte b.1942, Anishinabe -- Ron Geyshick b.1942, Ojibway -- Thomas King b.1943: Cherokee -- Harold Cardinal b.1943: Cree -- Wayne Keon b.1946: Ojibway -- Jeannette C. Armstrong b.1948, Okanagan -- Beatrice Culleton b.1949, Métis -- John Mcleod b. 1949, Ojibway/Mohawk -- Lenore Keeshig-Tobias b.1950, Ojibway -- Lee Maracle b.1950, Métis -- Alootook Ipellie b.1951, Inuit -- Tomson Highway b.1951, Cree -- Margo Kane b.1951, Saulteau/Cree/Blackfoot -- Daniel David Moses b.1952, Delaware -- Ruby Slipperjack b.1952, Ojibway -- Monique Mojica b.1954, Kuna-Rappahannock -- Armand Garnet Ruffo b.1955, Ojibway -- Thom E. Hawke b.1959, Ironworker -- Drew Hayden Taylor, b.1962, Ojibway -- James Tyman b.1964, Cree -- Jordan Wheeler b.1964, Cree.