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Native American literature

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Subject Source: Local sources
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Bruchac papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 740
Abstract: The Joseph Bruchac Papers contain correspondence with family, publishers, and storytelling and literary colleagues; drafts of writings, on paper and computer disks; materials concerning writing workshops taught by Bruchac in prisons; writings of others, including Native American authors; and subject files, photographs, audiocassettes, and videocassettes, many relating to storytelling performances at festivals and schools, or to Native American storytelling and literary organizations,...
Dates: 1959-2016, bulk 1980-2016
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Joseph Bruchac papers

Adee Dodge papers

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Call Number: WA MSS S-2701
Abstract: The Adee Dodge Papers consist of drawings, research files, financial records, correspondence, and biographical files documenting the life and work of Navajo visual artist and linguist Adee Dodge. Personal papers consist chiefly of biographical documentation compiled by Dodge's daughter, Nanabah Grogan. Business papers document Dodge's uranium prospecting business in the 1950s. Research files document Dodge's research on the Navajo language and on the comparative mythology of peoples of the...
Dates: 1930-2005
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Adee Dodge papers

Leslie Marmon Silko papers

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 637
Abstract: Papers consist of writings, research material, and audiovisual material documenting Leslie Marmon Silko's literary activity and output since the early 1970s. Writings in the collection include drafts and proofs for most of Silko's major works, the three novels Ceremony (1977), Almanac of the Dead (1991), and Gardens in the Dunes (2000), the poetry and short story collections, Laguna Woman (1974), Storyteller (1981), Sacred Water (1994), and Rain (1996), and the essays Yellow Woman and the...
Dates: 1971-2004
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Leslie Marmon Silko papers

Gerald Robert Vizenor papers

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 539
Abstract:

The collection consists of writings, correspondence, research and teaching material, photographs, printed material, audiovisual material, computer disks, and other papers, documenting the literary and academic career of Gerald Robert Vizenor and relating to many of his published works on Native American literature, history, and culture.

Dates: 1880-2020, bulk 1960-2015
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gerald Robert Vizenor papers

James Welch papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 248
Abstract:

The James Welch Papers contain manuscripts, correspondence, and personal papers documenting the life and work of author James Welch. James Welch is well known for his fiction dealing with the histories and experiences of Native Americans, and the drafts of manuscripts, for novels and other works, together with correspondence and secondary literature, make the Welch papers a valuable resource for research in literary, American, and Native American studies.

Dates: 1889-2006, bulk 1960-2003
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > James Welch papers