Literature (in English): ENGL 4820 Intro. to Native American Literature

This guide covers all genres of American and British Literature
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Key Periodicals

Check MARQCAT for holdings and locations. The Libraries subscribe to more than 100 journals relating to Native American studies in digital format. Review that list here.

American Indian Quarterly (archives via JSTOR and recent issues available via Project MUSE ) View MARQCAT record or link to e-journal

Studies in American Indian Literatures (archives via JSTOR and recent issues available via Project MUSE)  View MARQCAT record or link to e-journal

Wicazo Sa Review (archives via JSTOR and recent issues via Project MUSE)   View MARQCAT record or link to e-journal

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Guides to Individual Authors

To find critical books and biographies about Native American authors, use MARQCAT's subject search feature. The results will gather together biographies, works of criticism, and casebooks on individual books. Examples: Silko, Leslie  or  Erdrich, Louise

Using MARCATplus from the library's home page, a search using an author's name results in a larger set of works by, works about, collections containing, etc. For example (use quotes): "N. Scott Momaday"

For brief, but reliable, signed biographies of authors, try Literature Online (LION). Here's an example for Sherman Alexie.

Free Sites on the Web

Native American Authors (Internet Public Library) http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/

Association for the Study of American Indian Literature  https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~rnelson/asail/

Storytellers: Native American Authors Online  http://www.nativewiki.org/Storytellers:_Native_American_Authors_Online

Sherman Alexie (author's website)  http://www.fallsapart.com/

Archival Sources

Marquette University Libraries hold rich archival collections in the area of Native America, Catholic Indian Missions, and Christianity in Native North America. Notable digital collections include the Indian Sentinel (1902-1962) and photographic images from the Red Cloud Indian School and Holy Rosary Mission. Archivists have produced a research guide to help prospective users of those collections.