Native American Literature: A Very Short Introduction

by Sean Teuton and Sean Kicummah Teuton

Book Overview

North American indigenous literature began over thirty thousand years ago when indigenous people began telling stories of emergence and creation, journey and quest, and heroism and trickery. By setting indigenous literature in historical moments, Sean Teuton skillfully traces its evolution from the ancient role of bringing rain and healing the body, to its later purpose in resisting European invasion and colonization, into its current place as a world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199944520
• ISBN13: 9780199944521
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 6.8"