The Native American literature resources collected here include extensive annotated bibliographies by genre, discussion questions to accompany several popular literary works by and about American Indians, and one critical review. All were generously provided by Dorothea (Dottie) Susag, a retired Literature Arts teacher who taught for four years in Choteau and another twenty-one years in Simms. In 2005 she started working part time for OPI as a curriculum writer and expert in the implementation of “Indian Education for All” in Montana’s schools. Dottie puts on workshops and conducts classes on Native American Literature for teachers in schools across the state. She is also a member of Humanities Montana’s speakers bureau, offering talks entitled “Introducing Montana Native American Literature” and “Keeping Family History Alive.”
This Resource Includes:
- Picture Books, Juvenile Fiction and Non-Fiction, Biography, and Cultural Tradition
- Traditional Story Picture Books and Published Collections
- Montana and Regional Publications – Tribal and Other
- Chapter Books – Young Adult Novels, Biographies, Plays
- Novels, Short Stories, Plays
- Collections of Traditional Stories
- Biographies and Autobiographies, People and Their Words
- Anthologies of Short Stories, Essays, and Poetry, Speeches
- Historical and Cultural Resources
- Poetry
- Educational Resources
- Literary Criticism Resources
- DVDs, Videos, Media Literacy Strategies and Reviews
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie - Indian Killer
by Sherman Alexie - The Toughest Indian in the World
by Sherman Alexie - Powwow
by George Ancona - Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative
by Ignatia Broker - Hidden Roots
by Joseph Bruchac - The Skeleton Man
by Joseph Bruchac - Moccasin Thunder: American Indian Stories for Today
edited by Lori Marie Carlson - The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories
by Hugh Dempsey - Shoot, Minnie, Shoot!: The Story of the 1904 Fort Shaw Indian Girls, Basketball’s First World Champions
by Happy Jack Feder - Indian Summers
by Eric Gansworth - Alone in the Wilderness
by Hap Gilliland - The Surrounded
by D’Arcy McNickle - When Thunders Spoke
by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve - Two Old Women
by Velma Wallis