Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 23 April '86 ' >17

A large segment of American literature is generally passed over, rarely read and only taught in a few universities - that of the Native American. A sizable portion of the literature was and still is in oral form occasionally transcribed into print and American idiom. Our otic insensitivity and spiritual alienation to the natural world has caused us to cling to the "primitive" image1 ignoring the diverge and beautiful body of Native American literature. SOME OK this literature is in our traditional forms, such as the short story or the novel. N. Scott Momaday received a Pulitzer Prize for his novel, A House Made of Dawn. Critics remarked that "this strongly lyrical first novel is extraordinary and the author has the ability to give his readers the immediate feeling of what it is like to grow up Indian — work of art." Seven Arrows by Hyemeyohsts Storm is a teaching story done in the methodology of the Decameron or Chaucer's Cantebury Tales. In thisdescription. I mean not to imply bawdy journey tales but an episodic tale sprinkled with tales. SEVEN ARROWS is a teaching tool of the Sun ' Dance Way and an opening to understanding Native American philosophy and religion. A m e r i c <n j Indian Literature: An Anthology (897 A) edited by Alan R. Velie. contains songs, poems, excerpts from novels, oratory and memoirs spanning several generations. A little more formal in outline and tone is The Par table North American Indian Reader (897 T) edited by Frederick W. Turner III, which surveys myth, poetry, oratory, cultural contact and the image of the Indian. The Literatue of thY American Indian by Thomas E. Sanders, includes writers, myths, and oratories from both North and South America in an excellent survey of the existing literature. (897 S) The Four Masterworks of American Indian Literature, edited by John Bierhorst, contains: the bardic Aztec myth Quetzalcoatl; the Iroquois Ritual of condolence; epic prophecies of Maya known as Cuceb; and the Night Chant of the Navajos. THIS WAS the first complete English translation of Quetzalcoatl, and the first accurate compilation of the various interlocking texts that make up the Iroquois Condolence. The four works are presented in order of decreasing accessibility for readers accustomed to Western literafy forms. The Magic World ; American Indian Songs and Poems (897 B) by BAKE SALE RIO GRANDE - Bake sale at the Rio Mall Friday 1 and Saturday will benefit Cape May County Youth Services and its project for youths to participate in "Hands Achks America." Donations also can be made directly to the Youth SMter at Crest Haven by call.->g 465-5045.

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William Brandon, and Touch the Earth: A SelfPortrait of Indian Existence by T.C. McLuhan, contain speaches, poems, and songs from the 16th through the 20th century <970.1 M> Indian Oratory: Famous Speeches By Noted Indian Chieftains, concentrates on only one form. Highly recommended

biographies include Black Elk Speaks by John Neihardt and Lame Deer Seeker of Visions by John Lame Deer. A spectacular volume of short stories is entitled The Man TO Send Rain Clouds ; Contemporary Stories Jb y American Indians. Open you mind; come to the Cape May County Library.

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