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American Indian Literature

This LibGuide is intended to help students find sources which will lead to information about American Indian Literature.

Multimedia Resources

Clicking any of the images below will lead to an outside link. The first one leads to a website. Native America Calling is a live radio show described as an “Electronic Talking Circle,” that features experts and guests discussing issues critical to today’s American Indian and gives listeners the opportunity to call in and join the conversation. The show airs on seventy radio stations across the United States and afterwards shows are posted on the Native America Calling website.[i] The show highlights a “Book of the Month” and features interviews with authors and discussions of other important literary issues, that can be found using the search bar located at the top of the webpage. Native America Calling is free and accessible to anyone with an internet connection.

Each of the other links leads to a interviews with the following authors, in order from bottom left to bottom right: Tommy Orange[ii], Louise Erdrich[iii] and Jim Northrup[iv]. These, and many more interviews with authors, can be found on YouTube.


[i] Koahnic Broadcast Corporation. “About.” Native America Calling. Accessed October 21, 2018. http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/about/.[ii] “Tommy Orange, ‘There, There.’” Video file, 54:14. YouTube. Posted by Politics and Prose, July 25, 2018. Accessed November 1, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsHNaoJbMlg.
[iii] “Read North Dakota Presents; A Conversation with Louise Erdrich (2012).” Video file, 26:46. YouTube. Posted by Prairie Public, September 20, 2012. Accessed November 1, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWI32GHB4so.
[iv] “Minnesota Native American Authors Q&A with Jim Northrup.” Video file, 6:28. YouTube. Posted by Rivertown Communications, May 19, 2015. Accessed November 1, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-yc68ffHCo. 

Interviews

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