Study Materials
Required Readings
  1. Books
  2. Course Reader
  3. Online Works
Reference Works and Guides
  1. Reference Works
  2. Online Research Guides
  3. Course Technology Guides


Required Readings (See Schedule for order of readings)
  1. Books
    Available from the UCSB Bookstore; links in this section are to descriptions on the NativeAuthors.com and Amazon.com sites. (Policy statement on links to commercial sites.)
  2. Course Reader
    Available at Grafikart

    • Allen, Paula Gunn. "The Sacred Hoop: A Contemporary Perspective." The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions. Boston: Beacon P, 1986. 54-75.
    • Silko, Leslie Marmon. "Coyotes and the Stro'ro'ka Dancers" and "Toe'osh: A Laguna Coyote Story." Storyteller New York: Seaver, 1981. 229-34, 236-39.
    • Larson, Sidner. "Native American Aesthetics: An Attitude of Relationship." MELUS 17.3 (Fall 1991-92): 53-67.
    • Silko, Leslie Marmon. from Storyteller New York: Seaver, 1981. 7-15.
    • Revard, Carter. "Rock Shelters," "Close Encounters," and " On the Reservation." An Eagle Nation. Tucson, U of Arizona P, 1993.
    • Momaday, N. Scott. "The Man Made of Words." Literature of the American Indian: Views and Interpretations. Ed. Abraham Chapman. New York: New American Library, 1975. 96-110.
    • Welch, James. "Blue Like Death," "Christmas Comes to Moccasin Flat," "Riding the Earthboy 40," and "Blackfeet, Blood and Piegan Hunters." Riding the Earthboy 40. New York: Harper & Row, 1971.
    • Silko, Leslie Marmon. "Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective." Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit: Essays on Native American Life Today. New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1996. 48-59.
    • Vizenor, Gerald. "Trickster Discourse: Comic Holotropes and Language Games." Narrative Chance: Postmodern Discourse on Native American Literatures. Ed. Gerald Vizenor. Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 1993. 187-211.
    • Sarris, Greg. "Telling Dreams and Keeping Secrets." Keeping Slug Woman Alive: A Holistic Approach to American Indian Texts. Berkeley: U of California P, 1993. 63-76.
    • Alexie, Sherman. "How to Write the Great American Indian Novel." The Summer of Black Widows. Brooklyn: Hanging Loose P, 1996.
    • Alexie, Sherman. "13/16," "Penance," "House Fires," "Indian Boy Love Song #1," and "Indian Boy Love Song #4." The Business of Fancydancing. Brooklyn: Hanging Loose P, 1992.
    • McLuhan, Marshall. "The Written Word." Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. New York: Signet, 1966. 84-90.
    • Carlson, Patricia Ann. "Square Books and Round Books: Cognitive Implications of Hypertext." Academic Computing (April 1990): 16-31.
    • Manley, Kathleen E. B. "Decreasing the Distance: Contemporary Native American Texts, Hypertext, and the Concept of Audience." Southern Folklore 51.2 (1994): 121-35.

  3. Online Works


Reference Works and Guides
  1. Reference Works
    • Native American Studies Reference Guide (Handout available at UCSB Library)
    • Dictionary of Native American Literature Ref PM 155 D53 1994
    • Encyclopedia of North American Indians Ref E 76.2 E53 1997
    • Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes Ref E 77 G15 1998
  1. Online Research Guides

  2. Course Technology Guides (see Technology overview)
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