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1754-63
1772
Sermon Preached at the Execution of Moses Paul
Copy of Sermon Preached at the Execution of Moses Paul
Samson Occom (Mohigan)
1829
Son of the Forest
William Apes (Pequot)
   
Removal Act
1830
   
1832
1838-9
1847
Life, History, and Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh
George Copway (Ojibwa)
   
1854
The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta
John Rollin Ridge (Cherokee)
   
1864
   
1864
   
End Treaty-Making
1871
   
1876
   
1879
   
Indian Rights Association
1883
   
1886
   
1887
   
1890
1891
Wynema
S. Alice Callahan (Cherokee)
1899
Queen of the Woods
Simon Pokagon (Potawatomi)
1901
1910
Collected Poems
Alex Posey (Creek)
1911
1911
1912
   
American Indian Defense Association
1923
   
Indian Citizenship Act
1924
   
Indian Defense League
1926
1927
Co-ge-we-a, The Half Blood
Mourning Dove [Humishuma] (Okanogan)
1934
Sundown
John Joseph Mathews (Osage)
Indian Reorganization Act
1934
1936
The Surrounded
D'Arcy McNickle (Cree/Salish)
   
National Congress of American Indians
1944
   
Indian Claims Commission
1946
   
1952-58
   
National Indian Youth Council
1961
1968
House Made of Dawn
N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa)
Indian Civil Rights Act

Am. Indian Movement
1968

1968
1969
Custer Died for Your Sins
Photo of Vine Deloria, Jr.
Vine Deloria, Jr. (Sioux)
1969
1970
The Way to Rainy Mountain
N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa)
1970
   
1972
   
Indian Education Act
1972
   
1973
1974
Winter in the Blood
James Welch (Blackfeet)
   
Self-Determination & Educ. Assistance Act

Pine Ridge-FBI Shootout

1975


1975
1976
Going for the Rain
Simon Ortiz (Acoma)
Indian Health Care Improvement Act
1976
1977
Ceremony
Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna)
1977
1978
Darkness in Saint Louis Bearheart
Gerald Vizenor (Chippewa)
Am. Ind. Religious Freedom Act

Indian Child Welfare Act

1978


1978
1979
The Death of Jim Loney
James Welch (Blackfeet)
1979
1980
New Native American Drama
Hanay Geiogamah (Kiowa)
1980
1981
Songs for the Harvester of Dreams
Duane Niatum (S'Klallam)
   
1981
Winter of the Salamander
Ray Young Bear (Mesquakie)
1981
Storyteller
Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna)
   
Tribal Government Tax Status Act
1982
1983
The Woman Who Owned the Shadows
Paula Gunn Allen (Laguna/Sioux)
1984
Love Medicine
Photo of Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich (Chippewa)
1985
The Jailing of Cecelia Capture
Janet Campbell Hale (Coeur d'Alene)
   
1986
Fools Crow
James Welch (Blackfeet)
1987
A Yellow Raft on Blue Water
Michael Dorris (Modoc)
1988
Not Vanishing
Chrystos (Menominee)
   
1988
Tracks
Louise Erdrich (Chippewa)
   
1989
1990
In Mad Love and War
Joy Harjo (Muskogee)
1991
A Quick Brush of Wings
Mary TallMountain (Koyukon/Athabaskan)
   
1991
Food & Spirits
Beth Brant (Mohawk)
   
1991
From the River's Edge
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (Sioux)
   
1991
Almanac of the Dead
Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna)
1992
The Sharpest Sight
Louis Owens (Choctaw/Cherokee)
Columbus Quincentenary
1992
1993
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Sherman Alexie (Spokane/Coeur d'Alene)
1993
The Book of Medicines
Linda Hogan (Chickasaw)
1993
Green Grass, Running Water
Thomas King (Cherokee)
   
1993
An Eagle Nation
Carter Revard (Osage)
1993
Saanii Dahataal: The Women Are Singing
Luci Tapahonso (Navajo)
   
1994
Seven Hands, Seven Hearts
Elizabeth Woody (Wasco/Navajo)
   
1994
Bone Dance
Wendy Rose (Hope/Miwok)
1994
Grand Avenue
Greg Sarris (Coast Miwok/Pomo)
   
1994
The Bingo Palace
Louise Erdrich (Chippewa)
   
1995
Reservation Blues
Sherman Alexie (Spokane/Coeur d'Alene)
   
1995
Skins
Adrian Louis (Paiute)
   
1996
Life is a Fatal Disease
Paula Gunn Allen (Laguna/Sioux)
   
1996
Wild Indians and Other Creatures
Adrian Louis (Paiute)
   
1996
Remnants of the First Earth
Ray Young Bear (Mesquakie)
   
1996
The Summer of Black Widows
Sherman Alexie (Spokane/Coeur d'Alene)
   
1997
The River of History
Gloria Bird (Spokane)
   
1997
Blue Horses Rush In
Luci Tapahonso (Navajo)
   
1997
Red Earth
Philip Red Eagle (Dakota/Salish)
   
1997
Ceremonies of the Damned
Adrian Louis (Paiute)
   
1997
War Cries
Diane Glancy (Cherokee)
   
1998
Power
Linda Hogan (Chickasaw)
   
1998
The Antelope Wife
Louise Erdrich (Chippewa)
   
1999
Gardens in the Dunes
Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna)
1999

Timeline based on information compiled by Gretchen M. Bataille.
Updated and adapted by Chris Schedler.


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