Abstract

In the beginning circle of a new millennium, Indian authors and historians are becoming as well known as the legendary Squanto (Pawtuxet), Pocahantas (Powhatan), Hiawatha (Onondaga), Chingagoolc (Mohican), Sitting Bull (Sioux), Geronimo (Apache), Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox), Will Rogers (Cherokee), and Chief Knock-A-Homa (Atlanta Braves). Since 1969, the year designated by literary critics as the beginning of the Indian Renaissance, American Indians have been prolific at reinventing themselves for public consumption. A. Scott Momaday (Kiowa) led the way with his Pulitzer-Prize winning House Made of Dawn, followed quickly by the better known The Way to Rainy M0untain.l A plethora of others, including historians and novelists such as Louise Erdrich (Chippewa), Michael Dorris (Modoc), Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo), Gerald Vizenor (Chippewa), James Welch (BlackfeetIGros Ventre), Vine Deloria, Jr. (Standing Rock Sioux), and Ward Churchill (CherokeeICreek) enjoy a devoted reading public worldwide. Most contemporary Indian authors focus on the theme of identity and identity politics with the main characters caught between worlds of red and white, living red in a white society, and/or confused by their heritage:

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