Tribal theory in Native American literature: Dakota and Haudenosaunee writing and indigenous worldviews

Abstract

Introduction I. Pictographs and Politics in Marie McLaughlin's Myths and Legends of the Sioux II. Charles Eastman's Role in Native American Resistance Literature: A 'Real Indian' to the Boy Scouts III. Zitkala-za, Sentiment, and Tiospaye: Reading Dakota Rhetorics of Nation and Gender IV. Ella Deloria's Brothers and Sisters: Waterlily and Kinship V. A Gendered Future: Wi and Haawi in Contemporary Dakota Writing Conclusion: Tribal Theory Travels: Kanien'kehaka Poet Maurice Kenny and the Gantowisas