The people who stayed : southeastern Indian writing after removal / edited by Geary Hobson, Janet McAdams, and Kathryn Walkiewicz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hobson, Geary.

McAdams, Janet, 1957-

Walkiewicz, Kathryn, 1981-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Southern States--Literary collections.

Indians of North America.

American literature--Indian authors.

American literature.

Southern States.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Literature.

Physical Description:

xii, 349 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2010]

Summary:

After passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830, tens of thousands of American Indians were relocated from the American Southeast. Yet, as the editors of this volume amply demonstrate, a significant Indian population remained behind after those massive relocations. The first anthology to focus on the literary work of Native Americans who trace their ancestry to "people who stayed" in southeastern states after 1830, this volume represents every state and every genre, including short stories, excerpts from novels, poetry, essays, plays, and even Web postings. Although most works are contemporary, the collection covers the entire post-Removal era. Some of the contributors are well known, while others have only recently emerged as important literary voices. All of the writers in The People Who Stayed affirm their Indian ancestry, though many live outside the Southeast today. As this anthology demonstrates, indigenous Southeastern writing engages the local and the global, the traditional and the modern. While many speak to the prospects and perils of acculturation, all the writers bear witness to the ways, oblique or straightforward, that they and their families continue to honor their Indian identities despite the legacy of removal. In an introduction to the volume and in headnotes on each contributor, the editors provide historical context and literary insight on the diversity of writing and lived experiences found in these pages. All readers, from students to scholars, will gain newfound understanding of the literature--and the human experience--of Native people of the American Southeast.

Contents:

Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware

Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky

Deep South: Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi

Arkansas, Louisiana, and East Texas.

Indian writers whose works are included: Rose Powhatan

Karenne Wood

Jack D. Forbes

Ron Welburn

Spiderwoman Theater

Wilson H. Welch

Frell McDonald Owl

Henry M. Owl

Lula Owl Gloyne

Sylvester Long

Nan E. Saunooke

David A. Harris

Freeman Owle

Kathi Smith Littlejohn

Gregg Howard

Lynn King Lossiah

Teresa Morris

Redbird James

Gladys Cardiff

Pamela Masotti

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke

Ralph Salisbury

Ginny Carney

Dawn Karima Pettigrew

Norman H. Russell

Patricia Riley

Elizabeth Hosler

Jean Starr

MariJo Moore

Marilou Awiakta

Cynthia Kasee

Adolph L. Dial

David K. Eliades

Delano Cummings

Linda Boyden

Will Moreau Goins

Loretta Leach

Louis Owens

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Drucilla Mims Wall

Chip Livingston

Deidra Suwanee Dees

Janet McAdams

Patricia White McClanahan

Cynthia Gaillard

John Woodrow Presley

Larry Richard

Jennifer Lisa Vest

Moses Jumper, Jr.

Betty Mae Jumper

besmilr brigham

William Jay Smith

Kennette Harrison

Dale Marie Taylor

Terra Trevor

Jimmie Durham

Kimberly G. Roppolo

Earl J. Barbry, Sr.

Roger Emile Stouff

Edythe Simpson Hobson

Geary Hobson.

ISBN:

9780806141367

0806141360

OCLC:

574940396

Publisher Number:

99940734496