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Achebe, Chinua
African American literature
cultural differences
television programs
universal themes
Allotment act
Alvarez, Julia
American Indian(s): anti-immigration movements
Cherokee
color, writers of
cultures
difference in appearance
fiction
image as savages
population
spiritual connection
trickster figures
“White” culture
women writers
American Indian literature: consistency in verb tenses
cultural and spiritual practices
elements of orality
Erdrich, references by
Euro-western stories
information in stories
K-12 history books
linear nature of time
mainstream literature
Native American storytelling
oral tradition
repetition
“spotted sickness”
story into a song with rhythm
storytelling
universal themes and plots
American Revolution (1769)
Anaya, Rudolfo
Anishinaabe
geographic location of people
knowledge of culture
narratives and Catholic Christian
Anna Karenina
The Antelope Wife
Anti-immigration movements
Ashbridge, Elizabeth
Asian American literature
spiritual practice
Bands in the United States. See First Nations or Bands in Canada
Baptism of Desire
Catholic ritual and mysticism
volume of poems
The Beet Queen
Beloved
Pulitzer Prize
The Best American Mystery Stories
The Best American Short Stories
Erdrich as guest editor
The Bingo Palace
structure
The Birchbark House
finalist position for the National Book Award
store
website
Bird Girl and the Man who Followed the Sun
Bird, Mary Brave
Blood Sports
Blue Jay’s Dance
Board of Directors of Save the Children Foundation
Boas, Franz (anthropologists)
Book of the Month Club
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country
Bradstreet, Anne
The Broken Cord
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
mismanagement by
Calling Myself Home
Capitalism
Captivity narratives
Caramelo (2003)
Catholicism
Ceremony
Cherokee
Chickadee
Chippewa code
Christian-Judeo religious practice, meta-narrative of
Christie, Agatha
Cisneros, Sandra
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cogewea
The Color Purple
Pulitzer Prize
Color, writers of
Confirmation: An Anthology of African American Women
Conley, Robert J.
Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
Cracking India (1991)
The Crown of Columbus
experiences of writing
Custer Died for Your Sins
Dawes Act
Dorris, Michael and Erdrich: abuse allegations
adopted children
Board of Directors of Save the Children Foundation
break in partnership
children’s accusations
collaboration on short stories
death of son
dedications
destruction of image of couple
editing service for Erdrich
Erdrich’s training as a creative writer
interview with Georgia Croft
Morning Girl
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
personalization of the characters
publication credit to Erdrich
reason to think philosophically
Sarah Josepha Hale Literary Award
separation and divorce
suicide in 1997
work on fiction
Dreams in a Time of War (2011)
Dupin, Amantine Lucile Aurore
Early life of Erdrich: American Revolution (1769)
Catholicism
childhood
college
creative writing, focus on poetry
early life
Fall 1975/Winter 1976 issues
family history
Gourneau and
Hart and
House Concurrent Resolution
innovations in equipment and farming
letter from her father
livelihood
McCarthy hearings (1954)
mismanagement by BIA
Native American Studies Program
1950s era
outdoor activities
parents
poems
population
Red scare, Russian power and influence
“Renny”
schooling
surroundings
teenage
termination of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribe
Elsie’s Business
Emecheta, Buchi
Erdrich, Ralph Louis: cross-cultural understanding
geographical settings for stories
German American grandparents
in Minneapolis
one of 100 most beautiful people
personal experiences
popular culture
references by
Swedish Academy for the Nobel Prize
translation from novel to stage
work; See also Early life of Erdrich
Euro-American-authored books
Euro-American citizens
Euro-western stories
Faces of America (TV program)
The Falcon: His Captivity—His Thirty Years With the Indians
Fall 1975/Winter 1976 issues
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
First Darling of the Morning
First Nations or Bands in Canada
Four Souls
The Game of Silence
caption beneath the photo
Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
General Allotment Act or Dawes Severalty Act (1887)
The Ghost Ship
Gourneau, Patrick
Grace, Patricia
Grandmother’s Pigeon
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Confusion in Indian Country: Native Americans and Whites in the Progressive Era
The Green Mile
Guggenheim Fellowship (1985)
Hairs/Pelitos (1997)
Harjo, Joy (Creek)
Harlem Renaissance (1920s)
Head Above Water
The Hiawatha
Hogan, Linda
Holm, Tom
House Concurrent Resolution
House Made of Dawn
The House on Mango Street
How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Ihimaera, Witi
“Indian Boarding School”
Indians: Euro-American-authored books
written by non-native authors
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
In the Ditch (1972)
In the Time of Butterflies (1994)
Jacklight
Jazz
The Joy Luck Club
The Kitchen God’s Wife
K-12 history books
Laguna Women
Lakota Woman
The Last Report of the Miracles at Little No Horse
Latino/a American literature
Lesbian, gay, transgendered, or bisexual people
Levi-Strauss, Claude
The Life of Grange Copeland (1970)
Little
Loose Women
Love Medicine
Magpie, Debra
Major Crimes Act (1885)
“The Man to Send Rain Clouds” (short story)
The Master Butcher’s Singing Club
Mather, Cotton
McCarthy hearings (1954)
“Medicine line” (U.S.–Canadian border)
Meridian (1976)
Minnesota Sioux uprising
Mitakuye Oyasin
Momaday, N. Scott (Kiowa)
Pulitzer Prize for House Made of Dawn
Monkey Beach
Morning Girl
Mountain Windsong: A Novel of the Trail of Tears
Mourning Dove
confluences between Erdrich and
My Wicked, Wicked Ways (1992)
The Narrative of John Tanner
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
National Book Award
National Book Critics Circle Award
for Best Nonfiction Book
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Native American literature
African American English
Asian American literature
capitalism
cultural differences
economic situations of universities and colleges
exotic and difficult to understand
Latino/a American literature
meta-narrative of Christian-Judeo religious practice
television programs
universal themes
Native American storytelling
Native American Studies Program
25th anniversary
Nelson, Willie (singer-songwriter)
Ngugi wa thiong’o
concept of decolonization
Nobel Prizes in Literature
North Dakota Arts Council
The North Dakota Quarterly and Suntracks
The O.Henry Prize Stories
Ohitka Woman
Ojibwe people (Chippewa people): encyclopedic knowledge of
First Nations or Bands in Canada
sweat lodge ceremony
windigo (wendigo)
Orality, elements of
Original Fire
The Osage Rose: An Osage Country Mystery
The Painted Drum
drums, important aspect of Ojibwe cultural practice
relationships
sex scenes
The Palm Wine Drinkard (1952)
A Papago Grammar (1983)
Paper Trail
PEN Syndication Fiction Project
People of the Whale
Perma Red
Plague of Doves
no dedication page
Popular fiction
The Porcupine Year
Omakayas series
Potiki (1986)
Power
Presley, Elvis
The Prospect Before Her: A History of Women in Western Europe, 1500–1800
Pulitzer award
Quality Paperback Book Club
The Range Eternal
The Red Bird All-Indian Traveling Band
The Red Convertible
Red scare (Russian power and influence)
“Renny”
Robinson, Eden
Rooms in the House of Stone
collection of essays
The Round House
National Book Award
violence against women of color
Runner in the Sun (1954)
The Sacred White Turkey
Sarah Josepha Hale Literary Award (1991)
“Satan: Highjacker of a Planet”
Shadow Tag
biography of the Erdrich–Dorris relationship
Sidhwa, Bapsi
Silko, Leslie Marmon
American Indian style of writing
postmodernism
rivalry between Silko and Erdrich
Solar Storms
Song of Solomon
A Son of the Forest: The Experience of William Appes
The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
Spielberg, Stephen
“Spotted sickness”
Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls: Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War
The Surrounded
Sweat lodge ceremony
Tan, Amy
Tanner, John
Tapahonso, Luci (Navajo)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Things Fall Apart (1958)
devastating effect of Christian missionizing efforts
This is How You Lose Her
Tobasonakwuk
Erdrich’s relationship with
life
medicine men
money offerings
visits to islands of Lake of the Woods with
Tracks
allotment act
Best Seller list
Christian missionary effort
nuns
Trail of Tears
in 1836–1837 to Oklahoma Territory
The Translation of Dr. Appelles: A Love Story
Traplines (1996)
Treuer, David
The Turquoise Ledge (2011)
Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribe
Twelve Moons Running
Two Old Women (1993)
Umrigar, Thrity
Violence Against Women Act
Volstead Act
Waiariki
Walker, Alice
Washington Post
Weep Not, Child
The Whale Rider
“White” culture
Wind From an Enemy Sky
Windigo (wendigo)
Winter in the Blood
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
Working Men
Writer, types of
marriage between extrovert/introvert
Wuthering Heights
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Zepeda, Ofelia (Tohono O’odham)
Zitkala Sa