Native American literature

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Native American literature is a body of writing by Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada that blends oral storytelling traditions with written forms to explore themes of identity, history, colonization, and cultural survival.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Native American literature canonical 4
First Nations literature 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous literature ⓘ
literature ⓘ
aim assertion of Indigenous sovereignty ⓘ
critique of colonialism ⓘ
preservation of Indigenous cultures ⓘ
reclamation of history ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
genre American literature ⓘ
Canadian literature ⓘ
ethnic literature ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
hasPart autobiography ⓘ
ceremonial narratives ⓘ
drama ⓘ
essays ⓘ
legends ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
myths ⓘ
novels ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
oratory ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
song lyrics ⓘ
tribal histories ⓘ
written literature ⓘ
influencedBy boarding school experiences ⓘ
ceremonial practices ⓘ
colonial history ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
tribal cosmologies ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Indigenous languages of North America ⓘ
notableAuthor Gerald Vizenor ⓘ
James Welch ⓘ
Joy Harjo ⓘ
Leslie Marmon Silko ⓘ
Louise Erdrich ⓘ
N. Scott Momaday ⓘ
Paula Gunn Allen ⓘ
Sherman Alexie ⓘ
Simon Ortiz ⓘ
linked to: Simon J. Ortiz

Thomas King ⓘ
Tomson Highway ⓘ
notableWork Ceremony ⓘ
House Made of Dawn ⓘ
Love Medicine ⓘ
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven ⓘ
The Round House ⓘ
period Native American Renaissance ⓘ
relatedDiscipline American studies ⓘ
Indigenous studies ⓘ
Native American studies ⓘ
comparative literature ⓘ
significantEvent publication of House Made of Dawn in 1968 ⓘ
rise of the Native American Renaissance in the late 1960s and 1970s ⓘ
theme colonization ⓘ
community ⓘ
cultural survival ⓘ
decolonization ⓘ
history ⓘ
identity ⓘ
intergenerational trauma ⓘ
land ⓘ
language revitalization ⓘ
resistance ⓘ
sovereignty ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Welch → influenced → Native American literature ⓘ
Green Grass, Running Water → associatedWith → First Nations literature ⓘ
linked to: Native American literature
White Earth Ojibwe → playsSignificantRoleIn → Native American literature ⓘ
Women on the Run → genre → Native American literature ⓘ