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The 1980s saw many of the writers listed above continuing to produce new literature. New voices included Louise Erdrich (Ojibwe), Paula Gunn Allen (Laguna), Linda Hogan (Chickasaw), Michael Dorris, and Luci Tapahonso (Navajo). The 1990s introduced several works of poetry and of prose fiction by Spokane/Coeur D'Alene author Sherman Alexie.
This is a list of notable writers who are Indigenous peoples of the Americas. This list includes authors who are Alaskan Native , American Indian , First Nations , Inuit , Métis , and Indigenous peoples of Mexico , the Caribbean, Central America, and South America , as defined by the citizens of these Indigenous nations and tribes.
Since then, the number of published and recognised Indigenous authors has grown enormously; as of 2020, AustLit's BlackWords lists 23,481 works, and 6,949 authors and organisations. Nearly all are in English, as Indigenous Australians had not written their languages before the colonisation of Australia .
Author George Copway (1818–69) wrote an autobiography titled The Life, History, and Travels of Kah-ge-gah-bowh (1847) telling a story of an Indigenous person having been converted to Christianity. [1] It was the first book written by a Canadian Indigenous person in English.
And indigenous writers took advantage of the new techniques to document their own history and tradition in the new writing, while monks kept on extending literacy in the indigenous population. This tradition lasted only a few centuries however and due to royal decrees about Spanish being the only language of the Spanish empire by the mid-1700s ...
Books by indigenous peoples from North and South America, including writers that are Alaskan Native, American Indian, First Nations, Inuit, Métis, Native Hawaiian, Mestizo, and indigenous people of Central and indigenous people of South America
The Potawatomi Library donated books to four local school districts, including books that had been banned elsewhere in the country because of complaints of "white guilt".
Griffin Poetry Prize for the best book of poetry, one award each for a Canadian poet and an international poet; Indigenous Voices Awards for works of literature by First Nations, Métis and Inuit writers; Marian Engel Award for female writers in mid-career; Matt Cohen Award to honour a Canadian writer for a lifetime of distinguished achievement