• 1982 American Book Award
• 1966 and 1970 Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, first prize in poetry,
• Poetry in Motion Grant Award

• After the Death of an Elder Klallam Phoenix, AZ : Baleen Press, 1970. ISBN: 0912074000
• Ascending Red Cedar Moon, New York : Harper & Row, 1973. ISBN: 0064511502
• Breathless Seattle, WA : University of Washington, 1968. Genre: Drama
• The crooked beak of love Albuquerque, N.M. : West End Press, 2000. ISBN: 093112296
• A Cycle for the Woman in the Field. Laughing Man Press, 1973.
• Digging out the roots : poems New York : Harper & Row, 1977. ISBN: 0064511553
• Drawings of the Song Animals: New and Selected Poems. Duluth, Minnesota : Holy Cow! Press, 1991. ISBN: 0930100433
• Harper's Anthology of Twentieth-Century Native American Poetry San Francisco : Harper & Row, 1988.
• Pieces New York : Strawberry Press, 1981.
• Raven and the Fear of Growing White Amsterdam, Holland : Bridge Press, 1983.
• Songs for the Harvester of Dreams Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, 1981. ISBN: 0295957581
• Stories from the land of red cedar Seattle : D. Niatum, 1999. Genre: Folklore
• Stories of the Moons Marvin, SD : Blue Cloud Quarterly Press, 1987.
• Taos Pueblo and Other Poems. Greenfield Center, NY : Greenfield Review Press, 1973. ISBN: 0912678089
• To Bridge the Dream Laguna, NM : A Press, 1978. Genre: Short Stories
• Turning to the Rhythms of Her Song Seattle, WA : Jawbone Press, 1977.

Essays

Anthologies

Duane Niatum, a key figure in the poetry of the contemporary Native American literary explosion, has produced a sixth collection of poems. It's an important event.