Christine C. (chris9212) reviewed on
The Portable North American Indian Reader compiles myths, tales, poetry and oratory from the Iroquois, Cherokee, Winnebago, Sioux, Blackfeet, Hopi and many other tribes. In addition, Frederick Turner includes a number of "culture contact" selections--explorer's accounts, captives' narratives, and Indian autobiographies--as well as a section on the conflicting popular images of the Indian in white literature and, finally, contemporary reassessments by such writers as Luther Standing Bear, N. Scott Momaday, Vine Deloria, Jr. James Welch, Simon Ortiz, and Gary Snyder.
