The Portable North American Indian Reader

by Frederick W. Turner (Editor)

MYTHS, TALES, POETRY AND ORATORY BY NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE IROQUOIS, CHEROKEE, WINNEBAGO, SIOUX, BLACKFEET, HOPI, AND MANY OTHER TRIBES. ACCOUNTS OF INDIAN LIFE BY WHITE OBSERVERS FROM BERNAL DIAZ TO FRANCIS PARKMAN. CONTEMPORARY REASSESSMENTS BY SUCH WRITERS AS LUTHER STANDING BEAR, N SCOTT MOMADAY, VINE DELORIA, JR., THOMAS BERGER AND GARY SNYDER.

Genres: Native American, Nonfiction, History, Classics, American History, Indigenous, Mythology

628 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Frederick W. Turner III, ethnologist

Reviews

[Grant Morgan]

There were quite a few gems in here. I especially enjoyed the first section and the second half of the last section (i.e. anti-image). That being said, it's not the best anthology out there, and there were a lot of texts that it could have done without.

[emmak]

I read this for school, and it was certainly interesting. I have definitely learned alot more about Native American culture and stories.

[Risa]

The Portable North American Indian Reader (Viking portable library) by Frederick W. Turner (1977)

[Steve J]

January 1, 1974