Although American Indian literatures are the oldest literatures on this continent, they have not generally been included in American literature courses. This volume is designed to assist teachers and students in beginning their study of the literatures of peoples native to the United States. Part 1--"Introduction to American Indian…

Sixty percent of the crops used in today's diet were developed by the American Indians, whose extensive agricultural technology spanned two continents and some 7000 years. The subject matter of this partly annotated bibliography not only covers the agricultural contributions of the American Indian, but also discusses aspects of technology,…

This annotated bibliography lists over 220 multi-disciplinary Ph.D. dissertations written between 1960 and 1980 on the subject of indigenous and immigrant ethnic folklife in the United States and Canada. Only dissertations providing substantial attention to traditional forms of ethnic folk culture in context were considered. The concept of…