Native American Literature

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This course focuses on Native American literature from the early 20th century to the present. Grounded in Native studies theory, this course considers the ways in which Native writers past and present grapple with, and assert agency against, the effects of settler-colonialism on their cultures. Writers might include Charles Alexander Eastman, Zitkala Sa, Leslie Marmon Silko, James Welch, Louis Erdrich, Layli Long Soldier, David Heska Wanbli Weiden.