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American Indian Literature Appropriate for Secondary and Middle-Level Students.
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Charles, Jim – 1995
American Indian literature deserves a more prominent place in the English language arts curriculum. Oral literature of American Indians includes didactic stories, told to maintain tribal mores and value systems; it also includes humorous and entertaining stories, as well as histories of various American Indian peoples. Anthropologists and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Autobiographies