Presented by Navajo narrators for the Navajo people, this collection of stories reflects the Navajo perception of Navajo history and the "Long Walk" to Fort Sumner, emphasizing Navajo insight rather than historical events placed in chronological sequence. Collectively, these 40 stories reflect the following Navajo perceptions: events recalled in vivid clarity are typically blurred in time and sequence; the unresolved dilemma of who should be blamed for the "Long Walk" is a central concern, but there is great inconsistancy regarding places, groups, or people blamed (unlike most nations, the Navajo frequently blame themselves rather than others); there are important insights into the Navajo interpretation of specific Navajo historical events which differ significantly from the views of an outsider (e.g., close identification of events with the Navajo religion; an extreme sense of isolation, wherein the Navajo perceive themselves as beset, besieged, and surrounded by enemies; indications that many Navajo never went to Fort Sumner and that some went to live with the Apache tribes to escape Fort Sumner; a recurring theme focused upon the relationship between the tragedy of the "Long Walk" and the current subjects of justice and human rights).
Dine College Press

New Native American Voices of the Southwest edited by Anna Lee Walters. Contents include:
Blues-ing On The Brown Vibe by Esther G. Belin
Bringing Hannah Home by Esther G. Belin
Spirit In Me by Esther G. Belin
Ka Po'o Owenge by Rosemary Diaz T'aa Dine Nishli by Della Frank
Alice's Rabbit Hole by Georgeann Gregory
Noontime Of My Life by Georgeann Gregory
Lakota Warrior by Arthur J. Harvey
Bueono-bye by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
Rail by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
The Coffee Maker by Melissa A. Pope
Storm by Brent Toadlena
Shimasani (grandmother) by Gertrude Walters
Yei Tsoh by Gertrude Walters
Into The Hand Of The Great Healer by Floyd Yazzie
Northland Publishing

Contemporary Iroquois writing by Ted C. Williams, Beth Brant, Peter Blue Cloud, Roberta Hill Whiteman, Maurice Kenny, John Mohawk, Oren Lyons, Duwayne Bowen and many others.
Greenfield Review Press

The evolution and changes of the Native American Church are traced in a fine documentary which charts its struggle to preserve its religious freedom in the face of government challenges to its existence. Personal accounts by church members pepper this history and documentation of the Church's traditions and controversial rituals. -- Midwest Book Review
Clear Light Books

Evocative archival and modern photographs with history of the Onondaga people.
Syracuse University Press

An anthology of Canadian native writing. Edited by Agnes Grant.
Pemmican

Seven Cree women share memories about their lives and the history of their people, and provide insights into the traditional teachings of a society where practical and spiritual matters are never far apart. The stories are presented in the original Cree in both Roman and syllabic orthography with English translations on facing pages for easy comparison.
CPRC

To provide a fresh look at Alaskan culture, editor Bruchac has compiled an assortment of poems, stories, essays, plays, and journal excerpts from the writings of native Alaskans. All deal with the transitions, losses, struggles, and successes of life in a changing homeland. Many of the writers vividly remember the changes, good and bad, that statehood brought. More than one (most notably Robert H. Davis) remark on the irony of a white culture that stripped natives of their heritage and now asks them to revive it for politically correct university courses. Some of the 23 writers are well known (Mary TallMountain and Fred Bigjim, for example), while others are celebrating their first publication. Most authors provide short autobiographies presenting their cultural and literary influences as an introduction to their statement.
Greenfield Review Press

Reclaiming the Vision has its genesis in a gathering of more than 200 North American Native writers which took place in July of 1992. That landmark conference, called Returning The Gift, made the encouragement of Native American youth one of its main goals. Through major funding from the Bay Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, that conference and a series of Outreach Workshops conducted by Native American writers in Native classrooms around the continent - from New York City to Alaska - focused on the place of literature in the lives of young Native Americans. Special attention was paid to the ways in which writing can foster hope, build self-esteem, provide guidance and shape a vision of a better future. A Dissemination Grant was provided by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to help share some of the results of the festival through a special publication. The result is this carefully edited volume that blends together work from many of the Native writers who have been a part of Returning The Gift and Wordcraft Circle, the mentoring organization that is an outgrowth of the 1992 festival. Edited by Lee Francis and James Bruchac, it includes transcripts from the plenary sessions of Returning The Gift, sections on storytelling, the writing of poetry, fiction and autobiography, exercises which use Native American writing to generate work from student writers, and an anthology of poetry and prose by American Indian students. Reclaiming the Vision is a book to be treasured by anyone interested in Native American literature or the teaching of Native American students. If you are looking for a vision, look this way. 
Greenfield Review Press

Harjo and Bird explain that the idea for this unprecedented and invaluable anthology grew out of a cycle of conversations among Native American women about their experiences as members of tribal nations, as Americans and Canadians, and as writers and community leaders. As editors, Harjo and Bird hoped to preserve the positive energy of these candid dialogues, and they have succeeded admirably, collecting more than 80 voices from Maui to Alberta, New Mexico to Michigan. Well-known writers such as Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, Leslie Silko, and Janet Campbell Hale are present, and so are the poetry, fiction, and memoirs of native women writers who will be new to most readers. Harjo and Bird have also gone beyond the purely literary realm and published the writings of such activists as Wilma Mankiller, Bea Medicine, Sonlatsa Jim-James, and Winona LaDuke. - Donna Seaman
W. W. Norton & Company