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Building upon existing literature in the field, this book identifies the frameworks and paradigms in which we Indigenize, identify, and establish Indigenous practice, and contemplates the possibilities of American Indian and Indigenous rhetorics.This book outlines how American Indian and Indigenous rhetorics is an interdisciplinary scholarly practice and sub-field that draws from material and cultural practice, history and historiography, religious studies, literary studies, decolonial theory and practice, and community-based research. It explores how American Indian and Indigenous peoples and communities communicate the shaping of their worlds, identities, and goals through language, culture, and connection to land. The book includes case studies exploring current issues such as land and water rights, environmental precarity, and healthcare and provides readers with an Indigenous rhetorics model to approach these topics. In doing so, the book equips readers with the questions, practices, and methodologies to challenge historic notions and engage with Indigenous issues, ideas, and practices in public issues and debates.This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Rhetoric, Indigenous Studies, American Indian Studies, Native Studies, Composition Studies, and Communication Studies.

Building upon existing literature in the field, this book identifies the frameworks and paradigms in which we Indigenize, identify, and establish Indigenous practice, and contemplates the possibilities of American Indian and Indigenous rhetorics.This book outlines how American Indian and Indigenous rhetorics is an interdisciplinary scholarly practice and sub-field that draws from material and cultural practice, history and historiography, religious studies, literary studies, decolonial theory and practice, and community-based research. It explores how American Indian and Indigenous peoples and communities communicate the shaping of their worlds, identities, and goals through language, culture, and connection to land. The book includes case studies exploring current issues such as land and water rights, environmental precarity, and healthcare and provides readers with an Indigenous rhetorics model to approach these topics. In doing so, the book equips readers with the questions, practices, and methodologies to challenge historic notions and engage with Indigenous issues, ideas, and practices in public issues and debates.This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Rhetoric, Indigenous Studies, American Indian Studies, Native Studies, Composition Studies, and Communication Studies.

Discover the essential people, works, movements, and themes in American Indian literature.American Indian literature is a varied and vibrant collection of Indigenous artistic expression. American Indian novelists, poets, essayists, and critics have over the last four centuries asserted powerful forms of intellectual and artistic sovereignty, writing in English while building on discrete tribal oral traditions and forms of storytelling.This encyclopedia introduces readers to the key historical and contemporary figures in American Indian literature and their defining works. From the fiery sermons of Methodist minister William Apess to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday to the critically acclaimed and commercially successful novels of Louise Erdrich, this book illustrates the indelible and influential imprint American Indians have on the landscape of American letters.Readers are also introduced to the key themes and context of American Indian literature, exploring how it is inextricable from American literary history, the American literary canon, and the narrative of American history: not on the fringes of the American experience, but central to it.

Discover the essential people, works, movements, and themes in American Indian literature. American Indian literature is a varied and vibrant collection of Indigenous artistic expression. American Indian novelists, poets, essayists, and critics have over the last four centuries asserted powerful forms of intellectual and artistic sovereignty, writing in English while building on discrete tribal oral traditions and forms of storytelling.This encyclopedia introduces readers to the key historical and contemporary figures in American Indian literature and their defining works. From the fiery sermons of Methodist minister William Apess to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday to the critically acclaimed and commercially successful novels of Louise Erdrich, this book illustrates the indelible and influential imprint American Indians have on the landscape of American letters.Readers are also introduced to the key themes and context of American Indian literature, exploring how it is inextricable from American literary history, the American literary canon, and the narrative of American history: not on the fringes of the American experience, but central to it.