Translation Project:
Contemporary Native American/First Nations Short Stories
List of Authors and Works

1. Alexie, Sherman (Spokane/Couer d'Alene) -- "The Only Traffic Signal on the Reservation Doesn't Flash Red Anymore" [a]
2. Allen, Paula Gunn (Laguna Pueblo/Sioux) -- "Deep Purple" [b]
3. Armstrong, Jeanette L. (Okanagan) -- "Blue Against White" [i]
4. Brant, Beth (Iroquois-Mohawk) -- "This Place" [d]
5. Cohoe, Grey (Navajo) -- "The Promised Visit" [c]
6. Endrezze, Anita (Yaqui) -- "The Humming of Stars and Bees and Waves" [f]
7. Erdrich, Louise (Ojibway) -- "The Bingo Van" [f]
8. Gansworth, Eric L. (Iroquois-Onondaga) -- "The Ballad of Plastic Fred" [k]
9. Harjo, Joy (Creek) -- "Northern Lights" [f]
10. Hogan, Linda (Chickasaw) -- "Making Do" [b]
11. Howe, LeAnne (Choctaw) -- "An American in New York" [b]
12. Ipellie, Alootook (Inuit) -- "Summit With Sedna, the Mother of Sea Beasts" [i]
13. Johnson, Basil (Ojibway) -- "The Prophecy" [i]
14. King, Thomas (Cherokee) -- "The One About Coyote Going West" [i]
15. Maracle, Lee (Métis/Salish) -- "Polka Partners, Uptown Indians and White Folks" [g]
16. McClain, Kim (Cree) -- "The Blue Hand Shield" [m]
17. Momaday, N. Scott (Kiowa) -- "A First American Views His Land" [h]
18. Morris, Irvin (Navajo) -- "Squatters". [p]
19. Moses, Daniel David (Delaware) -- "King of the Raft" [e]
20. Ortiz, Simon J. (Acoma Pueblo) -- "Woman Singing" [c]
21. Revard, Carter (Osage) -- "Moccasins for Christophorus" [j]
22. Robinson, Eden (Haisla/Heiltsuk) -- "Terminal Avenue" [i]
23. Robinson, Harry (Okanagan) -- "An Okanagan Indian Becomes a Captive Circus Showpiece in England" [i]
24. Scott-Bruised Head, Shirley (Blackfoot) -- "An Afternoon in Bright Sunlight" [e]
25. Sears, Vickie L. (Cherokee) -- "Dancer" [f]
26. Silko, Leslie Marmon (Laguna Pueblo) -- "Lullaby" [q]
27. Slipperjack, Ruby (Ojibway) -- "Coal Oil, Crayons and Schoolbooks" [e]
28. Van Camp, Richard (Dogrib) -- "Birthmark"[i]
29. Vizenor, Gerald (Ojibway) -- "The Red Coin" [n]
30. Walters, Anna Lee (Pawnee/Otoe) -- "The Warriors" [b]
31. Warrior, Emma Lee (Peigan) -- "Compatriots"[e]
32. Wheeler, Jordan (Ojibway/Cree) -- "Hearse in Snow" [i]
 

Source Texts


a. Alexie, Sherman. 1993. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. Return to list

b. Allan, Paula Gunn (editor). 1989. Spider Woman's Grandaughters. New York: Fawcett Columbine. Return to list

c. Allan, Paula Gunn (editor). 1994. Voice of the Turtle. American Indian Literature 1900-1970. New York: Ballantine Books. Return to list

d. Brant, Beth. 1991. Food & Spirits. Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers.Return to list

e. King, Thomas (editor). 1990. All My Relations. An Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Native Fiction. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc. Return to list

f. Lesley, Craig (editor). 1991. Talking Leaves. Contemporary Native American Short Stories. An Anthology. New York: Laurel. Return to list

g. Maracle, Lee. 1990. Sojourner's Truth & Other Stories. Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers. Return to list

h. Momaday, N. Scott. 1997. The Man Made of Words. Essays, Stories, Passages. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. Return to list

i. Moses, Daniel David and Terry Goldie (editors). 1998. An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English, Second edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press. Return to list

j. Revard, Carter. 1993. An Eagle Nation. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press. Return to list

k. Riley, Patricia (editor). 1993. Growing Up Native American. An Anthology. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. Return to list

m. Roman, Trish Fox (editor). 1994. Voices Under One Sky. Reflections in Fiction and Non-Fiction. Scarborough, Ontario: Nelson Canada. Return to list

n. Vizenor, Gerald. 1991 Landfill Meditation. Crossblood Stories. Hannover, New Hampshire: Wesleyan University Press. Return to list

p. Walters, Anna Lee (editor). 1993. Neon Powwow. Northland Publishing. http://www.hanksville.org/voyage/poems/bordertowns/bordertowns2.html. Return to list

q. Lauter, Paul et al. (editors). 1990. The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 2. Lexington, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath & Co. Return to list