Here First

Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers

By: Brian Swann

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Paperback | 13 June 2000 | Edition Number 1

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An important collection of essays by twenty-six Native American writers that explores their unique lives, art, and the complex issues of identity, compiled by the editors of I Tell You Now- Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers

The stunning essays in Here First demonstrate the breadth of experience of twenty-six individuals united in the creative expression of a Native American heritage. Each has a different relation to that heritage, and in describing it through personal and family history, with verse and in anecdotes, the writers give a strong image of the different cultures that have shaped them.
This is a vivid and diverse portrait of Native American culture, a living history and the kind of collective memoir that makes for fascinating and rewarding reading.

Contributors include-
Sherman Alexie . Carroll Arnett (Gogisgi) . Betty Louise Bell . Duane Bigeagle . Gloria Bird . Kimberly M. Blaeser . Nora Marks Dauenhauer . Charlotte Declue (Kawashinsay) . Anita Endrezze . Hanay Geiogamah . Gordon Henry, Jr., . Patricia Penn Hilden . Roberta Hill . Leanne Howe . Rex Lee Jim . Evelina Zuni Lucero . Louis Owens . W.S. Penn . Greg Sarris . Vickie Sears . John E. Smelcer . Luci Tapahonso . Clifford E. Trafzer . Anna Lee Walters Elizabeth Woody . Ofelia Zepeda

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Introduction	p. xi
The Unauthorized Autobiography of Me	p. 3
Ayanvdadisdi: I Remember	p. 15
Burying Paper	p. 30
In English I'm Called Duane BigEagle: An Autobiographical Statement	p. 41
Autobiography as Spectacle: An Act of Liberation or the Illusion of Liberation?	p. 63
Rituals of Memory	p. 75
Life Woven with Song	p. 91
The Good Red Road	p. 110
A Journey to the Heart	p. 120
Self-Interview	p. 143
Entries into the Autobiographical I	p. 164
Displacements: Performing Mestizaje	p. 182
A Soul Like the Sun	p. 197
My Mothers, My Uncles, Myself	p. 212
A Moment in My Life	p. 229
On the Tip of My Tongue: An Autobiographical Essay	p. 247
Motion of Fire and Form: Autobiographical Reflections	p. 262
In the Garden of the Gods	p. 276
From a Place Called Santa Rosa	p. 297
Wind Circles	p. 310
In the Past's Familiar Tongue	p. 321
They Moved Over the Mountain	p. 337
Red Echoes	p. 352
The Buffalo Road	p. 370
The Child Before Memory: Recognition of the "Maker"	p. 381
Autobiography	p. 405
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