Traces the development of Native American fiction.

Includes index.

ch. 1.The emergence of American Indian fiction -- ch. 2. The children of Pocohontas -- ch. 3. Assimilation: estrangement from the land -- ch. 4. Rejection: the reluctant return -- ch. 5. History of the people -- ch. 6. Survivors of the relocation -- ch. 7. The figure in the dark forest -- Appendix 1: Cogewea / by Hum-Ishu-Ma -- Appendix 2: The Wokosani road / by Jon Mockingbird.