Message #215: From: AzTeC SW Archaeology SIG To: "'Matthias Giessler'" Subject: Native American Authors Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 20:42:16 -0700 From: Native American Authors Native American Authors This website provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites. Currently the website primarily contains information on contemporary Native American authors, although some historical authors are represented. The website will continue to expand, adding additional authors, books and web resources. The Native American Authors website was created for the Internet Public Library by five graduate students in the University of Michigan's SI 726 class taught by the Director of the Internet Public Library, Joseph Janes. Within a three month period, Nicole Campbell, Karen Jania, Lorri Mon, Michelle Sampson and Yolisa Soul researched approximately 400 authors, 700 books and 200 URLs, and contacted nearly 100 Native American authors and other members of the Native American community for input and guidance in creating this Native Authors web resource. The Native American Authors resource was envisioned as way to help people around the world learn about and celebrate the achievements, lives and works of these important authors. Due to time limitations, we decided to limit our authors to those of North America, native by bloodlines rather than federal tribal recognition, with emphasis on contemporary authors. Originally we wanted to include artists of all genres, but once again due to time constraints we were only able to include artists of the written word with the exception of some oral story tellers. Perhaps a future project? Resources used to locate our information include printed works, Library of Congress and other on-line bibliographic databases, and the World Wide Web. Information is as accurate as the resources that were available to us. Whenever possible we used several sources to verify information. Any author finding inaccuracies or omissions is encouraged to submit corrections and additions. We also welcome your comments, suggestions and feedback. Native American Authors Native@ipl.org