Native North America > Reference Resources By Topic

Biographies and Autobiographies

 

American Indian Quotations. Compiled and edited by Howard J. Langer. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. HBC 96-13324

From the Heart: Voices of the American Indian. Edited and with narrative by Lee Miller. New York: Knopf, 1995. HBC 95-6959

I Tell You Now: Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers. Edited by Brian Swann and Arnold Krupat. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1987. JFE 88-3398

Johansen, Bruce E., and Donald A. Grinde. The Encyclopedia of Native American Biography. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1997. *R-HBC 97-2005

Lester, Patrick D. The Biographical Dictionary of Native American Painters. Tulsa: SIR Publications, 1995. HBC 96-3038

Messengers of the Wind: Native American Women tell Their Life Stories. Edited by Jane Katz. New York: Ballantine Books, 1995. HBC 95-8390

Native American Autobiography: An Anthology. Edited by Arnold Krupat. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994. *R-HBC 94-15040

Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Edited by Gretchen M. Bataille. New York: Garland, 1993. *R-SNE 93-7028

Notable Native Americans. Edited by Sharon Malinowski. New York: Gale Research, 1995. *R-HBM 95-6069

Waldman, Carl. Biographical Dictionary of American Indian History to 1900. Revised edition. New York: Facts on File, 2001. *R-HBC 01-4340

Waldman, Carl. Who Was Who in Native American History: Indians and Non-Indians from Early Contacts Through 1900. New York: Facts on File, 1990. *R-HBC 90-10387

Waters, Frank. Brave Are My People: Indian Heroes Not Forgotten. Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers, 1993. HBC 93-5496

Wong, Hertha Dawn. Sending My Heart Back Across the Years: Tradition and Innovation in Native American Autobiography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. HBC 92-7104

 

Compiled by Paula A. Baxter, 2002