AMDA Performing Arts Library - Fall 2017, Week 5

November 09, 2017 - Educational Advice

Native American Heritage Month

November is Native American Heritage Month—a time set aside by the federal government to honor the first Americans, to recognize their sacrifices, and to celebrate their culture. The library invites you to explore the Native American resources available on our shelves and in our databases. Click on North American Indian Drama in the Online Resources column on our homepage, and you will find over 240 plays by 48 playwrights. Here are a few books to get you started.

Celluloid Indians: Native Americans and Film / by Jacquelyn Kilpatrick. University of Nebraska Press, 1999. Call number: PN 1995.9 .I48 K56 1999

Hollywood’s Indian: The Portrayal of the Native American in Film / edited by Peter C. Rollins and John E. O’Connor. University Press of Kentucky, 1998. Call number: PN 1995.9 .I48 H66 1998

Keepers of the Morning Star: An Anthology of Native Women’s Theater / edited by Jaye T. Darby and Stephanie Fitzgerald. UCLA American Indian Studies Center, 2003. Call number: PS 628 .I53 K47 2003

Native American Drama: A Critical Perspective / by Christy Stanlake. Cambridge University Press, 2009. Call number: PS 153 .I52 S73 2009

Seventh Generation: An Anthology of Native American Plays / edited by Mimi Gisolfi D’Aponte. Theatre Communications Group, 1999. Call number: PS 628 .I53 S48 1999

Stories of Our Way: An Anthology of American Indian Plays / edited by Hanay Geiogamah and Jaye T. Darby. UCLA American Indian Studies Center, 1999. Call number: PS 628 .I53 S76 1999