Native Literatures of the Americas and Indigenous World Literatures

The series showcases the rich literary traditions of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Native Literatures of the Americas primarily publishes collected volumes of newly translated oral literatures and indigenous texts, as well as retranslations of classic texts. Each volume is accompanied by expert commentary and interpretive contextualization of Indigenous literatures.

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Xurt'an

The End of the World and Other Myths, Songs, Charms, and Chants by the Northern Lacandones of Naha'

Suzanne Cook

August 2019

Nebraska

When Dream Bear Sings

Native Literatures of the Southern Plains

Edited by Gus Palmer Jr.
Foreword by Alan R. Velie

November 2018

Nebraska

Pitch Woman and Other Stories

The Oral Traditions of Coquelle Thompson, Upper Coquille Athabaskan Indian

Edited and with an introduction by William R. Seaburg
Collected by Elizabeth D. Jacobs

April 2012

Nebraska Paperback

A Listening Wind

Native Literature from the Southeast

Edited and with an introduction by Marcia Haag

December 2016

Nebraska

Inside Dazzling Mountains

Southwest Native Verbal Arts

Edited by David L. Kozak

January 2013

Nebraska Paperback

The Complete Seymour

Colville Storyteller

Peter J. Seymour

Compiled and edited by Anthony Mattina
Translated by Madeline DeSautel and Anthony Mattina

June 2015

Nebraska

Sky Loom

Native American Myth, Story, and Song

Edited and with an introduction by Brian Swann

November 2014

Nebraska

Salish Myths and Legends

One People's Stories

Edited by M. Terry Thompson and Steven M. Egesdal

July 2008

Nebraska Paperback

Born in the Blood

On Native American Translation

Edited and with an introduction by Brian Swann

June 2011

Nebraska Paperback

Algonquian Spirit

Contemporary Translations of the Algonquian Literatures of North America

Edited by Brian Swann

December 2005

Bison Books

Voices from Four Directions

Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of North America

May 2004

Bison Books