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Roanoke and Wampum

Name: Roanoke and Wampum
Author: Ron Welburn
ISBN: 9780820439013

by Ron Welburn

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"Roanoke and Wampum: Topics in Native American Heritage and Literatures focuses on the discourses about selected legacies and writings predominantly of eastern Native North America. Ron Welburn skillfully approaches diverse subjects through scholarly and personal modes. More specifically, the book begins with the author reflecting on the sign talk of fifties television's Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah, and it concludes with a discussion of a narrative by thirties Chippewa author Thomas Whitecloud. Other essays inquire about the southeastern Blackfoot, Jeffrey Amherst, and literary theories. Still others discuss Indian slaves, the Great Seal of the United States, Mildred Haun's Melungeon novel, and nineteenth-century Indian interviewers. A section on William Apess features poetry and a scholarly essay."--BOOK JACKET.

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Welburn (English and Native American Indian Studies at the U. of Massachusetts, Amherst) states in his preface that his lineage "...follows several native paths [Cherokee/Assateague-Gingaskin], intertwined with African American." These essays explore a variety of topics connected primarily with issues of Native American literature and heritage east of the Mississippi. Among the topics: Native American slaves, the Great Seal of the United States, and the sign talk of 1950s television's Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah. A section on William Apess includes a scholarly essay and two original poems by the author. The writings of Mildred Haun, Joseph Bruchac, Robert J. Conley and Thomas Whitecloud also are critically discussed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)