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REPRESENTATIVE WORKS

William Apes (or Apess)

A Son of the Forest: The Experience of William Apes, a Native of the Forest (autobiography) 1829

Hendrick Aupaumut

A Narrative of an Embassy to the Western Indians, from the Original Manuscript of Hendrick Aupaumut, with Prefatory Remarks by Dr. B. H. Coates (autobiography) 1827

Black Elk

Black Elk Speaks (autobiography) 1932

Black Hawk

Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk (autobiography) 1833

Andrew J. Blackbird

Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (memoirs) 1887

Sam Blowsnake [Big Winnebago and Crashing Thunder] The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian (autobiography) 1920

Crashing Thunder (autobiography) 1926

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1. Introduction
2. Representative Works
3. Overview
4. Problems Of Authorship
5. The Evolution Of Native American Autobiography
6. Political Issues
7. Gender And Autobiography
8. Autobiographical Works During The Turn Of The Century
9. Further Reading
10. Copyright

1. Autobiography