ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -1907), courtesy of the Denver Public Library, Western History Department. A Santee Sioux, physician, government agent, and spokesperson for Indian rights, Charles Alexander Eastman was also the first well-known, widely read Native American author.

Detailed explanation-2: -During the late 19th and early 20th century, indigenous writers, such as Sarah Winnemucca, Lili’uokalani, Charles Eastman, Zitkala-Sa, and Arthur C. Parker, offered sometimes overt-and other times subtle-critiques of the majority society through their memoirs, fiction, poetry, editorials, and academic writing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sherman Alexie is one of the best known Native American writers today. He has authored several novels and collections of poetry and short stories, a number of which have garnered him prestigious awards, including a National Book Award.

Detailed explanation-4: -John Rollin Ridge (Cherokee) wrote the first Native American novel in English, The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta (1854).