LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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William Apess
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Elias Boudinot
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Mary Rowlandson
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Samson Occom
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Detailed explanation-1: -John Rollin Ridge (Cherokee name: Cheesquatalawny, or Yellow Bird, March 19, 1827 – October 5, 1867), a member of the Cherokee Nation, is considered the first Native American novelist. After moving to California in 1850, he began to write.
Detailed explanation-2: -Born in a wigwam on Mohegan land, Samson Occom (1723-1792) was one of the first ordained Christian Indian ministers. Occom’s popularity as an eloquent teacher and spiritual leader grew with Indians over a large part of New England. To accommodate this interest, he decided to form a New England Christian Indian School.
Detailed explanation-3: -Samson Occom was a member of the Mohegan tribe of east-central Connecticut and believed to be a direct descendant of its great chief Uncas. He was born near present-day New London in 1723, and was converted to Christianity at age eighteen during the Great Awakening.
Detailed explanation-4: -Occom died on July 14, 1792, in New Stockbridge.