The two-hundred-year-old myth of the "vanishing" American Indian
still holds some credence in the American Southeast, the region
from which tens of thousands of Indians were relocated after
passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830. Yet, as the editors of
this volume amply demonstrate, a significant Indian population
remained behind after those massive relocations.
The first anthology to focus on the literary work of Native
Americans who trace their ancestry to "people who stayed" in
southeastern states after 1830, this volume represents every state
and every genre, including short stories, excerpts from novels,
poetry, essays, plays, and even Web postings. Although most works
are contemporary, the collection covers the entire post-Removal
era. Some of the contributors are well known, while others have
only recently emerged as important literary voices.
All of the writers in "The People Who Stayed" affirm their
Indian ancestry, though many live outside the Southeast today. As
this anthology demonstrates, indigenous Southeastern writing
engages the local and the global, the traditional and the modern.
While many speak to the prospects and perils of acculturation, all
the writers bear witness to the ways, oblique or straightforward,
that they and their families continue to honor their Indian
identities despite the legacy of removal.
In an introduction to the volume and in headnotes on each
contributor, the editors provide historical context and literary
insight on the diversity of writing and lived experiences found in
these pages. All readers, from students to scholars, will gain
newfound understanding of the literature -- and the human
experience -- of Native people of the American Southeast.
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