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George Copway (Kahgegagahbowh, 1818-69), an Ojibwe writer and
lecturer, rose to prominence in American literary, political, and
social circles during the mid-nineteenth century. His colorful,
kaleidoscopic life took him from the tiny Ojibwe village of his
youth to the halls of state legislatures throughout the eastern
United States and eventually overseas. Copway converted to
Methodism as a teenager and traveled throughout the Midwest as a
missionary, becoming a forceful and energetic spokesperson for
temperance and the rights and sovereignty of Indians, lecturing to
large crowds in the United States and Europe, and founding a
newspaper devoted to Native issues.
Redefining American Literary History presents seventeen essays and six bibliographies linked, in the words of the introduction, by "a commitment to deal with history and attributes of literature in ways that have been slighted in the making of previous literary histories of the United States." The volume suggests methods for redefining the American literary canon and emphasizes African American, American Indian, Asian American, Chicano, Hispanic, and Puerto Rican literatures.
Originally published in 1891, "Wynema" is the first novel known to have been written by a woman of American Indian descent. Set against the sweeping and often tragic cultural changes that affected southeastern native peoples during the late nineteenth century, it tells the story of a lifelong friendship between two women from vastly different backgrounds--Wynema Harjo, a Muscogee Indian, and Genevieve Weir, a Methodist teacher from a genteel Southern family. Both are firm believers in women's rights and Indian reform; both struggle to overcome prejudice and correct injustices between sexes and races. Callahan uses the conventional traditions of a sentimental domestic romance to deliver an elegant plea for tolerance, equality, and reform.
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