Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-159) and index.
1. Nationalism, Indigenism, Cosmopolitanism: Three Perspectives on Native American Literatures -- 2. On the Translation of Native American Song and Story: A Theorized History -- 3. America's Histories -- 4. From "Half-Blood" to "Mixedblood": Cogewea and the "Discourse of Indian Blood" -- 5. The "Rage Stage": Contextualizing Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer