Below is a list of Native periodicals which I ran in my column this winter in
NEWS FROM INDIAN COUNTRY (Rt 2, Box 2900-A, Hayward, WI 54843; tel.
715-634-5226; twice monthly national independent Native American newspaper;
subscription $16/6 months/3rd class or $24/6 months/1st class). This list was
current as of the beginning of 1994. It does not include tribal newspapers,
of which there are a great many, but does include a newsletter or two. I will
probably add more newsletters to the list, especially those of urban Indian
centers such as THE PORTLAND INDIAN NEWS, etc, but also for special interest
Indian groups, as I become aware of them. If you know of any Native
publications not included on the list please send me the name and address so
I can order a sample copy. Also, please let me know if you find any errors in
this list. Thanks. (barkingpup@aol.com)
BOOKS: News, Reviews, and Gossip
by D.L. Birchfield
NEWS FROM INDIAN COUNTRY
Book Review Editor
NATIVE AMERICAN PERIODICALS
Today, some of the best writing by Native authors, both fiction and
nonfiction, covering a wide range of Native issues, is to be found in the
wealth of Native American periodicals currently being published. The
following list is a sample of the wide variety of magazines, journals, and
newsletters currently available.
AKWE:KON: A JOURNAL OF INDIGENOUS ISSUES, 300 Caldwell Hall, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY 14853. Formerly NORTHEAST INDIAN QUARTERLY, now in
its 10th year; wide range of articles, legal issues, Native agriculture,
history, reviews, poetry, fiction, photos; quarterly, $18 per year.
AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURE AND RESEARCH JOURNAL, American Indian Studies Center,
3220 Campbell Hall, UCLA, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1548.
Now in its 17th year; professional, scholarly quarterly, interdisciplinary;
lots of excellent, meaty reviews; $20 per year.
AMERICAN INDIAN LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER, American Indian Library Assoc. (AILA),
c/o Lotsee Patterson, School of Library and Information Studies, University
of Oklahoma, 401 W. Brooks, Norman, OK 73019. Quarterly, now in its 16th
year; job announcements, spot news, AILA minutes; excellent short book
reviews by Lisa Mitten of the University of Pittsburgh; $10 per year to:
American Indian Library Association, c/o Joan Howland, Law Library,
University of Minnesota, 229 19th Avenue, South, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
THE FOUR DIRECTIONS: AMERICAN INDIAN LITERARY QUARTERLY, Snowbird Publishing
Co., P.O. Box 729, Tellico Plains, TN 37385. Now in its 2nd year; quarterly,
packed with poetry, short fiction, essays, all by Native writers; Vol I
issues #1, 2, & 3 are sold out; about 100 copies remain of #4 (an All-Native
Womens issue); Vol II, #1 has just been published; $21 per year; $6 per
issue.
GATHERINGS: THE EN'OWKIN JOURNAL OF FIRST NORTH AMERICAN PEOPLES, Theytus
Books LTD, P.O. Box 20040, Penticton, B.C., Canada V2A 8K3. Published
annually by the En'owkin Centre International School of Writing, a Native
writers school in Canada, affiliated with the University of Victoria, but
operated by Native people; packed with creative work (poetry, fiction) by
Native writers from throughout North America; Vol IV (Fall, 1993) is 286
pages; write for current catalogue, also publishes many other excellent works
by Native authors.
GREAT PROMISE MAGAZINE, 1103 Hatteras, Austin, TX 78753. Will be a magazine
for Indian children, grades 5-8; still in development stage; currently
publishing a newsletter, PIPELINES.
INDIAN YOUTH OF AMERICA NEWSLETTER, P.O. Box 2786, Sioux City, IA 51106. Now
in its 8th year; quarterly; each issue showcases fiction or poetry from some
of the best Native authors (Carter Revard, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Beth
Brandt, etc); sample copy, $2.50.
THE INDIGENOUS EYE has suspended publication.
MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH, 2951 Ellenwood Drive, Fairfax, VA 22031-2038. Now in its
2nd year; combined monthly newsletter of the Native Writers' Circle of the
Americas and Wordcraft Circle of Native American Mentor & Apprentice Writers;
showcase of original poetry, fiction, and essays by Native apprentice
writers; reports on writer's conferences and workshops; where to publish your
writing; profiles of Native authors; $24 per year, $2 sample copy.
NATIVE AMERICAN AUTHORS DISTRIBUTION PROJECT, The Greenfield Review Press, 2
Middle Grove Road, P.O. Box 308, Greenfield Center, NY 12833. Funded, in
part, by a grant from the Bay Foundation; distributes work only by Native
American authors, more than 360 titles from 80 different publishers, mostly
books, but including current and back issues of Native periodicals (THE FOUR
DIRECTIONS, WICAZO SA REVIEW, NEWS FROM NATIVE CALIFORNIA, AKWE:KON JOURNAL,
etc.). For the current catalog send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (two
stamps).
NATIVE NATIONS has suspended publication.
NATIVE PEOPLES MAGAZINE, Suite C-224, 5333 N 7th St., Phoenix, AZ 85014-2804.
Full color quarterly magazine devoted to arts and lifeways of Native people;
$18 per year.
NATIVE PLAYWRIGHTS NEWSLETTER, P.O. Box 1364, Madison, WI 53701-1364. Now
beginning its 2nd year; published March, July, & November; interviews with
Native playwrights (Bruce King, LeAnne Howe, Carlotta Kauffman, etc.); news
and reviews; history of Native theater. $10 per year.
NATIVE PRESS RESEARCH JOURNAL has suspended publication. Back issues are
available. Professor Daniel F. Littlefield Jr., University of Arkansas at
Little Rock, Stabler Hall 502, 2801 South University, Little Rock, AR 72204.
NEWS FROM NATIVE CALIFORNIA, P.O. Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709. Now in its
8th year; quarterly magazine covering a wide range of issues, exclusively
concerning Indigenous peoples of California; articles, events calendar,
reviews, history, photos; $17.50 per year.
THE RAVEN CHRONICLES, P.O. Box 95918, Seattle, WA 98145. Now in its 3rd
year; multi-cultural journal of the arts and literature, including Native
American literature; poetry, fiction, essays, reviews; winner of Washington
State Bumbershoot Awards for literary excellence; $12 per year, $3 sample
copy.
SPIRIT TALK, Postal Drawer V, Browning, MT 59417. Debut issue is expected
early in 1994; announcement literature says it will be an Indian owned
magazine devoted to Plains Indian culture.
STUDIES IN AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURES, c/o Robert M. Nelson, Box 112,
University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 23173. Quarterly scholarly journal
focusing exclusively on American Indian literatures; reviews, interviews,
bibliographies, scholarly and theoretical articles; often has special theme
issues; $25 per year.
TURTLE QUARTERLY, Native American Center for the Living Arts, 25 Rainbow
Boulevard S., Niagara Falls, NY 14303. Now in its 6th year; quarterly
magazine; wide range of articles, emphasis on Native environmental and legal
issues; fiction, reviews, photos; special children's section; $15 per year.
THE VOICE, 4407 Morrison Road, Denver, CO 80219. Monthly newsletter of the
Denver Indian Center reporting on local programs, activities, issues; $10 per
year.
WICAZO SA REVIEW, Route #8, Box 510, Rapid City, SD 57702. Bi-annual, since
1985; academic journal by American Indian Studies professionals; reviews,
scholarly articles and essays, literary criticism, some poems and short
stories; $20 per year.