Bordewich, Fergus. Killing the White Man's Indian: Reinventing Native Americans at the End of the Twentieth Century.
        Doubleday: New York,1996.

- This work provides an inside look at the Native American in the twentieth century.  It chronicles a “revolution” during the
nineties in which Native Americans begin to “shape their own destinies.”  Bordewich has conducted  extensive research on the
tribal reservations, and thus provides believable information.
 

Cleary, Kristen., ed.  Native American Wisdom.  Barnes and Nobles Books, 1996.

- This book is a compilation of quotes from Native Americans of many different tribes.  It is composed of four sections addressing the following issues: Nature, "Courage and Strength", "Kinship", and Destiny.  There is an introduction by the editor to each section, followed by insightful quotes, proverbs, legends and sayings of long ago.  This book was first published by Dovetail books and is credible because it consists of historical sayings and quotes by real people.
 

Crozier-Hogle, Lois and Wilson, Darryl. Surviving in Two Worlds: Contemporary Native American Voices. University of
        Texas Press: Norman, 1997.

- This book is a compilation of interviews with 26 Native Americans of various tribes and backgrounds.  It is a united effort to
“describe the survival of their cultures and the struggle to take their rightful place in the fabric of our nation  I feel it is highly
credible as it comprised of interviews with real people, with a brief biography at the beginning of each interview.  Those interviewed relate how an understanding of traditional ways, stories and culture help Native Americans survive in two worlds.  Crozier-Hogle is an environmentalist, while Wilson is dedicated to “collecting and preserving the oral cultures and histories of Native peoples”.
 

Landrum, Larry. "The Shattered Modernism of Momaday's House Made of Dawn." Modern Fiction Studies. Baltimore, MD. 1996 Winter, 42:4, 763-86.

- This article discusses the modernism of House Made of Dawn.  It attempts to refute other arguments, citing
House Made of Dawn as a modernist work, and to " shatter the modernist display-case that represents cultural diversity
without cultural substance."  The author, Larry Landrum, is a credible source, being a teacher at Michigan State University, and
being published in Modern Fiction Studies.
 

Momaday, N. Scott. House Made of Dawn. Harper & Row: New York, 1968.

- This is a work of fiction weaving a story focused on identity and survival.  The main character, Abel, has returned home from
war, and struggles to balance the world of his ancestry, the Native American world, and the world of the white man.  Abel has no sense of his own identity, and thus cannot successfully survive in the two worlds.  Only after a quest for self and identity does he regain his ability to survive.  His journey heals him in many ways, such as through stories.  This work is most relevant to the topic and is also a Pulitzer-Prize winner.  As Momaday is Kiowa, I believe that it is a credible source, even though it is a work of fiction.
 

                                The Man Made of Words. St. Martin's Press: New York, 1997.
- This book is a compilation of the essays, stories, and passages that Momaday has written throughout his career.  They discuss such issues as imagination, stories, identity, and language.  These issues are especially relevant to my topic.  This work is edited or compiled by Momaday, so it is accurate and credible.  Momaday presents an array interesting insights to intricate issues.
 

Nabokov, Peter. Indian Running: Native American History and Tradition.  Ancient City Press: Santa Fe, New Mexico,
        1981.

- In this work, Peter Nabokov details the history of Native American running.  Nabokov has worked on various reservations and did extensive work and research on Native American issues.  He is a doctoral candidate at Berkeley, and is an expert source on native issues.  This particular book gives volumes of information on the importance of running historically, as well as how it can be traced through traditions and ceremony.  The book also chronicles modern day running and races among Native peoples.
 

Olson, James S. and Wilson, Raymond.  Native Americans in the Twentieth Century.  University of Illinois Press: Urbana
        and Chicago, 1986.

- This textbook provides a comprehensive history of the Native American, from the latter 1800's until today.  It provides accuate information on such policies as termination and relocation.  It is a good resource for finding information on how the world of Native Americans is different from that of the dominant culture, and in looking at the difficulties and hardships placed on native peoples by the U.S. government.  This comprehensive study is important in that the issues of yesterday are still important today.  The book also thoroughly discusses the Pan-Indian movement.  Both Olson and Wilson are professors at Universities, and provide a credible source, as the book is a college textbook
 

Owens, Louis. Mixedblood Messages: Literature, Film, Family, Place. University of Oklahoma Press: Norman, 1998.

-  Broad in scope and detail, this work addresses the issue of Native American Identity.  Citing a multitude of literary works,
from Gary Snyder to N. Scott Momaday, Owens looks at the distorted perceptions of the Native Peoples, how these perceptions are constructed, and ways in which they are harmful.  This is indeed a credible source, as Owens also draws from his own experience, and is a professor of literature at the University of Mexico.
 

                     Other Destinies: Understanding the American Indian Novel. University of Oklahoma Press: Norman, 1992.

- This text provides commentary of a number of novels written by Native Americans.  There is a brief introductory chapter,
followed by analyses of novels by the likes of James Welch, Leslie Silko, and Gerald Vizenor.  There is a lengthy chapter
entitled ‘Acts of Imagination: The Novels of N.Scott Momaday', which proves to be a wonderful well of information.  It provides important background information of the novel, as well as in-depth commentary on the text.  Owens is an expert on Natice issues, and as previously stated, is a Native American and professor at the Univ. of Mexico.
 

Schubnell, Mattias.  N. Scott Momaday, the Cultural and Literary Background.  University of Oklahoma Press: Norman,
        1985.

- This work provides a biography of Momaday as well as an in-depth discussion on House Made of Dawn.  It also discusses The Way to Rainy Mountain, another work by Momaday, and Momaday’s poetry.  These discussions are put forth in an effort to comment of Momaday’s art by looking at his history, literary as well as cultural.  Schubnell’s extensive bibliography, which  includes unpublished Momaday works, lends a high degree of credibility to this source.
 

Selinger, Bernard. "House Made of Dawn: A Positively Ambivalent Bildungsroman" Modern Fiction Studies.  West Lafayette, IN. 1999 Spring, 45:1, 38-68.

- This article addresses the prevalence of the bildungsroman in Native American novels, and why this "essentially European
bourgeois form...has been so appealing to our best Native Writers".  Bernard focuses on the novel, House Made of Dawn, to
build his argument, beginning by first examining the bildungsroman genre.  Selinger teaches in the English Department at
Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, Univ. of Regina.
 

Vizenor, Gerald. Fugitive Poses: Native American Scenes of Absence and Presence. University of Nebraska Press: Lincoln
        and London, 1998.

-  A work discussing the stereotypes, tragic and romantic images thrust upon Native Americans by non-Native peoples.
Vizenor discusses sovereignty and refers to literary works, including those of N.Scott Momaday.  This book is part of the
Abraham Lincoln Lecture Series and Vizenor is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
 

               Manifest Manners: Postindian Warriors of Survivance.  University of New England: Hanover and London, 1994.

- This work by dicusses the issue of how Native American Indian identities are constructed, and many of these constructions, by both native and non-native peoples, are based on stereotype and fantasy.  The language of this book is quite elevated, but it is extremely insightful, presenting a provoking argument.  One can have no doubt about the credibility of Vizenor, for his argument is well-documented.