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American Lit
| Title | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Upon the Burning of Our House by Anne Bradstreet | puritanism, providence, Jesus' sacrifice, heaven, possessions |
| Wohpe and the Gift of the Pipe - Lakota | culture hero story, wakan tanka, sacred ritual, Wohpe, pipe smoking |
| The Origin of Stories - Seneca | oral tradition, culture hero story, potlatch, tokens, Gaqka, |
| The Confederacy of the Five Nations - Iroquois | Tadodahoh, Daganowedah, culture hero story, potlatch, confederacy, Onondaga, mourning, wampum belts |
| What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona by Sherman Alexie | Victor, Thomas Builds-the-Fire, potlatch, storytelling/prophecy, recovering tradition, poverty, alcoholism |
| A Narrative by Mary Rowlandson | bibliomancy, war between English militia and surrounding Native American tribes, God's providence, punishment for not making America the new "Promise Land" |
| The Autobiography by Ben Franklin | details life starting from parents' ancestry, printer, rags to riches, virtues (temperance, frugality, industry, etc.) |