Ethnocriticism: Ethnography, History, Literature

To those looking for an entry point to Krupat's scholarship, or to Native American literary criticism, here is the place to start. Krupat's work is clear, but uses Native American literature to raise perplexing questions about problems of identity and their expression through literature. I do not agree with everything in Ethnocriticism, but I also return to time after time to sharpen my understanding of the difficulty of reading Native American literature. Were I to recommend to someone with an interest in the field a short list of critical works, I would start with this and with Craig Womack's Red on Red.