美国土著文学有着非常悠久的历史,是美国文学的重要组成部分。欧洲殖民者的到来对印第安本土居民来说是一个巨大的冲击,给他们的生活带来了毁灭性的打击。白人的一系列近似于种族灭绝似的策略虽然残酷,但始终不能摧毁印第安人的“根”。他们在北美这片土地上生存了数千前,已经形成了颇有本民族特色的口头文学传统,保留了大量的神话传说和历史故事,这些在今天看来都是宝贵的文学遗产,尤其对印第安血统的作家而言更是如此,他们在这样的文 Native American literature has a very long history and is an important part of American literature. The arrival of European settlers is a huge blow to Indian natives, bringing a devastating blow to their lives. Whilst a series of white people, similar to genocidal tactics, are cruel, they can not destroy the Indians’ roots. Before they survived thousands of miles on this land in North America, they formed a literary tradition quite characteristic of their own nationality, retaining a myriad of myths and legends and historical stories that today are all considered to be a valuable literary legacy. This is especially true for Indian descent writers, who are in this context