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William Oandasan (1947-1992), Round Valley Songs. Minneapolis, MN: West End Press, 1984. Courtesy Amazon.com.

William Oandasan (1947-1992), Round Valley Songs. Minneapolis, MN: West End Press, 1984. Courtesy Amazon.com.

William Oandasan (1947-1992) was a Native American poet, journalist, editor, and publisher.[1]

Life[]

Oandasan was born on the Round Valley Reservation, in northern California, to Yuki and Filipino parents.[1]

He founded the A Press in 1976 and edited A: A journal of contemporary literature, 1 of the earliest literary magazines devoted to native American writers.[1]

Recognition[]

His Round Valley Songs (1984) won the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation.[1]

Publications[]

Poetry[]

  • Taking Off: A turning point. Laguna, NM: A Press, 1976.
  • Earth & Sky: A sequence of contraries in haiku form. Laguna, NM: A Press, 1976.
  • Natural Law. New York: Strawberry Press, 1978.
  • Sermon & Three Waves: A journey through night. Laguna, NM: A Press, 1978.
  • A Branch of California Redwood. Los Angeles, CA : American Indian Studies Center, University of California, 1980.
  • Moving Inland: A cycle of lyrics. York Station, CA: A Publications, 1983.
  • Round Valley Songs. Minneapolis, MN: West End Press, 1984. ISBN 978-0-931122-35-4
  • Round Valley Verses. Marvin, SD: Blue Cloud Quarterly, 1987.
  • Summer Night: English language haiku. A Publications, 1989.

Non-fiction[]

  • Bibliography of the Tribes of the Covelo Indian Community in Round Valley of Northern California. Chicago, IL: Newberry Library, 1980.

Edited[]

  • Chicago Uptown Indian poet Anthology. [Laguna, NM?]: A Publications, 1982.


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]

Audio / video[]

Guided_Meditation_on_William_Oandasan

Guided Meditation on William Oandasan

  • William Oandasan: Poet of Yuki tribe. San Francisco, CA : American Poetry Archive, Poetry Centre, San Francisco State University, 1987.[2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 William Oandasan, Native Wiki, August 26, 2007. Web, Sep. 17, 2018.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Search results = au:William Oandasan, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Jan. 1, 2015.

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