Mourning Dove, Mourning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography

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The third title by Mourning Dove is an example of yet another genre—autobiography. Although not published until decades after her death,

Mourning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography

(1990) was constructed from her manuscript. The order of material and its construction into chapters is due to Jay Miller’s conception; nonetheless, the work offers personal stories from Mourning Dove’s life as well as commentary about her Colville-Okanogan culture and intercultural dynamics.

Two examples demonstrate this complexity of information and perspectives: how the work discusses allotment and religion. Mourning Dove explains the division between her parents in response to allotment—her mother did not want to have allotments assigned to Mourning Dove and her siblings. However, their father went

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Citation: Muntz, Lori. "Mourning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 11 March 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=25855, accessed 19 March 2024.]

25855 Mourning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography 3 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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