There were a few reasons why Native American literature was not respected as "real"literature until the late 1800s. What was NOT one of these reasons?Native Americans passed their literature down orally, rather than in books.Native Americans did not have access to printing technology.O Native American stories were not rich and detailed.Native American languages were vast and not easily translated. Part of the problemscholars had inrecognizing the richtraditions of AmericanIndian literature wastranslating the texts fromhundreds of differentlanguages-a task oftenbest done by NativeAmericans themselves.Over the decades, variousAmerican Indianwriters-N. ScottMomaday, Louise Erdrich,Simon J. Ortiz, and LeslieMarmon Silko, amongothers have revitalizedNative Americanliterature by combiningtheir fluency in Englishwith a deepunderstanding of theirown languages andtraditions.

The native American's literature had first started in the early 18th century. They had started…

There were a few reasons why Native American literature was not respected as "real" literature until the late 1800s. What was NOT one of these reasons? O Native Americans passed their literature down orally, rather than in books. Native Americans did not have access to printing technology. Native American stories were not rich and detailed. Native American languages were vast and not easily translated.

There were a few reasons why Native American literature was not respected as "real" literature until the late 1800s. What was NOT one of these reasons? O Native Americans passed their literature down orally, rather than in books. Native Americans did not have access to printing technology. Native American stories were not rich and detailed. Native American languages were vast and not easily translated.