American poetry
Niatum established himself as one of the most influential promoters of Native American poetry when he served as editor of a Native American author series at Harper &amp; Row Publishers, where he edited two influential anthologies: "Carriers of the Dream Wheel: Contemporary Native American Poetry" (1975) and "Harper's Anthology of 20th Century Native American Poetry" (1988). He has published numerous essays on Native American literature, and his own poetry has been translated into more than a dozen languages.