Native American gaming
Native American gaming has appeared many times in literature. The first appearance of Native American gaming was in John Rollin Ridge's 1854 novel "The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta". Christal Quintasket wrote about Native American gaming in her 1927 novel "Cogewea, the Half-Blood". Gerald Vizenor writes on this theme in "," "The Heirs of Columbus", and "Dead Voices". Leslie Marmon Silko wrote a 1977 novel called "Ceremony" that focuses on gambling. Louise Erdrich, a prominent Native American author, wrote "Love Medicine", "Tracks", and "The Bingo Palace". Traditional, ritual gaming is a common theme in these pieces of literature and provide literary, rather than fact-based, accounts of Native American gaming.