American Indian literature has a long history. Before Europeans arrived in North America, there were more than 500 Indian languages and tribal cultures, and Indian literature characterized by "myths, legends, legends and lyrics (usually songs) in Indian culture" had been formed. (1) From 1607, English became the common language of the United States, and Indians were forced to learn English. 1772, samson aokang (1723- 1792), a Mohican, delivered a sermon on the execution of Moses Paul (1772). It marks the emergence of American Indian written literature tradition with English as the carrier. Literary historians generally call it American Indian modern literature, and the previous oral literature is American Indian traditional literature. In the next 200 years, the Indian nation experienced such historical events as bitter struggle with white people, making peace, moving westward, moving to reservation, privatization of reservation and so on. The living space is getting narrower and narrower, the population is getting less and less, and the traditional culture, values and lifestyle are being more and more impacted. American Indian modern literature has been in a state of being suppressed and excluded, and occasionally a few shouts are issued. 1969, N. Scott Momaday (1934——), a Kiowa, won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel House Made of Dawn (1969), a famous one in American literary history.

Ma Xinmo Meng Silkko (1948-) and Momadai are contemporary writers, and their fame is not inferior to the latter. Silkko, as the only female, is called "the Four Masters of American Indian Literature" together with Momadai, Gerald Vizenor (1934-) and james will Qi (1940-). (3) Her works have strong Indian national consciousness and profound Indian cultural heritage. Whether it is novels, short stories, poems or essays, she has remarkable masterpieces. Her influence is not limited to the Indian nation, but also a famous name among readers in the mainstream society dominated by whites.

1948 On March 5th, Silkko was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and grew up in Laguna Pueblo Reservation, 50 miles from Albuquerque. Her grandfather, a white man, 1869 came to Pueblo village in Laguna, married a local woman and took root. Due to the complicated family background, Silkko is of Laguna Pueblo, white and Mexican descent. Her house is on the edge of the reservation. Because she is a half-breed, she can't participate in various ceremonies and many organizations of Pueblo people, so she can be said to be an outsider in Indian society. However, since she was a child, she has listened to her grandmother, Aunt Susie and other family members telling family history, Pueblo traditions and folklore, and found that the stories they told gave her and everyone in the Indian nation an identity and closely linked her with the Indian nation. Maybe that's why. In addition, the oral traditions passed down by her grandmother and others, such as fertile soil, nourish Silkko's literary imagination, and her father, the famous photographer Lee Howard Ma Meng, has also cultivated her artistic thinking from the depths, which will play a decisive role in her future literary career.