id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9264 James Welch (writer) - Wikipedia .html text/html 2447 314 71 He began his writing career publishing poetry and fiction.[10] His novels established his place in the Native American Renaissance literary movement. In addition to his novels, Welch co-wrote with Paul Stekler the screenplay for Last Stand at Little Bighorn, the Emmy Award-winning documentary that was part of the American Experience, shown on PBS.[15] After writing poetry "exclusively for seven or eight years," Welch turned his attention towards fiction and his first novel, Winter in the Blood,[7] a severe narrative about a nameless character from northern Montana who drank too much and cared too little. Welch's promise was understood in his first novel, Winter in the Blood, the story of an Indian American youth living on a reservation in Montana. "James Welch: his Native American characters search for their identity in an alien culture." Publishers Weekly, October 5, 1990: 81+. "Montanakids | James Welch, Native American Author". ^ Famous Montanans: James Welch, Native American Author, Montana Kids. " Welch, James." Encyclopedia of American Indian History. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9264.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9264.txt