forestall fetal alcohol syndrome. When he and Erdrich co-wrote The Crown of Columbus (the only fiction they officially share credit for, although they frequently stated that they collaborated on other works), each individually wrote a preliminary draft of each section. Within the novel, various characters are writing collaborators. The work has been characterized as an autobiographical representation of the creative "pleasure and problems" that Dorris and Erdrich shared. In Cloud Chamber (1997), Dorris continued the story of the families introduced in Yellow Raft in Blue Water, telling "the hard story of hard people living difficult lives with much courage". It was described as written in "evocative prose".<ref>Publishers Weekly</ref> Dorris published three works for young adults during his lifetime; The Window was published posthumously. These novels also explore his themes of identity and sibling rivalry. Works Native Americans Five Hundred Years After (with photographer Joseph Farber, 1975) A Guide to Research on North American Indians (with Mary Byler and Arlene Hirschfelder, 1983) A Yellow Raft in Blue Water (1987) The Broken Cord: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Loss of the Future (1989) The Crown of Columbus (with Louise Erdrich, 1991) Route Two and Back (with Louise Erdrich, 1991) Morning Girl (1992) Working Men (1993) Rooms in the House of Stone (1993) Paper Trail (essays, 1994) Guests (1995) Sees Behind Trees (1996) Cloud Chamber (1997) The Window (1997) The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the Pleasures of Reading, edited (1997) See also List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas Native American Renaissance Native American Studies References Other sources "Michael Dorris." Newsmakers 1997, Issue 4. Gale Research, 1997. Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2005. Gleick, Elizabeth. "An imperfect union." Time, April 28, 1997, v149 n17 p68(2) "Michael Anthony Dorris." Notable Native Americans. Gale Research, 1995. Further reading Vizenor, Gerald Robert. 1999. Manifest Manners: Narratives on Postindian Survivance''. University of Nebraska Press. External links Guide to the Papers of Michael Dorris at Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College 1945 births 1997 suicides Writers from Louisville, Kentucky 20th-century American novelists American children's writers 20th-century American memoirists Dartmouth College faculty Georgetown College (Georgetown University) alumni Drug-related suicides in New Hampshire American male novelists American male essayists 20th-century American essayists 20th-century American male writers Novelists from Kentucky People from Cornish, New Hampshire