* The Stone: Songs and Stories of the Dakota People (1980)
* Living the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology (1988; editor)
* Coyote Was Here: Essays on Contemporary Native American Literature (1990; co-editor)
* The Desert Is No Lady: Southwestern Landscapes in Women's Writing and Art (1994; editor)
* Black Women in American Culture: An Encyclopedia (1997; editor)
* Sister Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Native Women's Writing (2000; co-editor)
* Native Renaissance: Voices of the First Americans (2004)
* Up From the River (2008)
* Native Daughters of the Earth: Women, Art, and Modern Native America (2017; co-editor)
Articles and Short Stories:
* "The American West: A Land Apart" (1981)
* "The Sacred Hoop: American Indian Perspectives" (1983)
* "Contemporary American Indian Writing: Breaking the Silences" (1988)
* "The Great Plains: A Sense of Place" (1990)
* "Native Women's Voices" (1992)
* "The Many Faces of Native American Women" (1995)
* "Native Women in the Arts: A Legacy of Leadership" (1998)
* "The Legacy of Zitkala-Ša" (2001)
* "The Sacred and the Secular: Native American Women's Writing and Art" (2004)
* "The Power of the Word: Native American Women's Voices" (2007)
* "Re-Visioning the Native American Woman: Representations in Literature and Art" (2010)
* "Sister Songs: American Indian Women Writers" (2013)
* "The Spirit of Place: Native American Art and Literature" (2016)
* "The Circle Unbroken: Native American Women's Voices" (2019)
Children's Books:
* The Gift of the Sacred Dog (2002; co-author)
* The Moon and the Turtle (2004)
* The Fire in the Stones (2006)
* The Council of Animals (2008)
Awards:
* American Book Award (1980)
* Southwest Book Award (1994)
* Native American Literature Award (1997)
* Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas (2004)