MULTICULTURALISM is a term which originated in the 1960s in Anglophone countries .

It

defines the political accommodation by the state or the dominant group of all minority
cultures with a different race, ethnicity or religion which are present in the same territory.
Multiculturalism also refers to the ideologies and attitudes towards cultural diversity, the
interaction, communication and respect among cultures and the fight to have equal rights and
to keep their identity and values.

Multiculturalism has also been described as a cultural mosaic or melting pot to describe
the coexistence of ethnic groups, languages and cultures in the same society.

NATIVE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE is a term which was used by American critic Kenneth Lincoln
in 1983 for the first time to describe the important increase in production of Native American
literature that took place after 1969, when the famous Native American novel House Made of
Dawn was published.

They were a new generation of Native-American writers who were interested in discovering
early texts by Native American authors and in exploring the culture (mythology, ceremonies,
etc).

Some writers in this movement were Vizenor and Niatun, who encouraged the interest in
Native-American culture and the improvement of the conditions for Native people, which were
still very harsh during this period.