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Bruchac is a writer and storyteller who has published more than 120 books. Much of his work explores Abenaki identity and Native storytelling. [3] He began publishing in 1971 and has collaborated on eight books with his son Jim. In 1999, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas. [4]
Stephen Graham Jones, Blackfeet Tribe, b. 1972; William Jones, Sac and Fox Nation, 1871–1909 [95] Edith Josie, Gwich'in, Canada, 1921–2010 [96] Hugo Jamioy Juagibioy, Kamentsa, Colombia; Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, Seminole Tribe of Florida, April 27, 1923 – January 14, 2011; Daniel Heath Justice, Cherokee Nation, Canada [97]
Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012), The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh Rachel Aaron, Fortune's Pawn Atia Abawi Edward Abbey (1927–1989), The Monkey Wrench Gang Lynn Abbey (born 1948), Daughter of the Bright Moon Laura Abbot, My Name is Nell Belle Kendrick Abbott (1842–1893), Leah Mordecai Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), poet, novelist and short story writer Hailey Abbott, Summer Boys ...
This is the list of fictional Native Americans from notable works of fiction (literatures, films, television shows, video games, etc.). It is organized by the examples of the fictional indigenous peoples of North America: the United States, Canada and Mexico, ones that are the historical figures and others that are modern.
Sauk chief who led the Sauk and Fox tribes against the United States off and on during the early 19th century, from the War of 1812 until his eventual defeat following the Black Hawk War. Black Kettle: c. 1803–1868 1850s–1860s Cheyenne: Cheyenne chief who resisted the American settlement of the Kansas and Colorado territories during the 1860s.
Thomas Hunt King was born in Roseville, California, on April 24, 1943. [2] [3] He self-identifies as being of Cherokee, Greek, and German descent, but the recognized cheokee tribes, tribes with some of the most detailed genealogy records in the USA, have no recorded documentation to support the claim that he or his father are cherokee.
In America is a 1999 novel by Susan Sontag. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction . [ 1 ] It is based on the true story of Polish actress Helena Modjeska (called Maryna Zalewska in the book), her arrival in California in 1876, and her ascendancy to American stardom.
Fools Crow is a 1986 novel written by Native American author James Welch.Set in Montana shortly after the Civil War, this novel tells of White Man's Dog (later known as Fools Crow), a young Blackfeet Indian on the verge of manhood, and his band, known as the Lone Eaters.