Native American Authors List
Vine Deloria Jr. , 1933-2005, Sioux
Mon, 04/09/2007 - 10:00am — depreeCopied From Native American Authors Project
Vine Victor Deloria Jr. was born in 1933 in Martin, South Dakota. He obtained a Master of Theology degree from the Lutheran School of Theology in Rock Island, Illinois in 1963 and a J.D. from the University of Colorado in 1970. He is one of the most outspoken figures in Indian affairs. His works promote Native American cultural nationalism and a greater understanding of Native American history and philosophy.
Awards and Honors
Wordcraft Circle Writer of the Year (Prose - Personal and Critical Essays) award, 1999 (for Spirit and Reason)
Jennie R. Joe, Navajo
Tue, 05/09/2006 - 5:29pm — depreeSelected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).
Ritenbaugh C, Teufel-Shone NI, Aickin, MG, Joe, JR, et al., A Lifestyle Intervention Improves Plasma Insulin Levels among Native American High School Youth. Preventive Medicine. 2003. 36(3)309-319.
Gregory A. Cajete, Santa Clara Pueblo (Tewa)
Sun, 04/16/2006 - 1:00pm — depreeSingle Author Books
Look to the Mountain: An Ecology of Indigenous Education. (Second Edition) Kivaki Press. Skyland, NC (1996).
Igniting the Sparkle: An Indigenous Science Curriculum. Kivaki Press. Skyland, NC (1999).
William G. Demmert, Jr. : Oglala and Tlingit
Mon, 04/10/2006 - 10:31am — depreePUBLICATIONS (William G. Demmert, Jr.) link to Eric Digest of Publications
1. Caw Goo Woo (Demmert, William G., Jr.), (1981). "An Eagle Speaks,” Alaska Fish Tales and Game Trails, Volume 13, Number 3, pp. 30-32.
Lee Francis, Laguna Pueblo/Anishinabe
Mon, 04/10/2006 - 9:47am — depreeLee Francis, an educator of Native American (Laguna Pueblo/Anishinabe) and Lebanese heritage, received his Ph.D from Western Institute for Social Research, Berkeley, CA and his MA and BA degrees from San Francisco State University. His university appointments included Visiting Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico and Interim Director of Native American Studies department, and the American Studies program at The American University, Washington, DC, where he also served as Director of the Washington Internships for Native Students (WINS) program. He also served as Director of the Pre-Engineering Intensive Learning Academy for Native students at California State University Long Beach, Student Affairs Officer at University of California Santa Barbara, Associate Director of the Educational Opportunity Program at San Francisco State University, and Senior Faculty with Meta-Life Adult Professional Training Institute.
Ofelia Zepeda, Tohono O'odham
Thu, 04/06/2006 - 1:03pm — depree| 1996 Jewedl-hoi/Earth Movements: Q'odham Poems (With sound recording). Kore Press. Tucson, Arizoda 1995 Gawulig Nioki Dialect Variation in Tohono O'odham (In progress) 1995 Southwest Memory: Indigenous Arizona Tribal Histories. (In progress) 1994-1995 Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert. University. of Arizona Press. Tucson Christine P. Sims, AcomaMon, 04/03/2006 - 12:27am — anallaPUBLICATIONS: Sims, C. P. et.al. (1982). Aak’ume’e Ubetaan’i (Acoma Stories), Aak’um’e Dzeeni (Acoma Topical Dictionary), and Aak’ume Usum’eeshtaan’i (Acoma Teachers’ Resource Book). Acoma Title VII Bilingual Program, Sky City Community School, Acoma Pueblo, NM. Edna Ahgeak MacLean: IñupiaqMon, 04/03/2006 - 12:16am — tracyEdna Ahgeak MacLean is truly a protector of Alaska Native languages and cultures. She was born and raised in Barrow, Alaska. She attended the BIA Day School in Barrow until 1957; then went away for her 8th grade year to the Wrangell Institute, in Wrangell, Alaska; then progressed on to attend Mt. Edgecumbe High School, in Sitka, Alaska. After graduation from high school, she attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks for two years then headed to Colorado Women’s College in Denver where she received her BA degree; then she moved to California where she received her teaching credentials from the University of California Berkeley. Later she received an MA in bilingual education from the University of Washington, and finally a doctorate in education from Stanford University. 
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