Louise Abeita

Louise Abeita

Louise Abeita (E-Yeh-Shure "Blue Corn") is an Isleta Pueblo writer and the author of "I am a Pueblo Indian Girl" (New York : William Morrow, 1939).

She also had a long career teaching within the BIA school system and continues to be active in Indian education.Louise was born and raised at Isleta Pueblo. Her father, Diego [http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm/NmLcU/nmlcu1%23ms242/nmlcu1%23ms242_m4.html] was active in tribal government. Her Mother, Lottie Gunn Abeita, was from Laguna Pueblo.

See also

*List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
*Native American Studies


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