- Nila northSun
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name = nila northSun
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birthdate = 1951
birthplace =Schurz ,Nevada , U.S.A.
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occupation = Poet
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movement =Native American Renaissance
notableworks = "A snake in her mouth: poems 1974-96"
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website =nila northSun ["sic"] is a Native American poet and tribal historian, one of the best-known figures in the
Native American Renaissance . Her gritty, realistic poems about life both on and off the reservation have made her one of the most widely read of all Native American poets.Background
northSun was born in 1951 in
Schurz ,Nevada to aShoshone mother and aChippewa father, legendary Native American activistAdam Fortunate Eagle .R.L. Crow: [http://www.rlcrow.com/services/authors/nila.htm nila northSun] , "R.L. Crow Publications", 2004]Raised in the
San Francisco Bay Area , she is a graduate of theUniversity of Montana-Missoula .Thomas Meyers: [http://www.onlinenevada.org/nila_northsun brief biography of nila northSun] , "The Online Nevada Encyclopedia", February 13, 2008] In 2000 the "Friends of the Library" group at theUniversity of Nevada, Reno honored her with the Silver Pen Award for outstanding literary achievement. [ [http://www.library.unr.edu/friends/hallfame/northsun.html Silver Pen Award recipient] ] Then-Governor Kenny Guinn appointed her to the Nevada State Arts Council that same year.Thomas Meyers: [http://www.onlinenevada.org/nila_northsun brief biography of nila northSun] , "The Online Nevada Encyclopedia", February 13, 2008] In 2004, she received the "Indigenous Heritage Award in Literature" from ATAYL, an international agency.Thomas Meyers: [http://www.onlinenevada.org/nila_northsun brief biography of nila northSun] , "The Online Nevada Encyclopedia", February 13, 2008]She now lives on the [http://www.fpst.org/ Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation] in
Fallon, Nevada and currently works as a grantswriter for theReno-Sparks Indian Colony .R.L. Crow: [http://www.rlcrow.com/services/authors/nila.htm nila northSun] , "R.L. Crow Publications", 2004]Bibliography
Poetry
*"Diet pepsi and nacho cheese: poems", 1977
*"Coffee, dust devils and old rodeo bulls: poems", 1979 (with first husband Kirk Robertson)
*"Small bones, little eyes: poems", 1981 (with Jim Sagel)
*"A snake in her mouth: poems 1974-96", 1997
*"Love at gunpoint", 2007Non-fiction
*"After the Drying Up of the Water", a tribal history of the Fallon
Paiute -Shoshone, 1980ee also
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List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
*Native American Studies Notes
External links
* [http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A64 The Internet Public Library Native American Authors Project]
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