José Barreiro

Jose Barreiro (1948), (Taino Nation) is a writer, Cuban native, journalist and professor of Native American Studies at Cornell University. Barreiro was an early editor and contributor at Akwesasne Notes (976-1984), during the years of Seneca luminary, John Mohawk. Barreiro was founding editor of Native Americas (1995-2002) and Senior editor of Indian Country Today. His first novel, published in 1993, was called The Indian Chronicles, and is a pseudo-journal of the life of Diego Colon, a 12-year-old Taino that Christopher Columbus brings back with him to Spain in 1493, and who later returns to the Americas where he supports the Taino resistance led by Guarocuya. A recent book, "American is Indian Country," canvasses issues and personalities in Indian Country. Dr. Barreiro is currently Assistant Director for Research, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

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Kratzert, M. "Native American Literature: Expanding the Canon", Collection Building Vol. 17, 1, 1998, p. 4