Nora Marks Dauenhauer

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Nora Marks Dauenhauer or Keixwenei (* 1927 in Syracuse , New York ; † September 25, 2017 ) was an American author . She wrote poetry and short stories in Tlingit and English .

Nora Dauenhauer (2011)

Life

Nora Marks Dauenhauer was the daughter of Emma and Willie Marks, a member of the tribe of Tlingit from the area of Juneau in Alaska . Due to the inheritance in the female line common among the Tlingit, she belonged to the Raven branch of the Tlingit. Her maternal grandfather was Frank Italio (1870-1956), who worked with the anthropologist Frederica de Laguna .

In 1976, Nora Marks Dauenhauer graduated from the Methodist University of Alaska . She was a member of the Shax'saanikee . Together with her husband Richard Dauenhauer , a poet and translator, she co-edited the Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature series .

Works

  • Beginning Tlingit. 1976
  • with Richard Dauenhauer (Ed.): "Because We Cherish You ..." Sealaska Elders Speak to the Future. Sealaska Heritage Foundation, Juneau 1981
  • Egg Boat. In: Simon J. Ortiz (Ed.): Earth Power Coming. Short Fiction in Native American Literature. Navajo Community College Press, Tsaile 1983, pp. 155-161
  • Context and Display in Northwest Coast Art. In: New Scholar. Volume 10, 1986, pp. 419-432
  • with Richard Dauenhauer (Ed.): Haa Shuká, Our Ancestors speak. Tlingit Oral Narratives (= Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature, Volume 1). University of Washington Press, Seattle 1987
  • The droning shaman. 1988
  • with Richard Dauenhauer (Ed.): Haa Tuwanáagu Yís, for Healing Our Spirit: Tlingit Oratory (Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature, Volume 2) University of Washington Press, Seattle 1990
  • The Battles of Sitka , 1802 and 1804, from the Tlingit, Russian, and Other Points of View. In: Richard Pierce (Ed.): Russia in North America. Limestone Press, Kingston, Ontario 1990, pp. 6-24
  • with Richard Dauenhauer (Ed.): Haa Kusteeyí, Our Culture: Tlingit Life Stories (= Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature, Volume 3). University of Washington Press, Seattle 1994
  • Life woven with song. 2000
  • Russians in Tlingit America . 2008

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Native scholar, writer laureate Nora Dauenhauer dies at 90 , accessed on September 26, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Dauenhauer, Nora Marks
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dauenhauer, Nora; Keixwenei
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Syracuse , New York
DATE OF DEATH 25th September 2017