MariJo Moore is an American writer who takes inspiration from Native American culture in her writing. She is of Dutch, Irish, Cherokee descent.[1][2][3] She won the title of Writer of the Year (2002) by the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers, one of the most prestigious awards in the Native American literary world.
She has edited several collections, including Eating Fire, Tasting Blood: Breaking the Great Silence of the American Indian Holocaust (2005) and Genocide of the Mind: New Writings by Native Americans (2002), "Unraveling the Spreading Cloth of Time: Indigenous Thoughts Concerning the Universe, Dedicated to Vine Deloria, Jr" (2014), and "When Spirits Visit: A Collection of Stories by Indigenous Writers" (2015). She is also the author of "A Book of Spiritual Wisdom for all days", "Bear Quotes", "Tree Quotes", "Crow Quotes", "Spirit Voices of Bones", and "Red Woman With Backward Eyes and Other Stories".
Personal life
editMoore was raised in Western Tennessee]]. She now lives in Asheville, North Carolina.[4] According to Moore, her mother is white and her paternal grandfather was Cherokee. She wrote that her grandfather was not enrolled because he "didn't want an enrollment number".[5]
References
edit- Q6763376. (2019, March 17). Wikidata. Retrieved 11:13, June 25, 2019, from https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q6763376&oldid=886018610.
- ^ "MariJo Moore". Library of Congress. United States: Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- ^ "Genocide of the Mind: New Native American Writing. MariJo Moore. New York: Nation Books, 2003. 352 pages. $16.95 paper". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- ^ "Feb. 11 Reading by MariJo Moore, author who draws on her Cherokee heritage - News & Events - Libraries: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville". Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A.: University of Tennessee. 3 February 2008. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- ^ "Traditional Mysteries Still Remain". Project MUSE. doi:10.1353/aph.0.0179. S2CID 144522637. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Moore, MariJo (2009). Genocide of the Mind: New Native American Writing. PublicAffairs. p. 47. ISBN 9780786750313.
Many of the records of my family were either destroyed or just not kept. I do know Granddaddy didn't want an enrollment number. He said the government had taken everything else, and they damn sure weren't going to take his name and give a number in its place.
External links
edit
 | This article about an American writer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |