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Leslie Marmon Silko. Whitney Smith Andrew McNeal Max Cytulski Mario Thompson Miriam Barton. She was born on March 5, 1948 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is ¼ Laguna Pueblo Native American and the rest of her ancestry is European American and Mexican American. .
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Leslie Marmon Silko Whitney Smith Andrew McNeal Max Cytulski Mario Thompson Miriam Barton
She was born on March 5, 1948 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. • She is ¼ Laguna Pueblo Native American and the rest of her ancestry is European American and Mexican American.
She was educated at a Catholic school. • She got her BA from the University of New Mexico.
She was divorced twice and has two sons. • She received the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant in 1981. • She was one of the key figures to the Native American Renaissance.
Literary Works • While attending the University of New Mexico, she published her first story, “Tony’s Story,” a provocative tale of witchery and renewal. • She studied for three semesters at the university’s American Indian Law Program, with the intention of filing native land claims. • In 1971, a National Endowment for the Arts Discovery Grant changed her mind about law school and she fully devoted herself to her writing.
Yellow Woman • Published in 1974 in the collection, The Man to Send Rain Clouds: Contemporary Stories by American Indians. • It is an English short-story inspired by Native American narratives. • In traditional Laguna lore, Yellow Woman is either the heroine or a minor character in a wide range of tales.
