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Peter Blue Cloud
(Aroniawenrate)
, 1935-
Blue Cloud was born to the Turtle Clan of the Mohawk tribe on the Caughnawaga Reserve in Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada. He is noted for combining Native American myths with contemporary issues. He has worked as ironworker, logger, carpenter and woodcutter and was previously associated with journal Akwesasne Notes and the journal Indian Magazine. Blue Cloud is especially noted for his use of the Coyote figure in his stories and poems.
Awards and Honors
American Book Award, before Columbus Foundation, 1981.
Books by Peter Blue Cloud:
Blue Cloud, Peter. Alcatraz is not an island
Berkeley : Wingbow Press, 1972.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 107 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
"by Indians of All Tribes" Distributed by Book People Alcatraz Island (Calif.)Indian occupation, 1969- 1971.
Audience: Adult
Blue Cloud, Peter. Back then tomorrow
Brunswick, ME : Blackberry Press, 1978.
Genre: Short Stories
Description: 80 p.
Summary : 26 Coyote tales by Mohawk poet.
Audience: Adult
Blue Cloud, Peter. Clans of many nations : selected poems, 1969-1994
Fredonia, N.Y. : White Pine Press, 1995.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 166 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 1877727474
Blue Cloud, Peter. Elderberry flute song : contemporary coyote tales
Buffalo, New York : White Pine Press, 1989.
Genre: Folklore
Description: 138 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Illustrations by the author. Coyote (Legendary character) Folklore.
ISBN: 0-934834-92-x
Blue Cloud, Peter. The other side of nowhere : contemporary coyote tales
Fredonia, N.Y. : White Pine Press, 1990.
Genre: Folklore
Description: 93 p. : ill. ; 22cm.
Illustrations by the author.
Audience: All Ages
ISBN: 1877727008 (pbk.)
Blue Cloud, Peter. Sketches in winter, with crows
New York, NY : Strawberry Press, 1984.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 28 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Drawings by Peter Jemison.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0936574119
Blue Cloud, Peter. White corn sister
New York : Strawberry Press, 1979.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 36 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Drawings by Rokwaho.
Audience: Adult
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