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Dovie Thomason
Dovie Thomason is a Lakota/Kiowa Apache storyteller and cultural educator. She has been a guest artist at the North American Native Writers Conference at the University of Oklahoma and took part in a project sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Utah Arts Council to develop Native American cultural education. Ms. Thomason has been a trainer and lecturer at Yale University and the American Museum of Natural History. She has also been named Master Teaching Artist of a traditional cultural art by the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.
Awards and Honors
Parents' Choice Gold Award, 1993
1996 ALA Noteable Award
Online resources by or about Dovie Thomason:
Dovie Thomason
Author: Young Audiences of Connecticut
Type: authorbio
Description: This site offers more detailed information on Thomason's programs and workshops.
URL: http://www.yaconn.org/dovie_thomason.htm
Dovie Thomason-Yellow Moon Press
Author: Yellow Moon Press
Type: authorbio
Description: Reviews of Thomason's audio tapes and biographical information.
URL: http://www.yellowmoon.com/thoma.html
Dovie Thomason: Native American Storyteller
Author: Dovie Thomason
Type: authorbio
Description: Thomason's home page contains a photo, a biography, and contact information.
URL: http://www.ulali.com/frames/merchandise/dovie.htm
Books by Dovie Thomason:
Thomason, Dovie. Wapola a Giveaway: Lakota stories Retold (tape)
Genre: Folklore
Description: These stories are a giveaway, a way of returning the gift of the stories, the ohumkanka, preserved by the elders and grandparents to pass on the traditions and perspectives of out people. Tales include The Spirit Wife, the Rabbit People, 3 Iktomi stories and more.
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