Native American Authors
Duane Niatum
, 1938-
Klallam
Duane Niatum was born in Seattle under the name McGinniss. After his parent’s divorce, his Klallam grandfather became his surrogate father, which was to later influence his writing. After serving in the Navy, he attended the University of Washington where he received his B.A.in 1970. He then received his M.A. in 1972 at Johns Hopkins University. His career includes instructor at Johns Hopkins Univ.; editor of the Native American Authors Program, Harper & Row Publishers; and various other teaching jobs and librarian postions. He earned his Ph.D. in 1997 at the University of Michigan. He is a poet, author and playwright.
Awards and Honors
Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, first prize in poetry, 1966 and 1970.
Poerty in Motion Grant Award
Online resources by or about Duane Niatum:
Duane Niatum
Author: Duane Niatum and Karen Strom
Type: authorbio
Description: Biographical and bibliographical information about Niatum.
URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/niatum/
Studies in American Indian Literatures, Volume 7, No. 1
Author: Association for the Study of American Indian Literature
Type: authorbio
Description: This newsletter from 1983 contains a Maurice Kenny Bibliography, reviews of Maurice Kenny’s “Dancing Back Strong the Nation” and “I am the Sun”, a review of Duane Niatum’s “Songs for the Harvester of Dreams”, and a general discussion of Niatum’s poem.
URL: http://oncampus.richmond.edu/faculty/ASAIL/SAILns/71.html
Books by Duane Niatum:
Niatum, Duane. After the Death of an Elder Klallam
Phoenix, AZ : Baleen Press, 1970.
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0912074000
Niatum, Duane. Ascending Red Cedar Moon
New York : Harper & Row, 1973.
ISBN: 0064511502
Niatum, Duane. Breathless
Seattle, WA : University of Washington, 1968.
Genre: Drama
Niatum, Duane. Carriers of the Dream Wheel: Contemporary Native American Poetry.
New York : Harper, 1975.
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0064511510
Niatum, Duane. The crooked beak of love
Albuquerque, N.M. : West End Press, 2000.
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 093112296
Niatum, Duane. A Cycle for the Woman in the Field.
Laughing Man Press, 1973.
Niatum, Duane. Digging out the roots : poems
New York : Harper & Row, 1977.
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0064511553
Niatum, Duane. Drawings of the Song Animals: New and Selected Poems.
Duluth, Minnesota : Holy Cow! Press, 1991.
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0930100433
Niatum, Duane. Harper’s Anthology of Twentieth-Century Native American Poetry
San Francisco : Harper & Row, 1988.
Genre: Poetry
Niatum, Duane. Pieces
New York : Strawberry Press, 1981.
Genre: Poetry
Niatum, Duane. Raven and the Fear of Growing White
Amsterdam, Holland : Bridge Press, 1983.
Niatum, Duane. Songs for the Harvester of Dreams
Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, 1981.
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0295957581
Niatum, Duane. Stories from the land of red cedar
Seattle : D. Niatum, 1999.
Genre: Folklore
Niatum, Duane. Stories of the Moons
Marvin, SD : Blue Cloud Quarterly Press, 1987.
Niatum, Duane. Taos Pueblo and Other Poems.
Greenfield Center, NY : Greenfield Review Press, 1973.
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0912678089
Niatum, Duane. To Bridge the Dream
Laguna, NM : A Press, 1978.
Genre: Short Stories
Niatum, Duane. Turning to the Rhythms of Her Song
Seattle, WA : Jawbone Press, 1977.
Genre: Poetry
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