Native american poets 1800s
Beauty ya class
Beauty lesson.
Louise Abeita
American poet
Louise Abeita Chewiwi (E-Yeh-Shure or Blue Corn;[2] September 9, 1926 – July 21, 2014) was a Puebloan writer, poet and educator who was an enrolled member of Isleta Pueblo.[3]
Early life
Louise Abeita was born and raised at Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, USA.[2] Her father, Diego Abeita,[4] was active in tribal government.
Her mother, Lottie Gunn Abeita, was from Laguna Pueblo.[5]
I Am a Pueblo Indian Girl
To his daughter's poems, Diego brought together artists from Navajo, Apache and Pueblo communities to print a book based on them.
This group formed the National Gallery of the American Indian (NGAI), and published Abeita's illustrated book.[2] She was 13 years old at the time.[3]I Am a Pueblo Indian Girl (1939) has been described as the "first truly Indian book" by historians Gretchen Bataille and Laurie Lisa.[2]
The book depicts the life of Abeita through