Chrystos

Not to be confused with Christos (disambiguation).

Chrystos
Born
Christina Smith

(1946-11-07) November 7, 1946 (age 77)
San Francisco, California, US
Occupations
  • Writer
  • artist
  • activist

Chrystos (/ˈkrɪstoʊs/; born November 7, 1946, as Christina Smith)[1] is a writer and activist who has published various books and poems that explore Indigenous Americans's civil rights, social justice, and feminism. They self-identify as Menominee and two-spirit, but are not a citizen of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin or any other Native American tribe.[2][3] Chrystos is also a lecturer, writing teacher and fine-artist. The poet uses the pronouns "they" and "them".

  1. ^ Valimaa, Virpi Maria Kristiina; Curtright, Lauren (1997). "Chrystos". Voices from the Gaps. hdl:11299/166121.
  2. ^ Brehm, Victoria (November 24, 1998). "Urban Survivor Stories: The Poetry of Chrystos". Studies in American Indian Literatures. 10 (1): 73–82. JSTOR 20739440. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  3. ^ "Chrystos". PoetryFoundation.org. Retrieved October 22, 2015.