D'Arcy McNickle | |
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Born | January 14, 1904 St. Ignatius, Montana[1] |
Died | October 10, 1977 Albuquerque, New Mexico | (aged 73)
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Alma mater | University of Montana (1921–1925) Oxford University (1925–1926) University of Grenoble (1926–1933) |
Notable works | The Surrounded The Hawk Is Hungry and Other Stories |
William D'Arcy McNickle (January 14, 1904 – October 10, 1977) (Salish Kootenai) was a writer, Native American activist, college professor and administrator, and anthropologist. Of Irish and Cree-Métis descent, he later enrolled in the Salish Kootenai nation, as his mother had come to Montana with the Métis as a refugee. He is known also for his novel The Surrounded.