 | This article's factual accuracy is disputed. (June 2023) |
Christine Quintasket | |
|---|---|
| Hum-ishu-ma | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Mourning_Dove_author.jpg) Mourning Dove, c. 1915 | |
| Okanagan (Syilx), Arrow Lakes (Sinixit), and Colville leader | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1884 near Bonners Ferry, Idaho |
| Died | 8 August 1936 Medical Lake, Washington |
| Cause of death | Flu |
| Resting place | Omak Memorial Cemetery, WA[1] |
| Spouse | Hector McLeod (Flathead)[2] Fred Galler (Wenatchee)[1][failed verification] |
| Parent |
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| Known for | Writing books: Cogewea: The Half-Blood (1927)[3] |
| Nickname | Mourning Dove |
Mourning Dove[a] (born Christine Quintasket[1]) or Humishuma[4] was a Native American (Okanogan (Syilx), Arrow Lakes (Sinixt), and Colville) author best known for her 1927 novel Cogewea, the Half-Blood: A Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range and her 1933 work Coyote Stories.
Cogewea was one of the first novels to be written by a Native American woman and to feature a female protagonist. It explores the lives of Cogewea, a mixed-blood heroine whose ranching skills, riding prowess, and bravery are noted and greatly respected by the primarily mixed-race cowboys on the ranch on the Flathead Indian Reservation. The eponymous main character hires a greenhorn easterner, Alfred Densmore, who has designs on Cogewea's land, which she had received as head of household in an allotment under the Dawes Act.
Coyote Stories (1933) is a collection of what Mourning Dove called Native American folklore.[5]
- ^ a b c John Brent Musgrave. "Mourning Dove: Chronicler and Champion of the Okanagan People". Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ Arloa. "Mourning Dove, (Christal Quintasket)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ a b c d Carol Miller. "Mourning Dove (Christine Quintasket)". Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ "Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest". www.washington.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
- ^ See Dexter Fisher's introduction to the University of Nebraska edition of Cogewea, p. viii.
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