Nora Marks Keixwnéi Dauenhauer | |
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Keix̱wnéi | |
![]() Nora Dauenhauer in 2011 | |
Born | |
Died | September 25, 2017 Juneau, Alaska, U.S. | (aged 90)
Nationality | Tlingit |
Occupation(s) | Poet, Tlingit Language Researcher |
Known for | Tlingit language and history writing. |
Nora Marks Keixwnéi Dauenhauer (May 8, 1927 – September 25, 2017) was a Tlingit poet, short-story writer, and Tlingit language scholar from Alaska. She won an American Book Award for Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 And 1804. Nora was Alaska State Writer Laureate from 2012 - 2014.