Nora Marks Dauenhauer

Nora Marks Keixwnéi Dauenhauer
Keix̱wnéi
Nora Dauenhauer in 2011
Born(1927-05-08)May 8, 1927
DiedSeptember 25, 2017(2017-09-25) (aged 90)
Juneau, Alaska, U.S.
NationalityTlingit
Occupation(s)Poet, Tlingit Language Researcher
Known forTlingit 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.