MariJo Moore

MariJo Moore is an American writer who takes inspiration from Native American culture in her poetry. She claims Dutch, Irish, and Eastern Cherokee descent, but is not enrolled in any Native nation.[1][2][3] She won the title of Writer of the Year (2002) by the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers, one of the most prestigious awards in the Native American literary world.

MariJo Moore, April 2013.

She has edited several collections, including Eating Fire, Tasting Blood: Breaking the Great Silence of the American Indian Holocaust (2005) and Genocide of the Mind: New Writings by Native Americans (2002), "Unraveling the Spreading Cloth of Time: Indigenous Thoughts Concerning the Universe, Dedicated to Vine Deloria, Jr" (2014), and "When Spirits Visit: A Collection of Stories by Indigenous Writers" (2015). She is also the author of "A Book of Spiritual Wisdom for all days", "Bear Quotes", "Tree Quotes", "Crow Quotes", "Spirit Voices of Bones", and "Red Woman With Backward Eyes and Other Stories".

Personal life

Moore was raised in the town of Halls in Western Tennessee. She now lives in Candler, North Carolina.[4] According to Moore, her mother is white and her paternal grandfather was of Cherokee descent. She claims that her grandfather was not enrolled in any Cherokee nation because he "didn't want an enrollment number".[5]

References
  1. "MariJo Moore". Library of Congress. United States: Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  2. "Genocide of the Mind: New Native American Writing. MariJo Moore. New York: Nation Books, 2003. 352 pages. $16.95 paper". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  3. "Feb. 11 Reading by MariJo Moore, author who draws on her Cherokee heritage - News & Events - Libraries: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville". Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A.: University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  4. "Traditional Mysteries Still Remain". Project MUSE. doi:10.1353/aph.0.0179. S2CID 144522637. Retrieved 2023-08-01. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Moore, MariJo (2009). Genocide of the Mind: New Native American Writing. PublicAffairs. p. 47. ISBN 9780786750313.


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