Mourning Dove Christine Quintasket
A depiction of the great montana cattle range.
Mourning dove christine quintasket. A depiction of the great montana cattle range which tells the story of cogewea a mixed blood ranch woman on the flathead indian reservation. She described centuries old traditions with the authority of first hand knowledge and also wrote a novel based on her experiences. Cogewea was one of the first novels to be written by a native american woman and to feature a female protagonist. A biographical encyclopedia dictionary.
Mourning dove or christine quintasket okanogan and arrow lakes was a native american author in the united states best known for her 1927 novel cogewea the half blood. 1888 1936 first native american woman to write and publish a novel. Christine quintasket who wrote under the pen name mourning dove humishuma in the salish language was the first native american woman to publish a novel. Source for information on mourning dove c.
At the time she stated that the often sad content of her writing was better suited to the pen name mourning dove. A depiction of the great montana cattle range and her 1933 work coyote stories. Mourning dove aka christine quintasket was an okanogan author from the colville indian reservation best known for her 1927 novel that it tells the story of cogewea a mixed blood ranch woman on the flathead indian reservation. Born in northern idaho in 1880 quintasket was the daughter of joseph quintasket okanogan and lucy stukin colville.
Mourning dove christal quintasket salish 1888 august 6 1936 mourning dove was a american indian author and best known for her 1927 novel cogewea the half blood. Mourning dove was born in a canoe on the kootenai river near bonner s. Christine quintasket was born in 1888 to salish parents lucy stukin from the colville reservation in north central washington state and joseph quintasket okanogan from british columbia.