Anna Lee Walters

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Anna Lee Walters


Born
in Pawnee, Oklahoma, The United States
September 09, 1946


Anna Lee Walters (born 1946) is an award-winning Pawnee/Otoe-Missouria author from Oklahoma.

Walters works at the Diné College in Arizona, where she directs the college press. She lives in Tsaile, Arizona with her husband Harry Walters. He is the former Director of the Museum at Diné College.

Her first novel, Ghost Singer (1994) is a two-level mystery: one relates to the suicide of researchers at the Smithsonian Institution, which is attributed to ghosts related to Indian artifact (archeology)s; the other is that of how American Indians understand their position related to their ancestry and culture. Turning the genre on its head, Walters "solves" only the second mystery.

Her short story collection, The Sun Is Not Merciful, won the Before Colu ...more

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Ghost Singer: A Novel
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The Sun Is Not Merciful: Sh...
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Talking Indian: Reflections...
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Neon Pow-Wow: New Native Am...
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Spirit of Native America
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10-Pk Spirit of Native America
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L'esprit Des Indiens
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...A Remembrance Of The Ear...
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