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Gladys Cardiff (born 1942) is an Eastern Band Cherokee poet and academic, with interests in Native American, African-American and American literature. She was an associate professor at Oakland University from 1999 to 2013.

Early life

Cardiff was born in Browning, Montana. Her father was Henry Owl of the Owl clan, who is listed on the Baker Roll as having a Cherokee blood quantum of half, and having a Catawba mother. She is of Irish and Welsh descent on her mother's side. She is a citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She makes use of her cultural heritage in her work, referencing especially Cherokee place names in her poetry.

She attended the University of Washington, where she studied with Theodore Roethke. She has a PhD in literature from Western Michigan University.

Published works

Cardiff won the 1976 Washington State Governor's Award for her first book of poetry, To Frighten a Storm. She published A Bare Unpainted Table in 1999. She received awards from the Seattle Arts Commission in 1985 and 1986. "In 1988 she was a co-recipient of the University of Washington's Louisa Kerns Award for literary endeavors." Her poetry has been featured by The Poetry Foundation.

References

1. ^ Niatum, Duane, ed. (1988). Harper's Anthology of 20th-Century Native American Poetry. New York City: Harper & Row. pp. 360–361. ISBN 0062506668.
2. ^ "Gladys Cardiff". Poetry Foundation. 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
3. "UNC building renamed for Cherokee trailblazer". Smoky Mountain News. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
4. "Cherokee Rolls: Baker Roll". All Things Cherokee. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
5. "Gladys Cardiff". Poetry Foundation. 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
6. ^ "Cardiff - A Bare Unpainted Table". Western Michigan University. Archived from the original on 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
7. "Cardiff, Gladys (Cherokee)". NativeAuthors.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
8. "Combing by Gladys Cardiff". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2012-11-29.

External links

• Staff page at Oakland University

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