Quote of the day
A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people, as no historical reconstruction can.
Simon J. Ortiz

Born: May 27, 1941 (age 84)
Bio: Simon J. Ortiz is a Puebloan writer of the Acoma Pueblo tribe, and one of the key figures in the second wave of what has been called the Native American Renaissance. He is one of the most respected and widely read Native American poets.
Known for:
- From Sand Creek (1981)
- Woven stone (1992)
- Men on the moon (1999)
- Speaking for the Generations (1976)
- The people shall continue (1977)