id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5092 Mourning Dove (author) - Wikipedia .html text/html 2246 265 74 Christine Quintasket or Hum-ishu-ma, better known by her author name Mourning Dove,[1][note 1] was a Native American (Okanogan (Syilx), Arrow Lakes (Sinixt), and Colville) author best known for her 1927 novel Cogewea, the Half-Blood: A Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range and her 1933 work Coyote Stories. Coyote Stories (1933) is a collection of what Mourning Dove called Native American folklore.[5] He grew up with his mother and stepfather.[7] While living at the Colville Reservation, Christine Quintasket was enrolled as Sinixt (Lakes), but she identified as Okanogan.[10] The tribes shared related languages and some culture. Front cover of the University of Nebraska 1981 trade paperback edition of the book Cogewea by Mourning Dove. Mourning Dove's 1927 novel explores a theme common in early Native American fiction: the plight of the mixedblood (or "breed"), who lives in both white and Indian cultures. Front cover (dust jacket) of the Caxton Printers 1933 first edition of the book Coyote Stories by Mourning Dove. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5092.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5092.txt