Diane Wilson (author)
Diane Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954 |
| Occupation | Author & Speaker |
| Nationality | Dakota, American |
| Genre | Native American literature, Minnesota history |
| Literary movement | Native American Renaissance |
| Spouse | Jim Denomie |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | |
| https://www.dianewilsonwords.com/ | |
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Diane Wilson (Dakhóta) is a writer and speaker, most noted as the author of Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past (2006).[1] and The Seed Keeper (2021)[2]. She is a Mdewakanton descendent, enrolled on the Rosebud Reservation, and lives in Shafer, Minnesota[3]
Career
Diane Wilson graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1977. She worked as a writer and editor throughout a variety of Minnesota literary organizations throughout the 1980s and 1990s.[4]
In 2006, Wilson published her first book, Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past, Borealis Books. The book is a non-fiction memoir about her research to trace five generations of her Dakota ancestors' history on her mother's side. Her great-great grandmother Rosalie Iron Cloud lived through the 1862 Dakota Wars, married a white French-Canadian man, had seven mixed-race children, and was able to remain in Minnesota despite many other Dakota being driven from the state[5]. The book also discusses Wilson's mother, Lucille, who was forced to attend an American Indian boarding school in her youth. Spirit Car was awarded the 2006 Minnesota Book Award. Six years later in 2012, it was selected as the book for the One Minneapolis One Read program.[6]
In 2011, Wilson published her second book, Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life, Borealis Books.
In 2021, Wilson published her third book and first novel, The Seed Keeper Milkweed Editions.
Personal Life
Wilson is married to Ojibwe painter Jim Denomie and has one daughter. Wilson and Denomie live in Shafer, Minnesota.
Non-Profit Work
Wilson spent nearly twenty years at Dream of Wild Health, a Native nonprofit focused on teaching Native youth about plants, seeds, and Native foodways, along with fellow Native food activist Sean Sherman (Lakota), aka The Sioux Chef, who is a board member. According to the Acknowledgements in her work The Seed Keeper, Wilson began as a volunteer and eventually served as Executive Director of Dream of Wild Health until 2019.
Works
- Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past, Borealis Books, 2006
- Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life, Borealis Books, 2011
- The Seed Keeper Milkweed Editions, 2021
Awards
- 2006 Minnesota Book Award for Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past
- 2012 One Minneapolis One Read program selection for Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past
- 2012 Barbara Sudler Award from History Colorado for Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life[7]
- 2013 Bush Foundation Fellowship
References
- ↑ https://www.dianewilsonwords.com/books-publications
- ↑ https://www.dianewilsonwords.com/books-publications
- ↑ https://milkweed.org/author/diane-wilson
- ↑ https://www.twincities.com/2021/04/17/diane-wilson-seed-keeper-dakota-native-american-heritage/
- ↑ https://www.giarts.org/article/spirit-car-journey-dakota-past
- ↑ https://www.startribune.com/diane-wilson-s-spirit-car-next-minneapolis-community-read/147369045/
- ↑ https://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/2019/barbara_sudler_award_winners.pdf
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