Irvin Morris (born 1958) is a
Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation (), also known as Navajoland, is an Indian reservation of Navajo people in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah. The seat of government is located in ...
author from the Tobaahi clan.
He has taught at Cornell University, the State University of New York, the University of Arizona, and Dine College. He received his MFA at
Cornell University
Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...
.
His work, ''From the Glittering World: A Navajo Story'' (1997) is a blend of
Navajo creation narrative, history, fictionalized memoir, and Navajo stories.
The title is taken from the Navajo creation story about the last of five existing worlds, our own, which is called the glittering world.
Works
The Blood Stone From Neon Powwow, edited by Anna Lee Walters, Northland Press, 1993.
From Neon Powwow, edited by Anna Lee Walters, Northland Press, 1993.
* Morris, Irvin. From the Glittering World : a Navajo story. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1997.
References
*Kratzert, M. "Native American Literature: Expanding the Canon", Collection Building Vol. 17, 1, 1998, p. 4
20th-century Native American writers
Cornell University alumni
Living people
1958 births
21st-century Native American writers
Cornell University faculty
State University of New York faculty
University of Arizona faculty
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