About Jamake Highwater
Lived 1942 – 2001 (aged 59). Jamake Highwater was an American writer, children's writer, journalist, director and author.
Honors and legacy Marks's children's novel, Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey (1973), received a Newbery Honor. Marks's children's books received "a half-dozen Best Book for Young Adults awards from the American Library Association and School Library Journal." Marks's book The Primal Mind: Vision and Reality in Indian America (1981) was the basis of a PBS documentary, The Primal Mind (1984).
Representations in other media According to Alex Jacobs, Gerald Vizenor (Anishinaabe) in his 1988 novel, The Trickster of Liberty, based his character Homer Yellow Snow on Jamake Highwater. Jacobs notes that Yellow Snow says to his Native audience:
If you knew who you were, why did you find it so easy to believe in me? … because you want to be white, and no matter what you say in public, you trust whites more than you trust Indians, which is to say, you trust pretend Indians more than real ones.
Discography Rock and Other Four Letter Words (1968)
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Who was Jamake Highwater?
American writer (1931–2001)
When was Jamake Highwater born?
Jamake Highwater was born on 14 February 1942 in Los Angeles.
When did Jamake Highwater die?
Jamake Highwater died on 3 June 2001 in Los Angeles.
What was Jamake Highwater's occupation?
Jamake Highwater was a writer, children's writer, journalist, director and author.
What nationality was Jamake Highwater?
Jamake Highwater was American.
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