Beverly Hungry Wolf

Beverley Hungry Wolf at the University of Calgary in 2009

Beverly Hungry Wolf (Sikski-Aki, or Black-faced Woman; born 1950) is a Canadian writer and a member of the Blackfoot Confederacy.[1]

Life

She was born Beverly Little Bear in 1950 near Cardston, Alberta, on Blood Indian Reserve No. 148, and studied at a Catholic residential school on the reserve.[2] The school discouraged interest in her tribe's traditions, but, as an adult, she started investigating and recording them after she married a German man, Adolph Gutöhrlein.[1] Gutöhrlein was fascinated with First Nations' culture, having immersed himself in it and adopting the surname Hungry Wolf.[1]

Along with her husband, Hungry Wolf has published a number of books about her personal and her people's experiences.[1] She interviewed her female relatives and tribal elders, collecting information about gender roles, domestic arts, child rearing, myths and legends, which she published in Ways of my Grandmothers (1980).[2][3] Her interview subjects included her grandmother, Anada-Aki, her aunt, Mary One Spot, and tribal elder, Paula Weasel Head.[1]

She and her husband live in British Columbia and have five children.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bataille, Gretchen M. & Lisa, Laurie (2003). Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. pp. 147–148. ISBN 9781135955878.
  2. 1 2 Woodworth-Ney, Laura (2008). Women in the American West. ABC-CLIO. pp. 40–42. ISBN 9781598840506.
  3. ↑ Rajnus Goldberg, Marcia (Autumn 1988). "Reviewed Works: The Ways of My Grandmothers by Beverly Hungry-Wolf; Mohawk Trail by Beth Brant". NWSA Journal. 1 (1): 130–133. JSTOR 4315876.
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