Title: Fire light
First published: 2008
Description: "Artist, teacher, and Red Progressive, Angel De Cora (1869-1919) painted Fire Light to capture warm memories of her Nebraska Winnebago childhood. In this biography, Linda M. Waggoner draws on that glowing image to illuminate De Cora's life and artistry, which until now have been largely overlooked by scholars." "Waggoner has rendered a complete picture of the woman known in her time as the first "real Indian artist." She depicts De Cora as a multifaceted individual who as a young girl took pride in her traditions, forged a bond with the land that would sustain her over great distances, and learned the role of cultural broker from her mother's Metis family." "Waggoner brings her broad knowledge of Winnebago culture and history to this gracefully written book, which features more than forty illustrations. Fire Light shows us both a consummate artist and a fully realized woman, who learned how to traverse the borders of Red identity in a white man's world."--Jacket.
Subjects: Winnebago artists, Social life and customs, Winnebago women, History, Biography, Indians of north america, northwest, old, Indian women, north america, Indians of north america, biography, Nebraska, history, Nebraska, social life and customs, Women artists
Places: Winnebago Reservation (Neb.)
People: Henook-Makhewe-Kelenaka