Philip Red Eagle
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Philip Red Eagle, Dakota/Salish author
Philip Harold Red Eagle is of Dakota and Puget Sound Salish heritage. His father, Philip Sr., is of Sisseton-Wahpeton-Mdewakanton-Yankton descent; and his mother, Marian (formerly Mary Ann) is of Steilacoom-S'Klallam descent. Clan names are unknown. They met in the late 30's at Chemawa Indian School near Salem, Oregon and subsequently married in the Summer of 1940.
Philip was born at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma, Washington, 16 February 1945, and was raised in the Northwest, including Sitka, Alaska, where he graduated from Sitka Senior High School in 1963. He holds two degrees from the University of Washington, Seattle, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Metal Design from the School of Art (1983) and a Bachelor of Arts in Editorial Journalism from the School of Communications (1987). He minored in Art Photography, Photojournalism and Native American Studies.
Philip writes poetry, fiction, essays and reviews. His works have been included in Art Access, Encyclopedia of North American Indians, Humanities Today, Nobody's Orphan Child (Anthology), Northwest Ethnic News, The Raven Chronicles, Red Ink, Seattle Arts Commission Newsletter - Diverse Views, Guest Editor Series-1990.
His current work is a book of fiction titled: Red Earth - A Vietnam Warrior's Journey. Red Earth has received high praise and has been republished by Salt Publishing. Red Earth is actually two novellas focused around the return home of Native American Vietnam veterans and their struggles with their loss and inability to cope with with their past. It is Philip's experiences in Vietnam in 1970-72 that he draws his images for these stories.
Philip is also a visual artist and a photojournalist. His photos have appeared in American Indian Art Magazine, Air Cal Magazine, Northwest Ethnic News, The Raven Chronicles, The Seattle Post Intelligencer, The Seattle Times and The Tacoma News Tribune, as well as several gallery exhibits across the country.
Philip is the originator and co-founder of The Raven Chronicles - Multicultural Journal of Art, Literature
Books by Philip Red Eagle
Fiction
Red Earth, Salt Publishing
- Review by Craig Womack in SAIL
- Review of Red Earth in Standards
Anthologies
Contemporary Native American Literature, Coffee House Press, forthcoming April 1999
Nobody's Orphan Child, 1996 Red Sky Poetry Theatre Anthology.
Other writing
Encyclopedia of North American Indians, Marshall Cavendish Corporation.
Review of Reinventing the Enemy's Language in Raven's Chronicles
See Also
A short biography from the Internet Public Library's Native American Author Project.
This page is part of the Storytellers: Native American Authors Online project.
