Elizabeth Cook-Lynn | |
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Born | |
Died | July 5, 2023 Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. | (aged 92)
Nationality | Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, American |
Education | South Dakota State College (BA)
University of South Dakota (M.Ed.) University of Nebraska (Ph.D.) |
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (born Elizabeth Irving, November 17, 1930 – July 5, 2023) was a Native American editor, essayist, poet, and novelist. She was considered to be outspoken in her views about Native American politics, particularly in regards to tribal sovereignty.
Cook-Lynn criticized those who make tenuous claims to Native/Indigenous ancestry with the purpose of advancing their own careers, and described such claimants with no community connections as "tribeless". She believed they damage the development of economic and social life of Native nations.[1]