MariJo Moore

{{BLP primary sources|date=June 2019}} thumbnail|MariJo Moore, April 2013.

'''MariJo Moore''' is an American writer who takes inspiration from Native American culture in her writing. She is of Dutch, Irish, and Cherokee descent.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-3615/ |title=MariJo Moore |website=Library of Congress|publisher=Library of Congress |location=United States |access-date=2019-06-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312239323 |title=Genocide of the Mind: New Native American Writing. MariJo Moore. New York: Nation Books, 2003. 352 pages. $16.95 paper. |website=ResearchGate |access-date=2019-06-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lib.utk.edu/news/2008/02/feb-11-reading-by-marijo-moore-author-who-draws-on-her-cherokee-heritage/ |title=Feb. 11 Reading by MariJo Moore, author who draws on her Cherokee heritage - News & Events - Libraries: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville |date=3 February 2008 |publisher=University of Tennessee |location=Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A. |access-date=2019-06-25}}</ref> She won the title of ''Writer of the Year'' (2002) by the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers, one of the most prestigious awards in the Native American literary world.

She has edited several collections, including ''Eating Fire, Tasting Blood: Breaking the Great Silence of the American Indian Holocaust'' (2005) and ''Genocide of the Mind: New Writings by Native Americans'' (2002), "Unraveling the Spreading Cloth of Time: Indigenous Thoughts Concerning the Universe, Dedicated to Vine Deloria, Jr" (2014), and "When Spirits Visit: A Collection of Stories by Indigenous Writers" (2015). She is also the author of "A Book of Spiritual Wisdom for all days", "Bear Quotes", "Tree Quotes", "Crow Quotes", "Spirit Voices of Bones", and "Red Woman With Backward Eyes and Other Stories".{{clear}}

==Personal life== Moore was raised in Western Tennessee. She now lives in Asheville, North Carolina.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Traditional Mysteries Still Remain |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/363986 |journal=Appalachian Heritage |publisher=Project MUSE |doi=10.1353/aph.0.0179 |s2cid=144522637 |accessdate=2023-08-01|url-access=subscription }}</ref> According to Moore, her mother is white and her paternal grandfather was Cherokee. She wrote that her grandfather was not enrolled because he "didn't want an enrollment number".<ref>{{cite book |last=Moore |first=MariJo |author-link= |date=2009 |title=Genocide of the Mind: New Native American Writing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IlmCCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Granddaddy+didn%27t+want+an+enrollment+number%22&pg=PA47 |location= |publisher=PublicAffairs |page=47 |isbn=9780786750313 |quote=Many of the records of my family were either destroyed or just not kept. I do know Granddaddy didn't want an enrollment number. He said the government had taken everything else, and they damn sure weren't going to take his name and give a number in its place.}} </ref>

==References== * Q6763376. (2019, March 17). Wikidata. Retrieved 11:13, June 25, 2019, from https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q6763376&oldid=886018610. {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.marijomoore.com/index.html Personal website]

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