White Deer of Autumn
(Gabriel Horn)
Noted author and lecturer Gabriel Horn was given the name "White
Deer of Autumn" by his uncles, Meta-comet and Nippawanock,
and by Princess Red Wing of the Narragansett tribe, Wampanoag
nation. He has taught in reservation schools, American Indian
Movement (AIM) survival school, public school, and junior
colleges. He helped develop the curriculum and was head teacher
at the Red School House in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was cultural
arts director of the Minneapolis American Indian Center from
1980 to 1982 and helped establish the Minneapolis American
Indian Art Gallery and the Living Traditions Museum. For
his work in Indian rights, he was nominated for the Human
Rights Award in the state of Minnesota.
Gabriel Horn has a master's degree in English and currently
devotes his time to lecturing, teaching, and writing. He
is a teacher in Florida as well as a member of the National
Committee on American Indian History and an advisor to the
Native American national newspaper, Indigenous Thought. He
lives on the Florida coas close to Mother Earth and the natural
world that is so precious to him.
Daniel San Souci was born in California and graduated from
the California College of Arts and Crafts. His paintings
have won numerous awards, and his work is on display in various
galleries and in private collections. He has created the
illustrations for three children's books, The Brave Little
Tailor, Song of Sedna, and The Legend of Scarface, which
was chosen as one of the "Best Illustrated Children's
Books of 1978" by The New York Times.
Mr. San Souci lives in Oakland, California, with his wife
and their two children, Yvette and Justin. |
