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Oliver La Farge

Oliver La Farge was a professional anthropologist before he turned to writing as his career. Since then he has pursued anthropology, especially American Indian ethnology, as an avocation. He is the author of a number of popular books, among them Laughing Boy (Pulitzer Prize novel for 1929), as well as scientific works. He is president of the Association on American Indian Affairs, a Fellow of the American Anthropological Association and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Articles by this Author

Forget the stereotypes. The red man was of many tribes, with variations much broader than tradition supposes.