Simon J Ortiz

Biographic Data

ID1275758
NAMESimon J Ortiz
GIVEN NAMESSimon J
FAMILY NAMEOrtiz
SIGNATUREORTIZ S J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of New Mexico
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS12
AUTHOR COUNT13
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX2

  • Out There Somewhere

    Simon J OrtizBOOKOut There Somewhere2022

    He has been there for a while now, a poet at large in America. Simon Ortiz, one of our finest living poets, has been a witness, participant, and observer of interactions between the Euro-American cultural world and that of his Native American people for many years. In this collection of haunting new work, he confronts moments and instances of his personal past and finds redemption in the wellspring of his culture. A writer known for deeply person…

  • Song/Poetry and Language— Expression and Perception

    Simon J OrtizCHAPTERSymposium of the Whole2019

  • Must

    Simon J OrtizARTICLEWorld Literature Today2019

    We have the base of what Gerald Vizenor termed survivance inherently stitched into our memory, mind-set, and measure. de-escalations, disarmament, and returns. Insomuch that the music and texts of the day still hold power, we must question these wrongful events and remember not to repeat them again. In this spirit, the inclusions in the following special section present ways of being present, engaged, active, and completely alive despite maneuver…

  • American Indian Studies Association Conference Keynote Address. Indigenous Activism: Our Resistance, Our Revitalization, Our Indigenous Native Studies: And Our Healing within Our Indigenous Context (o…

    Simon J Ortiz, Simon J Ortiz Simon J OrtizARTICLEWicazo Sa Review2017

    American Indian Studies Association Conference Keynote AddressIndigenous Activism: Our Resistance, Our Revitalization, Our Indigenous Native Studies: And Our Healing within Our Indigenous Context (or From Alcatraz 1969 to Standing Rock 2017. Or Perhaps—Truth Be Bold—Liars, Killers, Thieves Invade Sacred Stone Camp) Simon J. Ortiz (bio) Weeyanah-ehyuu uu oooh Weeyanah-eh' yuu 'ooo 'oooo Now we know oh what we must do ooo Henaah shrow uh weeyaah ha…

  • Indigenous Continuance: Collaboration and Syncretism

    Simon J Ortiz, Simon J Ortiz Simon J OrtizARTICLEThe American Indian Quarterly2011Cited by: 3

    Indigenous Continuance Collaboration and Syncretism Simon J. Ortiz (bio) Delivered as the keynote address at the Native American and Indigenous Studies Conference, University of Georgia, April 10, 2008 Dai-stuudeh-eh wai. We are here today. Dzaadze-eeskha-haadih-steh-eh-nuh. We are nowhere else but here. We are here: in this place and in this moment. Right now, we are not anywhere else. It is important to be conscious of this. We, as Indigenous h…

  • Our language: Poetry, Story, Community

    Simon J Ortiz, Simon OrtizARTICLEPostcolonial Studies2004

  • Empowerment

    Simon J Ortiz, Adrian C LouisARTICLEThe American Indian Quarterly2004

  • Speaking for the Generations: Native Writers on Writing

    Howard Meredith, Simon J OrtizARTICLEWorld Literature Today1998

    Now it is my turn to stand. At Acoma Pueblo meetings, members rise and announce their intention to speak. In that moment they are recognized and heard. In Speaking for the Generations, Acoma Pueblo poet Simon Ortiz brings together contemporary Native American writers to take their turn. Each offers an evocation of herself or himself, describing the personal, social, and cultural influences on her or his development as a writer. Although each writ…

  • This Is about Vision: Interviews with Southwestern Writers

    Simon J Ortiz, William Balassi et al.ARTICLEThe American Indian Quarterly1992Cited by: 2

  • Coyote Tales from the Indian Pueblos

    Simon J Ortiz, Evelyn Dahl Reed et al.ARTICLEThe American Indian Quarterly1992

  • That's the Place Indians Talk about

    Simon J OrtizARTICLEWicazo Sa Review1985

    And now, they have a fence around the Coso Hot Springs. We go up there, but they have a fence around. They have a government fence all around Coso Hot Springs. Since World War II, the Navy of the government has a fence around that place. The People go up there to talk with the hot springs, to use the power, to keep ourselves well with, but there is a fence with locks up there all around, and we have to talk with the Navy people so they can let us…

  • Earth Power Coming: Short Fiction in Native American Literature

    A Wiget, Simon J OrtizARTICLEThe American Indian Quarterly1985

  • Towards a National Indian Literature: Cultural Authenticity in Nationalism

    Simon J OrtizARTICLEMELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of…1981Cited by: 7

    Journal Article Towards a National Indian Literature: Cultural Authenticity in Nationalism Get access Simon J. Ortiz Simon J. Ortiz University of New Mexico/Albuquerque Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 8, Issue 2, June 1981, Pages 7–12, https://doi.org/10.2307/467143 Published: 01 June 1981