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Jamake Highwater, also known as Jay Marks and Gregory J. Markopoulos (ca. 1942–June 3, 2001) was an American writer and journalist. He was the author of over 30 fiction and non-fiction books of music, art, poetry and history, including the children's novel ''Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey'' (1973), which received a Newbery Honor, and ''The Primal Mind: Vision and Reality in Indian America'' (1981) which was also made into a documentary. Highwater assumed a false American Indian identity in the 1960s, which had been exposed by the mid 1980s, although confusion about his life remains widespread. ==Career== Highwater was the author of over 30 fiction and non-fiction books of music, art, poetry and history, including ''Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey'' (1973), ''The Sun, He Dies: A Novel About the End of the Aztec World'' (1980), and ''The Primal Mind: Vision and Reality in Indian America'' (1981). He also wrote for the ''New Grove Dictionary of American Music'' and the ''Los Angeles Free Press''.〔 Highwater made several documentaries for PBS television.〔 Highwater was a runner-up for the 1978 Newbery Medal for ''Anpao''.〔("Jamake Highwater, American Indian Author" ), ''The New York Times'', June 16, 2001.〕 In 1993 Highwater was a consultant on the TV series Star Trek: Voyager for the character Chakotay, who was broadly defined within the show as being Native American. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jamake Highwater」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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