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Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948) (Okanagan) is a Canadian author, educator, artist, and activist. She was born and grew up on the Penticton Indian reserve in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley. Armstrong has lived on the Penticton Indian Reserve for most of her life and has raised her two children there.〔Beeler, Karin. "Image, Music, Text: An Interview with Jeannette Armstrong," ''Studies in Canadian Literature'' 21.2 (1996)〕 Armstrong’s 1985 work ''Slash'' is considered the first novel by a First Nations woman in Canada.〔(Biography and criticism of Jeannette Armstrong at ''Voices From the Gaps'' )〕〔Lutz, Hartmut, ed. Interview with Jeannette Armstrong. ''Contemporary Challenges: Conversations with Canadian Native Authors''. Saskatoon: Fifth House, 1991. 13〕 Armstrong is the grandniece of Mourning Dove, who is regarded as one of the earliest Native American women novelists in the United States for her 1927 work ''Cogewea, the Half-Blood''.〔〔(Biography and criticism of Mourning Dove at ''Voices From the Gaps'' )〕 Armstrong is best known for her involvement with the En’owkin Centre and writing. She has written about topics such as creativity, education, ecology, and Indigenous rights. ==Early life and education== While growing up on the Penticton Indian Reserve in British Columbia, Jeannette Armstrong received a formal education at a one-room school there, as well as a traditional Okanagan education from her family and tribal elders.〔Armstrong, Jeannette. “Four Decades: An Anthology of Canadian Native Poetry from 1960 to 2000” in ''Native Poetry in Canada: A Contemporary Anthology''. Jeannette Armstrong and Lally Grauer, eds. Peterborough, ON: Broadview, 2001. xv〕 She learned the Okanagan language and is a fluent speaker of that and English. For many years since her childhood, Armstrong has studied traditional Okanagan teachings and practiced traditional ways under the direction of Elders.〔Jeanette Armstrong and Douglas Cardinal. ''The Native Creative Process: A Collaborative Discourse''. Penticton: Theytus, 1991. 125.〕 Armstrong discovered her talent for and attraction to writing at age fifteen when a poem she wrote on John F. Kennedy was published in a local newspaper (''Voices''). As a teenager, Armstrong continued to publish poetry and develop her literary voice by listening to and reading works by Aboriginal authors such as Pauline Johnson and Chief Dan George, who she identifies as her early influences.〔 In 1978, Armstrong received a diploma of Fine Arts from Okanagan College and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Victoria where she studied Creative Writing. 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「Jeannette Armstrong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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