Native American Authors

Lee Francis

Laguna Pueblo

Dr. Lee Francis is from Laguna Pueblo and grew up in New Mexico. He earned his Ph.D in 1991. Francis is well known as a man who helps and encourages other Indians to research, write and publish. He is the editor of the Moccasin Telegraph and has recently published a book entitled Native Time: an Historical Timeline of Native America. Dr. Francis is the National Director of the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers, whose mission is to educate and inform Native peoples and others about Native Americans. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is currently the Director/Chair and Associate Professor of Native American
Studies at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

Online resources by or about Lee Francis:

Lee Francis
Author: Lee Francis and Karen Strom
Type: authorbio
Description: Biographical and bibliographical information about Francis.

URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/lfrancis/

Lee Francis Profile
Author: Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers
Type: authorbio
Description: Extensive profile of Francis which is part of the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers web site.

URL: http://www.wordcraftcircle.org/leepro2k.htm

Books by Lee Francis:

Francis, Lee. Native time : a historical timeline of native America
New York : St. Martin’s Press, 1996.
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: All Ages
ISBN: 0312131291

Francis, Lee. On the Good Red Interstate: Truck Stop Tellings and Other Poems
San Francisco : Taurean Horn Pr., 2002.
Genre: Poetry
Language: English
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0931552125

Francis, Lee. Reclaiming the vision : past, present and future : native voices for the eighth generation
Greenfield Center, NY : Greenfield Review Press, 1996.
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0878861408

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