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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
BornSeptember 10, 1938 (age 86)
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Known forAn Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (2014)


Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is a Statesian historian, author, feminist, and anticolonial activist. She is most known for writing An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States.[1]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma. Her father was a tenant farmer and her mother was part Cherokee. She received a PhD at the University of California at Los Angeles.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (2014). An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States: 'About the author'. [PDF] Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807000403