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Raven Hail was a member of the Cherokee Nation known for her writings on Cherokee culture.

Early life

Hail was born in 1921 in Washington County, Oklahoma, a member of the Cherokee Nation. In her early life, Hail lived with her mother on designated Cherokee grounds in Welch, Oklahoma.  She attended West Anthracite and Prairie Center elementary schools before attending Oklahoma State University and Southern Methodist University.

While in Texas, Hail worked as a bookkeeper and secretary. She unsuccessfully campaigned for the Texas legislature in 1972. She established the American Indian Theater in Dallas, Texas in 1963; the group toured Dallas and presented examples of Indian arts. Hail was a singer whose songs are preserved on an album called The Raven Sings. She was also a writer of plays such as The Raven and the Redbird, a newsletter called The Raven Speaks that was published from 1968 until 1972, and books on foods associated with Cherokee culture. Hale owned a bookstore called Ravenscove and led traditional instructions on Cherokee beadwork, basketry, singing, dancing, and folklore, preserving Native culture.

In 1997 Hail was living in Mesa, Arizona, and spending her time writing about Cherokee culture. She then moved to North Carolina.

Hail died in 2005.

Selected publications

• Hail, Raven (1965-01-01). The Raven and the Redbird - Sam Houston and his Cherokee Wife. Raven Hail.
• Hail, Raven. "Native American foods : foods the Indians gave us". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
• Hail, Raven (1986-09-01). Windsong: Texas Cherokee Princess. Raven Hail Books. ISBN 978-0-9617696-1-1.
• Hail, Raven (2000-01-01). The Cherokee Sacred Calendar: A Handbook of the Ancient Native American Tradition. Destiny Books. ISBN 978-0-89281-804-4.

Awards and honors

Hail's poem "Magic Song of the Little People" won best poem in a native language award from the Southwest Association of Indian Arts in 1995.

References

1. Bataille, Gretchen M.; Lisa, Laurie, eds. (2003-12-16). Native American Women (0 ed.). Routledge. pp. 99–100. doi:10.4324/9780203801048. ISBN 978-1-135-95587-8.
2. ^ Birchfield, D. L. (1997). The encyclopedia of North American Indians. New York: Marshall Cavendish. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-7614-0227-5.
3. Public Forum Before the Committee on Urban Indians in Dallas: Texas of the National Council on Indian Opportunity, February 13-14, 1969. National Council on Indian Opportunity (U.S.). 1969.
4. Conley, Robert J. (2007-12-16). A Cherokee Encyclopedia. UNM Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-3953-9.
5. ^ Neal, Dale (1 February 2000). "'WE ARE A SPIRITUAL PEOPLE'". Asheville Citizen - Times; Asheville, N.C.. pp. A1 – via Proquest.
6. Blansett, Kent; Cahill, Cathleen D.; Needham, Andrew (2022-02-17). Indian Cities: Histories of Indigenous Urbanization. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-8061-9049-5.
7. "GOP women enjoy tenth". Irving Daily News. 1972-03-14. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
8. "Raven Hail tries harder for post". Irving Daily News. 1972-04-17. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
9. "TWU regional children's theater conference". The Courier-Gazette. 1965-03-31. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
10. "Mission School Yule Program to be Saturday". Stilwell Democrat-Journal. 1969-12-18. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
11. "Raven Hail: Baker & Taylor Author Biographies". Baker & Taylor Author Biographies: 1. 2000-01-05.
12. ^ Anderson, Owanah (1982). Ohoyo One Thousand: A Resource Guide of American Indian/Alaska Native Women, 1982. Women's Educational Equity Act, U.S. Department of Education. p. 49.
13. Native American women : a biographical dictionary. New York: Garland. 1993. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-0-8240-5267-6.
14. "Nothing impromptu about new troupe". Arizona Republic. 1997-09-05. p. 147. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
15. "Raven Hail". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
16. "October 17 '05-Special- Raven Hail Obituary". www.snowwowl.com. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
17. Review of Cherokee Sacred Calendar
    • Payne, David H. (2002). "Review of The Cherokee Sacred Calendar: A Handbook of the Ancient Native American Tradition". Studies in American Indian Literatures. 14 (2/3): 48–50. ISSN 0730-3238. JSTOR 20737146.
    • Odell, Nancy (1999-05-09). "Book delves into complexities and beauty of Cherokee timekeeping". Asheville Citizen-Times. p. 40. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
18. Webb, C Anne (March 1995). "Native American poetry". English Journal, High School Edition; Urbana. 84 (3): 94 – via Proquest.

External links

• Cherokee Calendar by Raven Hail Collection, at Oklahoma State University Archives
• Oral memoir of Raven Hail 1972 interview in Baylor University archives

Further reading

• Bataille, Gretchen M.; Lisa, Laurie, eds. (2003-12-16). Native American Women (0 ed.). Routledge. pp. 99–100. doi:10.4324/9780203801048. ISBN 978-1-135-95587-8.

• 1921 births
• 2005 deaths
• American women writers
• Cherokee women writers
• Cherokee Nation women writers
• Cherokee Nation writers