Oscar Hokeah

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Oscar Hokeah (born 25 December 1975) is a Native American writer, best known for his debut novel Calling for a Blanket Dance (2022) that won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and was an Aspen Words Literary Prize finalist in 2023. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma and the Institute of American Indian Arts, he is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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