Tim Tingle

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Tim Tingle is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma an author and storyteller of twenty books. [1]

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Early life

Tingle was raised on the Gulf Coast outside of Houston, Texas. [2] He is an Oklahoma Choctaw. His great-great grandfather, John Carnes, walked the Trail of Tears in 1835, and his paternal grandmother attended Native American boarding schools in the early 1900s. In order to preserve the legacy of the Choctaw culture, Tim's family shared stories of their heritage and the struggles that Native Americans face.

Education

Tingle received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas, and he received his master's degree in English Literature (with a focus in Native American Studies) from the University of Oklahoma in 2003. [3]

Career

Tingle is a featured storyteller at festivals across the nation, after getting his start telling stories when he visited the school his son attended. He frequently performs at the Texas Storytelling Festival, most recently in March, 2018. [4] In 2002, he was featured at the National Storytelling Festival. [5] In June 2011, Tim spoke at the Library of Congress. In 2014, Tim was featured author and speaker at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Tingle has also travelled to Germany to complete over ten speaking tours on behalf of the US Department of Defense, teaching children and military personnel about his experience as a Choctaw Native American. Tingle was a speaker at the Native American wing of the Smithsonian Institution in 2006 and 2007. [6]

Tingle's first book, Walking the Choctaw Road, was recognized by Storytelling World Magazine as the Best Anthology of 2003. [7] He has won awards for many of his other books for youth. Flying Lessons, the anthology of stories edited by Ellen Oh for the "We Need Diverse Books" movement includes a piece by Tingle. [8]

Selected works

Anthologies and short stories

Standalone stories

Blackgoat series

No Name series

Honors and awards

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  2. ↑ "TeachingBooks | Author & Book Resources to Support Reading Education".
  3. ↑ "Tingle's Bio".
  4. ↑ Gonzalez, Camila (8 March 2018). "33rd Texas Storytelling Festival unites speakers and listeners with words". North Texas Daily. University of North Texas. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Cinco Puntos Press". www.cincopuntos.com. Archived from the original on 2006-12-07.
  6. ↑ "Error | Kennedy Center".
  7. ↑ "Tim Tingle – the Historical Perspective of Native American Storytelling. « the Art of Storytelling Show".
  8. ↑ Schoenberg, Nara (4 January 2017). "We need diverse books: How social media gave wings to a grassroots literary movement". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  9. ↑ Kerstetter, Todd (2008). "Review of Walking the Choctaw Road: Stories from Red People Memory". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 112 (2): 219. doi:10.1353/swh.2008.0105. JSTOR   30239631. S2CID   144618837.
  10. ↑ "Walking the Choctaw Road". Kirkus Reviews. 1 June 2003.
  11. ↑ "Saltypie". Kirkus Reviews. 15 April 2010.
  12. ↑ "When Turtle Grew Feathers". Kirkus Reviews. 15 May 2007.
  13. ↑ "House of Purple Cedar". Kirkus Reviews. 1 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "How I Became a Ghost". Kirkus Reviews. 15 June 2013.
  15. ↑ "When a Ghost Talks, Listen". Kirkus Reviews. 1 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "Stone River Crossing". Kirkus Reviews. 1 April 2019.
  17. ↑ "Danny Blackgoat, Navajo Prisoner". Kirkus Reviews. 15 June 2013.
  18. ↑ "Danny Blackgoat, Rugged Road to Freedom". Kirkus Reviews. 1 April 2014.
  19. ↑ "No Name". Kirkus Reviews. 15 September 2014.
  20. ↑ "No More No Name". Kirkus Reviews. 1 July 2017.
  21. ↑ "A Name Earned". Kirkus Reviews. 1 January 2018.
  22. ↑ "Trust Your Name". Kirkus Reviews. 20 August 2018.
  23. ↑ "Name Your Mountain". Kirkus Reviews. 15 October 2020.
  24. ↑ "Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive".
  25. ↑ "Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom | Awards & Grants". ALA American Library Association. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  26. ↑ "Awards for Tim Tingle".
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