Louise Abeita
Louise Abeita Chewiwi (E-Yeh-Shure or Blue Corn) (September 9, 1926 – July 21, 2014), was a Puebloan writer, poet, and educator, who was an enrolled member of Isleta Pueblo. Early life
Louise Abeita was born and raised at Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico , USA. Her father, Diego Abeita, was active in tribal government. Her mother, Lottie Gunn Abeita, was from Laguna Pueblo.==

I am a Pueblo Indian Girl  
To his daughter's poems, Diego brought together artists from Navajo people Navajo, Apache and Pueblo communities to print a book based on them. This group formed the National Gallery of the American Indian )NGAI), and published Abeita's illustrated book. She was 13 years old at the time. I am a Pueblo Indian Girl (1939) has been described as the "first truly Indian book" by historians Gretchen Bataille and Laurie Lisa. The book depicts the life of Abeita through prose and poetry. Themes throughout the book touch on Pueblo traditions, with illustrations by artists from NGAI complimenting her writing. This book is considered to be the first effort in the Pueblo community to document their own art and culture for non-Native viewers. She appeared in the 1940 film short Fashion Horizons, showing her book to Hollywood stars. See also 

List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
Native American Studies

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1926 births
2014 deaths
20th-century American poets
20th-century American women writers
American women poets
Native American poets
Native American women writers
People from Pueblo of Isleta
American people of Laguna Pueblo descent
Writers from New Mexico
20th-century Native American writers
20th-century Native American women
20th-century American women
21st-century Native American women
21st-century Native American writers
Pueblo of Isleta people