Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948) is an Okanagan Canadian author, educator, artist, and activist. She was born and grew up on the Penticton Indian reserve in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. Armstrong has lived on the Penticton Indian Reserve for most of her life and has raised her two children there.
Armstrong’s 1985 work Slash is considered the first novel by a Native woman in Canada. Armstrong is the grandniece of Mourning Dove, who is regarded as one of the earliest Native American woman novelists for her 1927 work Cogewea, the Half-Blood.
Armstrong is best known for her involvement with the En’owkin Centre, writing, and perspectives on subjects such as creativity, education, ecology, and Indigenous rights.
Read more about Jeannette Armstrong: Early Life and Education, Armstrong As Educator, Armstrong As Author, Armstrong As Artist, Armstrong As Activist, Criticism and Influence, Awards and Honours, Recordings, Interviews, Selected Criticism of Armstrong’s Literary Work
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