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Name

Maurice Kenny

Heritage

Mohawk

Seneca

Irish

Gender

male

Dates

Lifespan

1929-2016

Date Note

birth date August 16, 1929; death date April 16, 2016

Birthplace

Watertown

New York

Specialty / Medium

writing

poetry

writing (play)

editing (print)

teaching

artistic collaboration

External Remarks

Artist's file in Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum.

"Maurice Frank Kenny (August 16, 1929 – April 16, 2016) was a poet with strong ties to the Mohawk people ... Maurice Kenny was born on August 16, 1929 in Cape Vincent, New York. His father was of Mohawk and Irish heritage,[1] from Canada, and his mother, who was born in Upstate New York, was part Scottish and part Seneca"--Wikipedia contributors, "Maurice Kenny," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice_Kenny&oldid=866258222 (accessed January 20, 2019).

Artist’s physical folder is filed alphabetically in the Native American Artists Resource Collection under the following name:

Kenny, Maurice

Publications

Found 8 record(s)

Citation	Pages	Publication Date	Artist Citation Notes	Website
Fear-Segal, Jacqueline and Susan D. Rose (editors). Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Indigenous Histories, Memories, and Reclamations. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. 2016.	379+	2016	Contributors include Mark C. Aldrich, Christopher J. Bilodeau, John Bloom, Paul Brawdy, Daniel Castro Romero, Jr., Jacqueline Fear-Segal, Anne-Claire Fisher, Charles Fox, Peter Jemison, Eduardo Jordá, Maurice Kenny, Barbara Landis, N. Scott Momaday, Sharon O'Brien, Warren Petoskey, Carolyn Rittenhouse, Susan D. Rose, Margo Tamez, Dovie Thomason, Carolyn Tolman, Malinda Triller Doran, and Louellyn White. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Kenny, Maurice. "25 Years". Talking Stick (Amerinda), vol. 15, issue 1 (January/February/March 2012). 2012.	4	2012	25 Years is the distinctive title for vol. 15, issue 1 (January/February/March 2012) of Talking Stick Native Arts Quarterly; includes numerous testimonials by various artists. Artist portrait accompanies each testimonial.
Kenny, Maurice. "Adowe: We Return Thanks". In: Hobson, Geary (editor). The Remembered Earth: an Anthology of Contemporary Native American Literature. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press. 1981 .	13-16	1981	Biographical sketch for Maurice Kenny found on p. 413 of host volume. \| Includes bibliographical references.
Kenny, Maurice. "Photograph: 'Carlisle Poem -- Who Is This Boy?'". In: Fear-Segal, Jacqueline and Susan D. Rose (editors). Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Indigenous Histories, Memories, and Reclamations , 2016. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. 2016.	83-87	2016
Kenny, Maurice. "Preface: Paula Gunn Allen as I Knew Her". Sellers, Stephanie A. and Menoukha R. Case (editors). Weaving the Legacy: Remembering Paula Gunn Allen. Albuquerque, New Mexico: West End Press. 2017.	3-13	2017
Kenny, Maurice. "The Presence of Ghosts". In: Fear-Segal, Jacqueline and Susan D. Rose (editors). Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Indigenous Histories, Memories, and Reclamations , 2016. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. 2016.	337-340	2016
Kenny, Maurice. "Waste". In: Fear-Segal, Jacqueline and Susan D. Rose (editors). Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Indigenous Histories, Memories, and Reclamations , 2016. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. 2016.	139-141	2016	Poem
Wikipedia contributors. "Maurice Kenny". In: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (host URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/) at source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Kenny. 2006.		2006	Current entry on Maurice Kenny in Wikipedia (viewed January 19, 2019); webpage created June 29, 2006, and revised and updated irregularly.	View

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