Velma Wallis

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| birth_place = Near Fort Yukon, Alaska

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| occupation = Novelist

| known_for = Author of Two Old Women

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Velma May Wallis (born 1960) is an American writer of Gwich'in Athabascan Indian descent. Her books have been translated into 17 languages.[http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A350 Velma Wallis on Native American Authors]. Ipl.org. Retrieved on 2012-02-20.

Early life

Wallis was born and raised in a remote Alaskan village near Fort Yukon, approximately {{convert|200|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Fairbanks. This location could be accessed only by riverboat, airplane, snowmobile or dogsled.{{Cite web |url=https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/166350/Wallis%2c%20Velma.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |title=Voices from the Gaps: Velma Wallis |publisher=University of Minnesota |year=2009 |access-date=2023-02-03}}

Personal life

Wallis, who has three daughters and a son, now divides her time between Fairbanks and Fort Yukon.

Awards

2003 American Book Award, for Raising Ourselves: A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River
1993 Western States Book Award

Bibliography

Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend Of Betrayal, Courage And Survival. Epicenter Press. 1993. {{ISBN|978-0-7043-4424-2}}.
Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun. Epicenter Press. 1996. {{ISBN|978-0-945397-34-2}}.
{{cite book| title=Raising Ourselves: A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i42I2JahRGcC&pg=PP1| publisher=Epicenter Press| year= 2003| isbn= 978-0-9724944-7-2 }}