Native American Authors

Narcissa Owen, 1831-1907

Cherokee

Narcissa Owen was of mixed Cherokee and Scots-Irish descent and the daughter of the last Chief of the Old Settlers. She married a white railroad executive and was the mother of the first Native American U.S. Senator, Robert L. Owen, Jr. She was also an accomplished artist.

Books by Narcissa Owen:

Owen, Narcissa. A Cherokee Woman’s America: Memoirs of Narcissa Owen, 1831-1907
Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, 2005.
Genre: Autobiography
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-8130-2866-8

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