--- title: "4 Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Quotes - Famous Poet (Wicazo Sa Review)" description: "Elizabeth Cook-Lynn was a Native American editor, essayist, poet, and novelist. She was considered to be outspoken in her views about Native American po..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b052/author-elizabeth-cook-lynn-65451.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b052/author-elizabeth-cook-lynn-65451.jpg) # Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (1930–2023) Poet United States **4** quotes in **47** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Elizabeth Cook-Lynn was a poet from the United States, best known for *Wicazo Sa Review*. ## Quick Facts About Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Born November 17, 1930 Died July 5, 2023 Nationality United States Profession Poet Notable works Wicazo Sa Review ## About Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Elizabeth Cook-Lynn was a Native American editor, essayist, poet, and novelist. She was considered to be outspoken in her views about Native American politics, particularly in regards to tribal sovereignty. ## Quotes by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn > [“The journey through another world, beyond bad dreams beyond the memories of a murdered generation, cartographed in captivity by bare survivors makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-cook-lynn/the-journey-through-another-world-beyond-bad-dreams-beyond-the/) Elizabeth Cook-Lynn [Another world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/another-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8e/elizabeth-cook-lynn-65451_another-world_the-journey-through-another-world-beyond_1175707.png) > [The joke used to be that in every Indian home, there is the mother, father, children, grandparents, and the anthropologist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-cook-lynn/the-joke-used-to-be-that-in-every-indian-home-there-is-the-mother/) Elizabeth Cook-Lynn [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/elizabeth-cook-lynn-65451_anthropologists_the-joke-used-to-be-that-in-every-indian_1720816.png) > [Surrounded and absorbed, we tread like Etruscans on the edge of useless law; we pray to the giver of prayer, we give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-cook-lynn/surrounded-and-absorbed-we-tread-like-etruscans-on-the-edge-of/) Elizabeth Cook-Lynn [Ceremony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ceremony/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/109/elizabeth-cook-lynn-65451_ceremony_surrounded-and-absorbed-we-tread-like-et_2563395.png) > [The journey through another world, beyond bad dreams beyond the memories of a murdered generation, cartographed in captivity by bare survivors makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-cook-lynn/the-journey-through-another-world-beyond-bad-dreams-beyond-the-2/) Elizabeth Cook-Lynn [Another world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/another-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/elizabeth-cook-lynn-65451_another-world_the-journey-through-another-world-beyond_3198030.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-cook-lynn/#itemlist", "name": "Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The journey through another world, beyond bad dreams beyond the memories of a murdered generation, cartographed in captivity by bare survivors makes sacristans of us all. 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