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# Paula Gunn Allen

(1939–2008)   Poet   United States

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Paula Gunn Allen was a poet from the United States, best known for *Spider Woman's Granddaughters*.

## Quick Facts About Paula Gunn Allen

Born October 24, 1939

Died May 29, 2008

Nationality United States

Profession Poet

Notable works Spider Woman's Granddaughters

## About Paula Gunn Allen

Paula Gunn Allen was an American poet, literary critic, activist, professor, and novelist. Of mixed-race European-American, Arab-American, and Native American descent, she identified with her mother's people, the Laguna Pueblo. Gunn Allen wrote numerous essays, stories and poetry with Native American and feminist themes, and two biographies of Native American women. She edited four collections of Native American traditional stories and contemporary writing.

## Awards & Honors

American Book Awards

##  Quotes by Paula Gunn Allen

> [The root of oppression is the loss of memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/the-root-of-oppression-is-the-loss-of-memory/)

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[Loss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/loss/)

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> [In America, law substitutes for custom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/in-america-law-substitutes-for-custom/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/paula-gunn-allen-18956_america_in-america-law-substitutes-for-custom-73_733608.jpg)

> [The shadows cannot speak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/the-shadows-cannot-speak/)

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[Light](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/light/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/paula-gunn-allen-18956_light_the-shadows-cannot-speak-369648_369648.jpg)

> [As long as we avoid the creative, we are condemned to reaction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/as-long-as-we-avoid-the-creative-we-are-condemned-to-reaction/)

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> [I am not especially defined by my sex life, nor complete without it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/i-am-not-especially-defined-by-my-sex-life-nor-complete-without-it/)

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> [Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to forget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/indians-think-it-is-important-to-remember-while-americans-believe-it/)

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> [Human beings need to belong to a tradition and equally need to know about the world in which they find themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/human-beings-need-to-belong-to-a-tradition-and-equally-need-to-know/)

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[Culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture/)

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> [Idealization of a group is a natural consequence of separation from the group; in other words, it is a by-product of alienation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/idealization-of-a-group-is-a-natural-consequence-of-separation-from/)

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[Alienation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alienation/)

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> [... America has amnesia. ... Certainly, there is a passion for memory loss in American thought. ... Americans may be the world champion forgetters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/america-has-amnesia-certainly-there-is-a-passion-for-memory-loss-in/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [America does not seem to remember that it derived its wealth, its values, its food, much of its medicine, and a large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/america-does-not-seem-to-remember-that-it-derived-its-wealth-its/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [True shamans live in a world that is alive with what is to rationalist sight unseen, a world pulsing with intelligence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/true-shamans-live-in-a-world-that-is-alive-with-what-is-to/)

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[Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/)

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> [It's a little-known linguistic curiosity that the name Jehovah or Jaweh is the same name as Eve; Havva, the counterpart name in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/it-s-a-little-known-linguistic-curiosity-that-the-name-jehovah-or/)

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> [An odd thing occurs in the minds of Americans when Indian civilization in mentioned: little or nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/an-odd-thing-occurs-in-the-minds-of-americans-when-indian/)

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[Civilization](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civilization/)

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> [Hoop Dancer is a rendering of my understanding of the process by which one enters into timelessness -- that place where one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/hoop-dancer-is-a-rendering-of-my-understanding-of-the-process-by/)

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[Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dance/)

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> [Healing the self means committing ourselves to a wholehearted willingness to be what and how we are-beings frail and fragile, strong and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/healing-the-self-means-committing-ourselves-to-a-wholehearted/)

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> [The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/the-indians-used-to-be-the-only-inhabitants-of-the-americas-but-times/)

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> [We are the women of daylight; of clocks and steel foundries, of drugstores and streetlights, of superhighways that slice our days in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/we-are-the-women-of-daylight-of-clocks-and-steel-foundries-of/)

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[Clock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clock/)

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> [Breath is life, and the intermingling of breaths is the purpose of good living. This is in essence the great principle on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/breath-is-life-and-the-intermingling-of-breaths-is-the-purpose-of/)

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[Breath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breath/)

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> [My mother told me stories all the time... And in all of those stories she told me who I was, who I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/my-mother-told-me-stories-all-the-time-and-in-all-of-those-stories/)

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> [The hoop dancer dances within what encircles him, demonstrating how the people live in motion within the circling spirals of time and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/the-hoop-dancer-dances-within-what-encircles-him-demonstrating-how/)

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> [Truth, acceptance of the truth, is a shattering experience. It shatters the binding shroud of culture trance. It rips apart smugness, arrogance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/truth-acceptance-of-the-truth-is-a-shattering-experience-it-shatters/)

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[Acceptance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptance/)

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> [What the Indians are saying is that they are recognizing the right of wilderness to be wilderness. Wilderness is not an extension…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/what-the-indians-are-saying-is-that-they-are-recognizing-the-right-of/)

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> [In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/in-the-native-american-tradition-a-man-if-he-s-a-mature-adult/)

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[Adults](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adults/)

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> [There are many female gods recognized and honored by the tribes and Nations. Femaleness was highly valued, both respected and feared, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/there-are-many-female-gods-recognized-and-honored-by-the-tribes-and/)

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[Attitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attitude/)

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> [“You can learn to enjoy your sensuality in each and every moment. Right now, listening to music, let the music vibrate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/you-can-learn-to-enjoy-your-sensuality-in-each-and-every-moment-right/)

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> [English is, from my point of view as an Americanist, an ethnicity. And English literature should be studied in Comparative Literature. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/english-is-from-my-point-of-view-as-an-americanist-an-ethnicity-and/)

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[American literature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-literature/)

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> [Some feminist critics debate whether we take our meaning and sense of self from language and in that process become phallocentric ourselves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/some-feminist-critics-debate-whether-we-take-our-meaning-and-sense-of/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [Humor is widely used by Indians to deal with life. Indian gatherings are marked by laughter and jokes, many directed at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/humor-is-widely-used-by-indians-to-deal-with-life-indian-gatherings/)

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[American indian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/)

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> [Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/snowflakes-leaves-humans-plants-raindrops-stars-molecules-microscopic/)

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[Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/)

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> [In the native world, major gods come in trios, duos, and groups. It is the habit of non-natives to discover the supreme…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/in-the-native-world-major-gods-come-in-trios-duos-and-groups-it-is/)

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[Duos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/duos/)

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> [For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/for-the-american-indian-the-ability-of-all-creatures-to-share-in-the/)

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[Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/)

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> [We are the land. To the best of my understanding, that is the fundamental idea that permeates American Indian life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/we-are-the-land-to-the-best-of-my-understanding-that-is-the/)

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[American indian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/)

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> [Medicine people are truly citizens of two worlds, and those who continue to walk the path of medicine power learn to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/medicine-people-are-truly-citizens-of-two-worlds-and-those-who/)

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[Balance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balance/)

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                        "text": "In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow, he helps raise the kids, and he protects the people. His entire life is toward balance and cooperativeness. The ideal of manhood is the same as the ideal of womanhood. You are autonomous, self-directing, and responsible for the spiritual, social and material life of all those with whom you live.",
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                        "text": "There are many female gods recognized and honored by the tribes and Nations. Femaleness was highly valued, both respected and feared, and all social institutions reflected this attitude. Even modern sayings, such as the Cheyenne statement that a people is not conquered until the hearts of the women are on the ground, express the Indians understanding that without the power of woman the people will not live, but with it, they will endure and prosper.",
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                        "text": "“You can learn to enjoy your sensuality in each and every moment. Right now, listening to music, let the music vibrate the pores of your skin. Washing dishes, let the suds bathe your hands. Walking the dog, learn to enjoy being pulled. Every day there are hundreds of things you can enjoy. You can enjoy the leisureliness of a stroll, or the sweat of jogging, or the tang of a breeze. Every moment can be an experience that lets you grow in sensuality. Right now you can feel this paper, this book, this space, the sounds around you, even your own breathing. Being open to all that and with all that will gradually turn you on to life more and more.”",
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                        "text": "Humor is widely used by Indians to deal with life. Indian gatherings are marked by laughter and jokes, many directed at the horrors of history, at the continuing impact of colonization, and at the biting knowledge that living as an exile in one's own land necessitates. . . . Certainly the time frame we presently inhabit has much that is shabby and tricky to offer; and much that needs to be treated with laughter and ironic humor.",
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