6/29/2023 0 Comments Leslie silko books![]() ![]() As her literary career blossomed, Silko dropped out to focus on her writing. After college, Silko taught creative writing courses at the University of New Mexico before enrolling in their American Indian law program. After high school, Silko enrolled at the University of New Mexico, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English. ![]() Through the fourth grade, she attended a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) school, only to later commute to Manzano Day School, a Catholic private school in Albuquerque. Although Silko enjoys one-fourth Pueblo ancestry, she also shares Mexican ancestry Silko did not live on the Laguna Pueblo reservation, and Silko was not allowed to participate in many Pueblo rituals. Silko describes a lively childhood spent outdoors, one which included riding horses and hunting deer. Leslie Marmon Silko was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but raised in the outskirts of Old Laguna, a Pueblo village. CC BY-SA 2.0 Leslie Marmon Silko (1948 – ) ![]()
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