![]() ![]() Despite her keen awareness of the equivocal position of mixed-bloods in Laguna society, she considers herself Laguna. Silko, despite her pain, was able to overcome the lack of acceptance and identify with the Laguna culture. It meant being different from, and not fully accepted by either the full blooded Native Americans or white people. Silko reveals that living in Laguna society as a mixed blood from a prominent family caused her a lot of pain. She later taught creative writing and a course in oral tradition for the English department at the university. In 1969 she received a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of New Mexico. ![]() She attended a Catholic school in Albuquerque, commuting from Laguna. Silko grew up at the Pueblo of Laguna, located in west central New Mexico. She has a mix of Laguna Pueblo, Mexican, and white ancestry. ![]() Leslie Marmon Silko, an accomplished Native American writer, was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1948. ![]()
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