James Welsh: Father Of The Native American Renaissance Movement

James Welsh (November 18, 1940 – August 4, 2003) was an award winning Native American writer and founding father of the Native American Renaissance movement, a literary movement for Native American authors. Within the movement, Welch is notable for his works Winter in the Blood (1974) and Fools Crow (1986)

James Welch was born in Browning, Montana on Indian territory on November 18, 1940. For the majority of his early life, Welch lived and studied within Native American cultures. Welch was very familiar with the ways of the Native Americans. His father was a member of the Blackfeet tribe and his mother belonged to the Gros Ventre tribe, Welch lived the majority of his early life in his hometown and later attended the University of Montana