John Joseph Mathews

John Joseph Mathews

John Joseph Mathews (c. 1894-1979) was a World War I veteran who became one of the Osage Nation's most important spokespeople and writers. He studied at the University of Oklahoma and Oxford and served as a flight instructor during World War I.

Matthews' first book was "Wa'kon-tah: The Osage and The White Man's Road" (1929), which was a Book-of-the-Month Club bestseller.

His most famous work is "Sundown" (1934), his only novel. It is a semi-autobiographicial novel about a young Osage, Challenge "Chal" Windzer. After leaving home to study at the University of Oklahoma and having served in the military, Chal no longer feels at home when he returns to his tribal community. The novel portrays Chal's feelings of alienation and hopelessness as his life takes a downward turn. The novel is set against the backdrop of the oil boom that took place in on Osage land in Oklahoma in the 1900s and 1910s, and depicts the frictions within the tribal community which resulted from this bonanza.

References

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20051127052544/http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/pa/naihm9.htm "John Joseph Mathews - National American Indian Heritage Month", URL accessed 06/01/06]
* [http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A48 Native American Authors Project] at the "Internet Public Library" (accessed 6 March 2008)
* [http://www.fredrickboling.com/mathews.html Tribute to John Joseph Mathews: Osage Writer] by Fredrick W. Boling, first published in "Western Writers of America ROUNDUP Magazine" (accessed 6 March 2008)
* [http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literary-criticism/mathews-john-joseph Biography] at Enotes.com (accessed 6 March 2008)
* [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/M/MA037.html John Joseph Mathews] at Oklahoma Historical Society's "Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture" (accessed 6 March 2008)


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