Gordon Henry (born 1955) is an enrolled member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe of Minnesota, and was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his PhD in Literature from the University of North Dakota and is currently a professor of English at Michigan State University.
Henry's first novel, The Light People (1994), explores Chippewa life and culture and the style takes some of its elements from the Chippewa style of oral story telling. He co-authored the textbook "Ojibwa" (North American Indians Today),Mason Crest Publishers (December 2003), and has recently released a book of poetry, "The Failure of Certain Charms", (Earthworks). Gordon has also published a wide array of short stories and poems in various journals and anthologies.
Secondary References: Maceda, Maria Theresa Gilbert. "Nuevas Tendencias De La Literatura Indian de Norte Americana: Entrevista A Gordon Henry, Escritor Anishinabe." A Distancia:Revista de la Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia. Primavera. Madrid, Spain. (1995). xxxiv - xxxviii.
Arce, Mario Luce. "Henry: Los Nativos Americanos No Quieran Cargado con Imagenes del Pasado." La Nueva España de Asturias (Cultura). 27 de Mayo de 1995. Oviedo, España
Blaeser, Kimberly M. "The New "Frontier" of Native American Literature: Dis-Arming History with Tribal Humor." Native American Perspectives on Literature and History. Ed. Alan R. Velie. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. 37 -50.
Stirrup, David. 'Narrative Community, Community Narrative: (Anti) Academic Discourse in Gordon Henry's The Light People.' Genre (39:1/2 2006).
(See also, Contemporary Authors Detroit: Gale Research, 1995.)