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Our next reader is
Mariah Shield Chief.

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She is Skidi-Pawnee
and Tohono O'odham.

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She is--

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O'odham.

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She is currently living and
working in Tucson, Arizona.

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She's a single mother,
who at the time

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of her writing for
this book was raising

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a fast-growing 14-year-old son.

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How old is he now?

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20, almost.

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Ah.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Mariah's close to
completing first novel

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while continuing to create a
new and variant piece of poetry.

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Please welcome
Mariah Shield Chief.

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[APPLAUSE]

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