Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Dunbar-Ortiz in 2010
Born	(1938-09-10) September 10, 1938 (age 85) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Education	San Francisco State University (BA) Mills College (MFA) University of California, Los Angeles (PhD)
Occupations	Historian Activist
Spouse	Simon J. Ortiz (third husband)[1]
Children	1
Writing career
Subject	Feminism Native American rights
Notable works	The Great Sioux Nation (1977) An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (2014) Loaded (2018)
Website	reddirtsite.com

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (born September 10, 1938) is an American historian, writer, professor, and activist based in San Francisco. Born in Texas, she grew up in Oklahoma and is a social justice and feminist activist.^[1] She has written numerous books including Blood on the Border: A Memoir of the Contra Years (2005), Red Dirt: Growing up Okie (1992),^[1] and An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (2014). She is professor emeritus in Ethnic Studies at California State University.^[2]