Carter Curtis Revard was an American poet, scholar, and writer.
20 Facts About Carter Revard
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Carter Revard was of European American and Osage descent, and grew up on the tribal reservation in Oklahoma.
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Carter Revard had his early education in a one-room schoolhouse, before winning a Quiz Bowl scholarship for college, subsequently attending University of Tulsa for his BA.
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Since 1980, Carter Revard had become notable as a Native American poet and writer, and published several books, as well as numerous articles about the literature.
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However, Carter Revard was never enrolled as a citizen in a federally recognized tribe.
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Carter Revard was born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, a town within the Osage Nation on March 25,1931.
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Carter Revard's mother was Thelma Louise Camp, a white woman, and his biological father was McGuire Revard, who was Osage.
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Carter Revard was raised by his mother and his fullblood Osage stepfather Addison Jump.
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Carter Revard grew up on Buck Creek Valley about 20 miles east of Pawhuska, where he and his twin sister were among seven siblings.
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Carter Revard learned some Osage and Ponca, which are related languages.
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Carter Revard was mentored by Professor Franklin Eikenberry, who supported him in applying for a Rhodes Scholarship for study at Oxford University, where Revard matriculated at Merton College in 1952, taking a second class English BA degree in 1954.
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Carter Revard earned a PhD in English at Yale University in 1959.
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Carter Revard developed classes in language development for study by high school teachers.
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Carter Revard published scholarly work in the field of linguistics on the transition between Middle English and later forms of the language.
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Carter Revard gave a paper on this work to the New York Academy of Science, which had a "section on lexicography and with the special section on computers", and later published these.
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Carter Revard has been a visiting professor at the universities of Tulsa and Oklahoma.
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Carter Revard was married to Stella, a scholar of Milton.
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Carter Revard died at his residence in University City on January 3,2022, at the age of 90.
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Carter Revard was a member of the Modern Language Association, the Association for Studies in American Indian Literature, the River Styx Literary Organization, the Association of American Rhodes Scholars, the University of Tulsa Board of Visitors, the St Louis Gourd Dancers and Phi Beta Kappa.
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Carter Revard served the American Indian Center of St Louis as board member, Secretary and President.