Geary Hobson (born 1941) is a Cherokee, Quapaw/Chickasaw scholar, editor and writer of fiction and poetry.
[1][2] Hobson, is faculty emeritus at the University of Oklahoma.
He received a lifetime achievement award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas in 2003.
"[4] In his influential essay "The Rise of the White Shaman as a New Version of Cultural Imperialism" (1976), Hobson noted that neo-romantic works by Jeorome Rothenburg, Gary Snyder, and Gene Fowler "prevented others from understanding the works by writers with authentic tribal experiences.
"[4] Hobson also suggested that the use of traditional language by Snyder and Fowler is a form of "naked cultural imperialism.