Lewis & Clark College (BA) Gloria Bird (born 1951) is a Native American poet, essayist, teacher and a member of the Spokane Tribe in Washington State.
[2] In her work, Bird’s main priority is to question and diminish harmful stereotypes placed on Native American people.
Bird also wants to spread her poems in a theme of relations about gender, also writing with passion about the idea of Birth, Death and Rebirth.
[13] After graduating from the University of Arizona, Bird worked as a creative writing teacher at her former arts school in New Mexico for five years while being a co-editor for the Wíčazo Ša Review.
[15] Bird is also a founding member of the Northwest Native Writers Association and today is a part time teacher at the Salish Kootenai College and is working for the Spokane tribe.