![]() ![]() It was there that he studied under the poet Richard Hugo,who told him that "his poetry needed roots, so he should write what he knew about. Eventually, Welch began a master of fine arts degree program at the University of Montana. Post high school he worked as a firefighter for the U.S Forest Service, as a laborer and as an Upward Bound counselor. In 1958, James Welch graduated from Washburn High School in Minneapolis. Because Welch was raised in an American Indian setting, the traditions and religion, specifically from the Blackfoot history, were the sources of his writing. As a child, Welch attended schools on the Blackfeet and Fort Belknap reservations. Both also had Irish ancestry but had grown up within Native American cultures. (JMay 23, 2006), a welder and rancher, was a member of the Blackfeet tribe and his mother, Rosella Marie (née O'Bryan) Welch (DecemJuly 3, 2003), a stenographer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, was a member of the Gros Ventre (A'aninin). James Welch was born in Browning, Montana on November 18, 1940. ![]()
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