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'''Sat-Okh''' (c. 1920 – July 3, 2003), also known as '''Stanisław Supłatowicz''', was a soldier in the [[Polish resistance movement in World War II|Polish Resistance]] during [[World War II]] and a celebrated children's author. He claimed to be Polish-[[Shawnee]] and to have grown up in Canada among [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]] and was an important figure in the Polish "indianist" movement.
'''Sat-Okh''' (c. 1920 – July 3, 2003), also known as '''Stanisław Supłatowicz,''' was a soldier in the [[Polish resistance movement in World War II|Polish Resistance]] during [[World War II]]. He later was known as a celebrated children's author. He claimed to be Polish-[[Shawnee]] and to have grown up in Canada among [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|First Nations]] people. He was an important figure in the Polish "indianist" movement.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Stanisław Supłatowicz claimed to be a son of a Polish mother and Shawnee father, born in Canada and reared among his father's people.<ref>http://www.iwoman.pl/podroze/piata-strona/czolnem;przeplynela;ciesnine;beringa;od;smierci;w;tajdze;uratowal;ja;wysoki;orzel;joanna;lamparska;odkrywa;najbardziej;romantyczna;historie;swiata,12,0,1312780.html</ref> In late 1930's Sat-Okh and his mother moved to [[Poland]]. Because Supłatowicz, as a Native American, did not have a Canadian citizenship, he had to create a birth certificate to gain the Polish one. In order to do it his mother changed some of his data to hide his Native American origin.
Stanisław Supłatowicz claimed to be a son of a Polish mother and Shawnee father, born in Canada and reared among his father's people.<ref>[http://www.iwoman.pl/podroze/piata-strona/czolnem;przeplynela;ciesnine;beringa;od;smierci;w;tajdze;uratowal;ja;wysoki;orzel;joanna;lamparska;odkrywa;najbardziej;romantyczna;historie;swiata,12,0,1312780.html]</ref> In the late 1930's Sat-Okh and his mother moved to [[Poland]]. Because Supłatowicz, as a Native American, did not have a Canadian citizenship, he had to create a birth certificate to gain the Polish one. In order to do it, his mother changed some of his data to hide his Native American ancestry.


==Military career==
==Military career==
Stanisław Supłatowicz joined the Polish resistance movement during the German occupation. He was arrested by [[Gestapo]] in 1940 and deported to [[Auschwitz-Birkenau]], but he escaped from the train transport to the [[death camp|camp]]. Then Sat-Okh joined the [[Home Army]], where he gained a nickname ''Kozak'' because of his bravery and fighting style based on making traps. During [[World War II]] Supłatowicz earned several medals, including the [[Cross of Valour (Poland)|Cross of Valour]]. After the war he was arrested and imprisoned by [[communism in Poland|communist regime]] for his affiliation to the Home Army. After his release Sat-Okh enlisted in the Polish Navy, where he served for six years.
Supłatowicz joined the Polish resistance movement during the German occupation. He was arrested by [[Gestapo]] in 1940 and deported to [[Auschwitz-Birkenau]], but he escaped from the train transport to the [[death camp|camp]].
Sat-Okh joined the [[Home Army]], where he gained a nickname ''Kozak'' because of his bravery and fighting style based on making traps. During [[World War II]] Supłatowicz earned several medals, including the [[Cross of Valour (Poland)|Cross of Valour]]. After the war he was arrested and imprisoned by the [[communism in Poland|communist regime]] for his participation in the Home Army. After his release, Sat-Okh enlisted in the Polish Navy, where he served for six years.


==Literary career==
==Literary career==
Under the name Sat Okh, Stanisław Supłatowicz published several autobiographical novels for children in Polish, which were translated into several European languages. The books describe a boy's childhood and coming of age among the Native American tribe in the Northwest Territories in the 1930s, but contain many descriptions of Native American life and customs more appropriate to an earlier time and other geographical locations.
Under the name Sat Okh, Stanisław Supłatowicz published several autobiographical novels for children in Polish. They were translated into several European languages. The books describe a boy's childhood and coming of age among the Shawnee in the [[Northwest Territories]] in the 1930s. Critics and reviewers of his work have noted that many of his descriptions are of First Nations life and customs associated with an earlier time period and with peoples of other geographical locations.


Sat Okh died in [[Gdańsk]] on July 3, 2003.
Sat Okh died in [[Gdańsk]] on July 3, 2003.
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== References ==
== References ==
*[http://www.susannaleaassociates.com/livre.aspx?id=255#haut Like A Hero Going Home, Sat Okh A novel based on the true story of Sat Okh, the Shawnee of Black River], Stephen Glantz, Susanna Lea Associates.
*[http://www.susannaleaassociates.com/livre.aspx?id=255#haut Stephen Glantz, ''Like A Hero Going Home, Sat Okh.'' This is a novel based on the true story of Sat Okh, the Shawnee of Black River, Susanna Lea Associates.


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.sat-okh.art.pl/ "Sat Okh"]
*[http://www.sat-okh.art.pl/ "Sat Okh"]
*{{Worldcat id|lccn-no2006-117979}}
*{{Worldcat id|lccn-no2006-117979}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zISE8awsaV4 A docummentary and an interview about life of Sat-Okh]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zISE8awsaV4 A documentary and an interview about the life of Sat-Okh]
*[http://www.iwoman.pl/podroze/piata-strona/czolnem;przeplynela;ciesnine;beringa;od;smierci;w;tajdze;uratowal;ja;wysoki;orzel;joanna;lamparska;odkrywa;najbardziej;romantyczna;historie;swiata,12,0,1312780.html Story of Sat-Okh's family (Polish)]
*[http://www.iwoman.pl/podroze/piata-strona/czolnem;przeplynela;ciesnine;beringa;od;smierci;w;tajdze;uratowal;ja;wysoki;orzel;joanna;lamparska;odkrywa;najbardziej;romantyczna;historie;swiata,12,0,1312780.html Story of Sat-Okh's family (Polish)]
*[http://krolik-ja.livejournal.com/7841.html An internet research on life of Sat-Okh]
*[http://krolik-ja.livejournal.com/7841.html An internet research on life of Sat-Okh]

Revision as of 21:17, 18 December 2016

Sat-Okh (c. 1920 – July 3, 2003), also known as Stanisław Supłatowicz, was a soldier in the Polish Resistance during World War II. He later was known as a celebrated children's author. He claimed to be Polish-Shawnee and to have grown up in Canada among First Nations people. He was an important figure in the Polish "indianist" movement.

Early life

Stanisław Supłatowicz claimed to be a son of a Polish mother and Shawnee father, born in Canada and reared among his father's people.[1] In the late 1930's Sat-Okh and his mother moved to Poland. Because Supłatowicz, as a Native American, did not have a Canadian citizenship, he had to create a birth certificate to gain the Polish one. In order to do it, his mother changed some of his data to hide his Native American ancestry.

Military career

Supłatowicz joined the Polish resistance movement during the German occupation. He was arrested by Gestapo in 1940 and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, but he escaped from the train transport to the camp.

Sat-Okh joined the Home Army, where he gained a nickname Kozak because of his bravery and fighting style based on making traps. During World War II Supłatowicz earned several medals, including the Cross of Valour. After the war he was arrested and imprisoned by the communist regime for his participation in the Home Army. After his release, Sat-Okh enlisted in the Polish Navy, where he served for six years.

Literary career

Under the name Sat Okh, Stanisław Supłatowicz published several autobiographical novels for children in Polish. They were translated into several European languages. The books describe a boy's childhood and coming of age among the Shawnee in the Northwest Territories in the 1930s. Critics and reviewers of his work have noted that many of his descriptions are of First Nations life and customs associated with an earlier time period and with peoples of other geographical locations.

Sat Okh died in Gdańsk on July 3, 2003.

Works

  • Ziemia słonych skał (The Land of Salt Rocks) (1958)
  • Biały mustang (White Mustang) (1959)
  • Dorogi skhodyat'sya (Roads Merge) (in Russian with Antonina Rasulova) (1973)
  • Powstanie człowieka (The Emergence of Man) (1981)
  • Fort nad Athabaską (Fort over Athabaska) (with Yackta-Oya) (1985)
  • Głos prerii (Sounds of the Prairie) (1990)
  • Tajemnica Rzeki Bobrów (The Mystery of Beaver River) (1996)
  • Serce Chippewaya (Chippewa's Heart) (1999)
  • Walczący Lenapa (Fighting Lenapa) (2001)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ [1]

References