Sat-Okh

Sat-Okh (c. 1920 – July 3, 2003), also known as Stanisław Supłatowicz, was a soldier in the Polish Resistance during World War II. Later he published several autobiographical novels for children. He was a Polish-Shawnee and to have grown up in Canada among Native Americans.

Early life and education

Stanisław Supłatowicz, or Sat-Okh was a son of a Polish mother and Shawnee father, born in Canada and reared among his father's people in his early years due to the outbreak of the World War II.

Military career

After escaping from the Gestapo, he joined the Polish resistance movement during the German occupation. After the war, he enlisted in the Polish Navy, where he served for six years.

Literary career

Under the pen name of Sat Okh, he published several autobiographical novels for children in Polish. He was half-Polish half-Shawnee, born in Canada to a Polish mother and a Native American father. The books, which describe a boy's childhood and coming of age among the Native Americans, were very popular among Polish and Soviet children. Some writers contend they are an elaborate fabrication. He published his books from 1958 to 2001.

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 schodjatsja (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

• Grey Owl
• The Education of Little Tree

References

• 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

External links

• "Sat-Okh Museum in Poland"
• "Sat Okh"
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• A docummentary and an interview about life of Sat-Okh
• Story of Sat-Okh's family (Polish)
• An internet research on life of Sat-Okh
• Literary heritage of Sat-Okh
• Biography of Sat-Okh