S. Alice Callahan (1868–1894), an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) tribe, was the first woman of American Indian descent to publish a novel in the United States. She was als...view moreS. Alice Callahan (1868–1894), an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) tribe, was the first woman of American Indian descent to publish a novel in the United States. She was also the first novelist to publish in Oklahoma, then known as Indian Territory.view less