D'Arcy McNickle (1904 - 1977)

William D'Arcy McNickle (January 14, 1904 – October 10, 1977), an enrolled Salish Kootenai on the Flathead Indian Reservation, was a writer, Native American activist, college professor and administrator, and anthropologist, of Irish and Cree-Métis descent. His mother had come to Montana with the Métis as a refugee. He was formerly named D'Arcy Dahlberg, before changing to McNickle. He is known also for his novel The Surrounded.