Jaime de Angulo (1887–1950) was a linguist, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, novelist, and poet. Born in France of Spanish parents, he came to the US in 1905 and worked odd jobs, including as a cowboy, before pursuing medical studies. Beginning in 1914, he spent time with California’s Pit River Tribe. A gifted linguist, de Angulo learned several Native American languages and, in the 1920s, affiliated with the anthropology department of the University of California, Berkeley. In the late 1920s, he began turning his attention to more literary writing. De Angulo’s many books include The Lariat, Indians in Overalls, Indian Tales, Jaime in Taos: The Taos Papers of Jaime de Angulo, and Home Among the Swinging Stars: Collected Poems of Jaime de Angulo.