Sundown (novel)

Sundown
Cover of paperback edition; painting by Mars Biggoose
AuthorJohn Joseph Mathews
Cover artistMars Biggoose
LanguageEnglish
Set in1880s–1920s
Published1934 (1st ed.) & 1988 (Paperback ed.)
PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co. (1934) University of Oklahoma Press (1988)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeNovel

Sundown is a 1934 novel by the Osage writer John Joseph Mathews. Set in the Osage Nation and Osage County, Oklahoma, the novel follows the life of a "mixed blood" Osage boy named Challenge Windzer as he navigates the conflicts between Osage traditionalism and assimilationism during the early 20th century.