Carter Curtis Revard is an American poet, scholar, and writer. He is of European American and Osage descent, and grew up on the tribal reservation in Oklahoma. He is also known by his Osage name, Nompehwahthe, given to him by his paternal grandmother. Her earned a PhD in English at Yale University in 1959. He first aught at Amherst College, and moved to Washington University in St. Louis in 1961, where he spend the rest of his academic career, specializing in medieval British literature and linguistics.