Bright Eyes: The Story of Susette La Flesche, an Omaha Indian.
por Wilson, Dorothy Clarke
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Dade City, Florida, United States
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1974]. First Edition. Octavo, (hardcover), brown & gold faux leather, gilt letters, uncut, 396 pp. Near-Fine, with light foxing, in a Very Good dust jacket with edgewear. ‘Her name in the Omaha language was Inshta Theamba, Bright Eyes, but she was also Susette La Flesche, daughter of a French-Indian who in the mid-1800s became the last head chief of the Omahas...[When her own trible was threatened by exile to Indian territory], With her borther Francis, a Ponca named Standing Bear, and the fiery reformer Thomas Tibbles, she came East to seek justice for the Indians. Shy, terrified, yet amazingly eloquent, she addressed vast audiences in the major Eastern citites, testified before Senate committees, and was feted in the White House...In a day when woman--much less one of a minority race -- had no political rights or privileges, she challenged a powerful area of government bureaucracy--and won...Later, the wife of Thomas Tibbles, she lectured in England, fought for Indian citizenship, and was at Wounded Knee during the massacre of 1890...’
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- Livreiro
- Lighthousebooks, ABAA
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- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 4686s
- Título
- Bright Eyes: The Story of Susette La Flesche, an Omaha Indian.
- Autor
- Wilson, Dorothy Clarke
- Estado do livro
- Usado
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- Capa dura
- Editorial
- McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1974].
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- [1974]
- Palavras-chave
- Native American, Omaha People, American Indian, American History, United States History, Women Studies, Ponca, Omahas, Early American Politics.
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Dade City, Florida
Sobre Lighthousebooks, ABAA
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