LaFlesche Family papers [RG2026.AM]
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Picotte, Susan LaFlesche, 1865-1915
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Susan LaFlesche Picotte was an Omaha physician and public health reformer. She is recognized as the first Native American to earn a medical degree. She was born on June 17, 1865, on the Omaha Reservation (now located mostly in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri River, with some areas in western Iowa, U.S.). Her parents were Joseph La Flesche (Iron Eye), chief of the Omaha, and Mary Gale (One Woman), daughter of an Iowa woman and a white man. She had several older siblings, including author and ac...
Tibbles, Susette La Flesche, 1854-1903
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Susette La Flesche Tibbles was an Omaha author, lecturer, and advocate for Native American rights. She was also known as Bright Eyes, the English translation of her Omaha name, which has been variously transliterated as Inshta Theamba, Inshta Theumba, and Inshata Theumba. She was born in 1854 on Omaha lands. (The Omaha Reservation is now located mostly in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri River, with some areas in western Iowa, U.S.) Her parents were Joseph La Flesche (Iron Eye), chief of the Om...
La Flesche (Family : Omaha Reservation, Nebraska)
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The La Flesche family is descended from Joseph La Flesche (Iron Eye), last recognized chief of the Omaha Indians, who was born early in the nineteenth century. The La Flesches, intelligent and well-educated, fought for the interests of their tribe while they helped its individual members make new lives. The sisters Susette, Susan, and Rosalie and their half-brother, Francis, are particularly noteworthy....
