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Essie's story : the life and legacy of a Shoshone teacher
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Biography of Esther Burnett Horne, a teacher in Indian boarding schools.
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- Creator
- Esther Burnett Horne and Sally McBeth
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- English
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- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1998
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- xlii, 215 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table, map, portraits ; 24 cm
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- 0803223862, 9780803223868, 080327324X, 9780803273245
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- ocm38120545
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index.
- Introduction: Methodological and cultural concerns of collecting and coauthoring a life history / Sally McBeth -- My relationship to Sacajawea -- Early life at home, 1909-1922 -- Life in Wyoming and at the Haskell Indian Institute, 1923-1929 -- The move to Eufaula, Oklahoma, and marriage, 1929-1930 -- The Wahpeton years, 1930s-1950s -- Events of the 1950s and 1960s -- Retirement and the 1960s through 1990s -- Retrospective -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: The editing process: examples of transition from spoken word to written text -- Appendix B: Awards, honors, and publications of Esther Burnett Horne -- Appendix C: Memories of Sacajawea by Esther Burnett Horne