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3 unusual facts about Francis La Flesche


Francis La Flesche

In 1879, Judge Elmer Dundy of the US District Court made a landmark civil rights decision affirming the rights of American Indians as citizens under the Constitution.

Before the establishment of anthropology programs, he earned undergraduate and master's degrees at the National University Law School in Washington, DC.

Contemporary Osage tribal members have compared the impact of hearing the recordings of their traditional rituals to that of Western scholars reading the newly discovered Dead Sea Scrolls.



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