Essie's Story: The Life and Legacy of a Shoshone Teacher
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This is the spirited story of Esther Burnett Horne, an accomplished and inspiring educator in Indian boarding schools. Born in 1909, Horne attended Haskell Indian Institute in Lawrence, Kansas, and often visited relatives on the Shoshone Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Motivated by teachers like Ella Deloria and Ruth Muskrat Bronson, Horne devoted her life to educating other Indian children. She began teaching at the Wahpeton Indian School in Wahpeton,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:080327324X
ISBN13:9780803273245
Release Date:August 1999
Publisher:Bison
Length:225 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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Essie's Story
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Essie's Story is an excellent source of history and information on the women of the Mountain West, of whom Esther Burnett Horne shines brilliantly.
A great book about a great women.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
A life history of the great-great granddaughter of Sacajewea who was Indian boarding school teacher. The stories were great and left me with the notion of how could this women accomplish so much in one lifetime. A must read.
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