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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.

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

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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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