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Tall Bear, medicine man. 1870.

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A Tewa girl. 1906. Photo by Edward CurtisA Tewa girl. 1906. Photo by Edward Curtis

Goldie Jamison Conklin was a Seneca woman of the Heron Clan. She lived on the Allegany Reservation, in South Western New York. Her Seneca name was Ah-Weh-Eyu which means Pretty Flower.
Presumably of her own manufacture. Records indicate that she was born in Salamanca, New York on November 30, 1892 and died in 1974. Her parents were Jacob J. Jamison & Eliza D. Jamison. She was baptized at the St. Andrews Church in Irving, New York on July 7, 1921.
Cattaraugus Cutlery Company of Little Valley, New York hired her as a model for postcard advertisements. They were to sell the business line of “Indian Brand” knives and other household wares. Thousands of companies around this time used Native Peoples in advertising as novels and then films made the stereotypes of the "Noble Savage" and the "Indian Princess" very popular in the American culture. However as you educated listeners all know, the Six Nations had no Kings and therefore there were not and are not any "Indian Princesses."

You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend or not... .

Day 9: The fireman's pole or sliding pole, one of the signature features of US fire stations, was invented in Chicago in 1878 by the City's first African American engine company ( #21). Before 1878, spiral staircases or sliding chutes were common, but not very fast. Engine Company #21 crafted a pole out of a Georgia pine beam by shaving it into a 3-inch diameter pole, and gave it several coats of varnish and a coat of paraffin. Despite being ridiculed by their fellow firefighters, others soon realized that Company 21 was usually the first company to arrive on scene when called, especially at night. Upon learning this, the Chief of the department ordered the poles to be installed in all Chicago firehouses. The poles drastically improved fire response times. In1880, the poles went from wood to brass, and stood in firehouses across the nation.The poles are rarely used now, but in their heyday they changed firehouses all over the country.

Meet the First African American Woman to Earn a Ph.D. in Economics.In 1921, Sadie Tanner Mossel Alexander graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and became the first Black woman in America to earn a Ph.D. in Economics. She was a Francis Sergeant Pepper fellow, and had already earned her Master''''s degree from the same institution... Follow my page please

Mr. John and Mrs. Loula Williams.

The story of country music cannot be told without recognizing the countless contributions of Black Americans. The origins of the genre extend back to enslaved Africans whose spirituals and folk blues set the foundation for what is recognized today as country music.
Black folks exist EVERYWHERE. Not just in the dark and hidden parts. We are in arenas, halls of fame, behind the tracks of your favorite sounds. Baby, we are here.

Beautiful Woman Betty Shabazz & Her Children

Gonkon - Kiowa Apache - 1894