Susette la flesche biography of martin

          La Flesche was a progressive who was a spokesperson for Native American rights.!

          1199: Susette la Flesche Tibbles

          Omaha Native American Author and Activist

          Born: 1854 AD, Omaha Reservation (Present-day Bellevue, Nebraska, United States of America)

          Died: 26 May 1903 AD, Omaha Reservation (Present-day Bancroft, Nebraska, United States of America)

          Omaha Name: Inshata Theumba (or “Bright Eyes” in English)

           “It’s all a farce when you say you’re trying to civilize us, then, after we educate ourselves, refuse us positions of responsibility and leave us utterly powerless to help ourselves.

          Perhaps the only way to make ourselves heard is to appeal to the American public through the press.

          Susette La Flesche was a Native American writer, lecturer, and activist in the cause of Native peoples' rights.

        1. Susette La Flesche Tibbles, also known as Bright Eyes, was a Native American suffragist and activist.
        2. La Flesche was a progressive who was a spokesperson for Native American rights.
        3. Susette La Flesche reformer, writer, and lecturerBorn: Birthplace: near Bellevue, Nebr.
        4. Susette La Flesche was born in on the Nebraska Omaha Reservation to Joseph La Flesche, an Omaha chief, and Mary Gale La Flesche.

          5. They might listen.”

          Susette was the daughter of the last recognized Chief of the Omaha Native American Tribe, Iron Eyes (also known as Joseph La Flesche). The same year she was born, the Omaha tribe surrendered their ancestral land to the United States government, and moved onto a reservation in what is now Nebraska.

          Susette’s little sister Susan was born a few years lat