Biology:Mildred Cleghorn
Template:Infobox Native American leaderMildred Imoch Cleghorn (December 11, 1910 – April 15, 1997) was first chairperson of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe.[1] Her Apache names were Eh-Ohn and Lay-a-Bet, and she was one of the last Chiricahua Apaches born under "prisoner of war" status. She was an educator and traditional doll maker, and was regarded as a cultural leader.[2] She worked as a home extension agent and as a home economics teacher. She served as tribal chairperson from 1976 until 1995 and focused on sustaining history and traditional Chiricahua culture.[2]
Mildred Cleghorn and her dolls were participants at the 1967 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.[3]
On June 10, 1996, Indian plaintiffs including Elouise P. Cobell, Mildred Cleghorn, Thomas Maulson and James Louis Larose, filed a class action lawsuit against the federal government for its failure to properly manage Indian trust assets on behalf of all present and past individual Indian trust beneficiaries.[4]
Mildred Cleghorn did not live to see the results of the lawsuit, which became known as Cobell v. Salazar. It was settled for $3.4 billion in 2009, in the Indians' favor, a week after what would have been Mildred Cleghorn's 99th birthday.[5]
References
- ↑ Dill, J.S. "Mildred Cleghorn" ...On the Passing of Elders (Retrieved 4 July 06)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Everett, Dianna. "Cleghorn, Mildred Imoch (1910-1997)" Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture. (retrieved 1 February 09)
- ↑ 1967 Festival of American Folklife Finding Aid
- ↑ "Background of the trustee relationship and lawsuit". Char-Koosta News - Official Newspaper of the Flathead Indian Nation. 2010-12-16. http://www.charkoosta.com/2010/2010_12_16/background_of_lawsuit.html. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
- ↑ Delcour, Julie (2009-12-13). "Cobell v. Salazar: Riding into the cavalry and surviving". Tulsa World. http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Cobell_v_Salazar_Riding_into_the_cavalry_and_surviving/20091213_214_g1_elouis590432. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
External links
- Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Cleghorn, Mildred
- Photo of Mildred Cleghorn
- Homage to Mildred I. Cleghorn, poem by Pax Riddle
- Letters in the Dewey F. Bartlett Collection at the Carl Albert Center
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