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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1986
Page
9
Lindsey Brooker a seven year old American Indian girl from eastern North Carolina rejects stereotypes. She traces Lumbee and Person County roots, cherishes Indian culture, and balances city life with reading ballet swimming and church choir singing.
The text presents a historical note on native sign systems and asks what Gus Goodsport Alpha Betty and Casey Count are signing. It outlines gestures for three signs and includes a question about Alpha Betty's sentence, with a string of garbled quotables implying a decoding puzzle from a past newspaper item.
The unique spoken languages of certain American Indian groups proved valuable to U.S. soldiers fighting near enemy lines, offering distinctive codes and communicative advantages in tactical operations.
Summary lists Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Pocahontas, John Ross, Tecumseh, Chief Joseph, and related events. It notes Geronimo’s resistance into 1886, Sitting Bull’s role at Little Bighorn, Pocahontas’ marriage and voyage to England, Pocahontas’ death by smallpox at 22, John Ross’s Cherokee ties and Trail of Tears, Tecumseh’s unity efforts and War of 1812, and Chief Joseph’s Nez Perce leadership and the Trail of Tears death toll of over 4,000.
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