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Joseph LaFlesche, also
known as E-sta-mah-za or Iron Eye (c. 1822–1888), was the last
recognized head
chief of the
Omaha tribe of
Native Americans who...
- Ponca, and
French descent, La
Flesche was the son of
Omaha chief Joseph LaFlesche (also
known as Iron Eye) and his
second wife Ta-in-ne (Omaha). He grew...
- 1843
Chief Big Elk had
designated his
adopted son
Joseph LaFlesche as his successor;
LaFlesche was a Métis fur
trader of
Ponca and French-Canadian descent...
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Susette La Flesche,
later Susette LaFlesche Tibbles and also
called Inshata Theumba,
meaning "Bright Eyes" (c. 1854–1903), was a well-known
Native American...
- the tribe, as
Joseph LaFlesche (Iron Eye) was by the
chief Big Elk in the 1840s,
could become chiefs. Big Elk
designated LaFlesche as his son and successor...
- her sisters, so that she
would be
fluent in both languages. As a child,
LaFlesche witnessed a sick
Indian woman die
after a
white doctor refused to treat...
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while waiting to
cross the river. For
years Logan Fontenelle and
Joseph LaFlesche,
young mixed-race men who
worked with the
Omaha people,
owned the ferry...
- Dr.
Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital, also
known as
Walthill Hospital or Dr.
Susan Picotte Memorial Hospital, is a
former hospital building at...
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Genoa Indian Industrial School Dr.
Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital Indian agencies Susan LaFlesche Picotte House Nanza Moses Merrill Mission...
- and
activist Susette "Bright Eyes"
LaFlesche, who
married journalist Thomas Tibbles.
Another sister was
Susan LaFlesche Picotte, a
physician who married...
