Josephine Gates Kelly: Native Rights Champion (Native American Lives) - Softcover

Renville, Lamar

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798765671856

Publisher: Lerner Publications ™, 2026

Synopsis

Josephine Gates Kelly was the granddaughter of Dakota Chief Matho Numpa, or Two Bears. By working in a family store, becoming Deputy County Auditor, and attending national conferences, Gates Kelly represented her people from a political position. She became the first woman elected as Tribal Chairperson for any Native government in 1946. From attending Carlisle Indian Industrial School to leading the Standing Rock Reservation, learn all about the life of Gates Kelly.

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About the Author

Awanigiizhik Bruce (Mikinaak-Wajiw Anishinaabe, Nehiyaw, Michif) is a Two-Spirit diverse-media artist based on the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation. Their art focuses on the Anishinaabe philosophy of Seven Generations, a code of ethics respecting ecological consciousness and Indigenous heritage. Awanigiizhik earned a BA in Ojibwe Language, Culture, and History at Turtle Mountain College. They spend much of the year completing site-specific and collaborative projects around the country, like murals in Duluth, Minnesota, and Belcourt, North Dakota. Currently, they are developing a body of work synthesizing quillwork, birch-bark basketry, and robotics, and designing Ojibwemowin visual resources for Turtle Mountain College.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798765671856
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Young Holly, Bruce Awanigiizhik
• Number of pages: 56