City Indian: Native American Activism in Chicago, 1893-1934

297 Pages·2015·9.643 MB·English

by  Rosalyn R. LaPier, David R. M. Beck

City Indian

CITY INDIAN
Native American
Activism in Chicago,
1893 1934
–
Rosalyn R. LaPier and
David R. M. Beck
University of Nebraska Press | Lincoln & London
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the University of Nebraska
Publication of this volume was assisted by the
Virginia Faulkner Fund, established in memory of
Virginia Faulkner, editor in chief of the University of
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
LaPier, Rosalyn R.
City Indian: Native American activism in Chicago,
1893– 1934 / Rosalyn R. LaPier and David R. M. Beck.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0 - 8032- 4839- 7 (cloth: alk. paper)
isbn 978-0 - 8032- 7848- 6 (epub)
isbn 978-0 - 8032- 7849- 3 (mobi)
isbn 978-0 - 8032- 7850- 9 (pdf)
1. Indians of North America— Illinois—C hicago—
History. 2. Indians of North America— Illinois—
Chicago— Politics and government. 3. Indians
of North America— Illinois—C hicago— Ethnic
identity. 4. Indians of North America— Urban
residence— Illinois—C hicago. 5. Indian activists—
Illinois—C hicago— Biography. 6. Whites— Illinois—
Chicago— Relations with Indians. 7. Chicago
(Ill.)— Race relations—H istory. I. Beck, David,
1956– II. Title. III. Title: Native American
activism in Chicago, 1893– 1934.
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Set in Sabon by Lindsey Auten.
We dedicate this work to our daughters,
Abaki and Iko’tsimiskimaki Beck, and to
our mothers, Angeline Wall and Katy Beck

Contents
List of Photographs ix
Preface and Acknowledgments xi
1. American Indians and Chicago in the Nineteenth Century 1
2. The World Comes to Chicago (The 1893 World’s Columbian
Exposition) 17
3. Indian Professionals in the City 35
4. Indian Encampments and Entertainments 61
5. The Indian Fellowship League 81
6. Emerging Organizations 105
7. Definitions of Indianness at the Century of Progress 135
8. Self-Determination 159
Appendix of Tables 175
1. Chicago population and American Indian population in
Chicago, 1830– 2010
2. Chicago Indians in the 1920 Census
3. Chicago Indians in the 1930 Census
Notes 203
Bibliography 237
Index 257

Photographs
1. Sioux warriors at Fort Sheridan 13
2. Carlos Montezuma 38
3. A 1903 delegation en route to Washington dc 47
4. Five Blackfeet Indians, 1912 U.S. Land Show 68
5. Group watching Native American dancer at 1912 U.S. Land
Show 69
6. Italians and Glacier Park Indians at U.S. Land Show 71
7. Blackfeet men together with members of the Chicago Grand
Opera Company 72
8. Charles Albert Bender, White Sox pitching coach 79
9. Walter Battice 95
10. Walter Battice in regalia 96
11. Tsianina at the Santa Fe Fine Arts Museum, 1925 109
12. Francis Cayou on the Wabash College football field 116
13. Francis Cayou 118
14. Scott Henry Peters 121
15. Indian Council Fire members with Mayor “Big Bill”
Thompson 125
16. Scott Henry Peters with an unidentified woman at the
Century of Progress 140
17. Scott Henry Peters at the Century of Progress 142
18. Indian Council Fire leaders with Maria Martinez 146
19. Maria Martinez holding Indian Council Fire Achievement
Award medal 147