George Bushotter
At a glance:
- Series: Magill's Choice: American Indian Biographies, Revised Edition
- Categories: Education
- Subcategories: Teaching, Teachers, Native Americans, American Indians, Anthropology, Anthropologists
- Curriculum: American History 1878-1900, American Indian History
Article abstract: Working with James Owen Dorsey{$IDorsey, James Owen} of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of Ethnology, George Bushotter translated more than three thousand pages of texts written in the Teton language.
George Bushotter was the son of a Yankton man and a Miniconjou Lakota. While he was still a young boy, his father was killed by whites. Despite this introduction to white civilization, Bushotter developed a curiosity about white culture, as well as a strong desire to become educated at white schools. His opportunity came after he turned...
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