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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 © 2015 by the Board of Regents of 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 Nebraska Press. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 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. e78.i3l36 2015 323.11970773'1109034— dc23 2014044818 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

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