Ignatia broker biography of william j

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A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Chapters Key Figures. Index of Terms. Important Quotes. Essay Topics. Discussion Questions. As a storyteller and teacher in the Ojibway tradition, Ignatia Broker was uniquely qualified to write Night Flying Woman.

She was born on the White Earth Reservation in and attended both a military-style boarding school for Native Americans in North Dakota until and an Indian Institute in Kansas. After graduating high school in Minneapolis, Broker attended college and then the Minnesota School of Business. She spent the bulk of her career working for Minneapolis Public Schools to develop an Indian Studies curriculum.

She shares her story in the Prologue, describing the discrimination and isolation that she felt before and after World War II. Broker was an active member of many Indian organizations and founded the Minnesota American Indian Historical Society. Three years prior to her death from lung cancer in , she was awarded for her efforts by the Wonder Woman Foundation.

Broker was committed to keeping Ojibway history alive through the oral telling of stories.