Chauncey yellow robe biography

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Chauncey yellow robe biography

Messer is a retired associate professor in teacher education at Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia. Chief Chauncey Yellow Robe born Canowikacte lit. His given name, Canowicakte, means "kill in woods," and he was nicknamed "Timber" in his youth. He was taken to Carlisle Indian School , a Native American boarding school , from which he graduated in He was an educator for 32 years under the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

In , he became a devoted member of the Masonic Lodge of Rapid City, South Dakota , where he spent the majority of his life as a teacher and counselor. He appeared in films, media, and political events in his later life, including adopting President Calvin Coolidge into the Sioux tribe and starring as Chief Chetoga in historical drama The Silent Enemy.

He is the father of folklorist, educator, and writer Rosebud Yellow Robe. He was the firstborn child of Tahcawin lit. His father Tasinagi was a hunter, Chief, and son of a hereditary chief, known later as Yellow Robe for war deeds. He described his childhood to have primarily involved hunting, fishing, and chasing buffaloes across the plains of South and North Dakota , Nebraska , Wyoming , and Montana.

His father sent him and his younger brother to the Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania , after being reassured by Chief Standing Bear and his son who went there. He entered the school in , "having no knowledge of the English language" and no formal schooling, and became known as Chauncey. He described his entry into the school:.

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