1. Ella Jean Hill Chaudhuri was an American community leader, activist, and author.
14 Facts About Jean Chaudhuri
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Jean Chaudhuri was a member of the Muscogee Nation, executive director of the Tucson Indian Center, and director of the Traditional Indian Alliance.
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Jean Chaudhuri was inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame posthumously, in 2013.
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Ella Jean Hill was born in Okemah, Oklahoma, the daughter of Wilbur Hill and Mary Anna Hill.
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Jean Chaudhuri was a member of the Muscogee Nation, and spoke Creek as her first language.
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Jean Chaudhuri graduated from Central High School in Tulsa in 1955, and attended Oklahoma City University, where she met her husband.
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Jean Chaudhuri was involved in a variety of programs for and by Native Americans in Oklahoma, Florida, and Arizona.
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Jean Chaudhuri was executive director of the Tucson Indian Center, and director of the Traditional Indian Alliance of Greater Tucson.
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Jean Chaudhuri was founder and co-chair of the Native American Heritage Preservation Coalition, and was active with the Phoenix Indian School Preservation Coalition Project.
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Jean Chaudhuri wrote and produced a musical comedy, Indians Discover Christopher Columbus, in 1992.
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Jean Chaudhuri wrote and performed a one-woman play titled Four Seasons of an Indian Woman's Life.
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Jean Chaudhuri received the Jefferson Award from the American Institute of Public Service in 1977.
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In 1957, Ella Jean Hill married Joyotpaul Chaudhuri, a political science professor born in India.
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Jean Chaudhuri died from complications of diabetes in 1997, aged 59 years, in Tempe, Arizona.