1. Sherman Coolidge traveled throughout United States lecturing on behalf of Native Americans.
31 Facts About Sherman Coolidge
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In 1923, Sherman Coolidge served on President Calvin Sherman Coolidge's "Committee of One Hundred" to review and advise on American Indian policy.
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On February 22,1862, Sherman Coolidge was born near present-day Sheridan, Wyoming.
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Sherman Coolidge's family was camped near the upper waters of the Bighorn River.
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When Sherman Coolidge was a young boy, Shoshone warriors attacked the camp that he lived in.
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Sherman Coolidge was among a group of Arapaho that were camped along the Popo Agie stream, about two miles from Camp Brown.
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Sherman Coolidge was nearly executed and he saw an elderly man brutally killed as he begged for his life.
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Sherman Coolidge went to Camp Brown where he was cared for by the camp surgeon, Dr Shapleigh, and two army officers.
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Sherman Coolidge had two younger brothers who were taken to Army officers.
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Sherman Coolidge attended a segregated school for African American children.
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Sherman Coolidge was baptized at the Grace Episcopal Church in lower Manhattan by Rev Horatio Potter.
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Sherman Coolidge studied at the Shattuck-Saint Mary's, an Episcopalian-run institution, in Faribault, Minnesota from 1877 to 1880.
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Sherman Coolidge graduated in 1884 with a Bachelor of Divinity degree.
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Sherman Coolidge completed his post-graduate studies at Hobart College, Geneva, New York between 1887 and 1890, with the assistance of President Eliphalet Potter.
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Sherman Coolidge traveled west by stagecoach to Wyoming after he graduated from Seabury Divinity School.
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When Sherman Coolidge arrived at the reservation, he was met by his mothers and other relatives, including Chief Sharp Nose, who was his uncle.
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On October 2,1884, Deacon Sherman Coolidge began assisting to Episcopalian priest John Roberts at the St Michael's Mission and government school at Ethete, Wyoming for the Shoshones.
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Sherman Coolidge made it back to safety in Lander and called in troops from Fort Washakie.
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Sherman Coolidge returned to the reservation immediately when he heard the news.
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Sherman Coolidge was transferred to the Episcopal mission at the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian Reservation in Oklahoma.
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Sherman Coolidge was assigned to guide 200 people to give up "old-time customs" and convert them to Christianity.
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The family was very unhappy there and Sherman Coolidge was discouraged with the role of a missionary.
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Sherman Coolidge was assigned to minister to white and Dakota people at the Episcopal Church in Faribault, Minnesota in the spring of 1912.
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In 1919, Sherman Coolidge moved to Colorado, where he served as Canon at the Cathedral of St John in the Wilderness in Denver.
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Sherman Coolidge co-founded the American Indian Film Company to promote hiring Native Americans in the movie industry.
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Sherman Coolidge was the rector at the Good Shepherd church.
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In 1923, Secretary of Interior Herbert W Work hired Coolidge to serve on the Committee of One Hundred, which was formed to "investigate conditions on reservations and report on the challenges facing indigenous peoples in the United States".
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Sherman Coolidge was working as a missionary at the time.
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Sherman Coolidge made trips to New York and Grace came west again in 1901.
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Grace Wetherbee Sherman Coolidge wrote extensively about her experiences working amongst the Indians.
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Sherman Coolidge was nominated as a candidate for Wyoming Citizen of the Century, among others who distinguished themselves in their life by their character, contributions, and accomplishments as Wyoming citizens during the twentieth century.