Ignatia broker biography of abraham lincoln

PERSONAL:

Born February 14, 1919, at Pine Point on White Earth Indian Reservation, MN; died of lung cancer, June 23, 1987; daughter of John Work and Emma Broker.

Ethnicity: "Ojibwe, Ottertail Pillager Band and A-Wa-sa-si Clan." Education: Attended North Star College, Warren, MN, and Minnesota School of Business.

CAREER:

Civil servant in Hanford, WA, until 1945; Minneapolis Public Schools, member of the Minority Task Force, 1966-1987; wrote for the Audio Visual Based Indian Resource Unit.

Worked for the Minneapolis Star and Tribune.

MEMBER:

Upper Midwest American Indian Center (1971-72), Minnesota American Indian Historical Society (founder), National Indian Council on Aging, Ikwe Marketing Collective, Indian Upward Bound, Council of Native Americans, Concerned Indian Citizens, Indian AFDC, American Indian Center in south Minneapolis, Urban Indian Federation of the state of Minnesota, Division of Indian Work of the Great Minneapolis Council of C