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Coeur d'Alene Tribe elder dies at 104
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Ann Antelope Samuels
PLUMMER, Idaho — Ann Antelope Samuels, the eldest member of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe of
Indians, died Saturday at the age of 104, the tribe announced today. Funeral services are
planned for Saturday in the northern Idaho town of DeSmet. She will be buried in Tekoa, Wash.
Church records show Samuels was born on April 18, 1901, at Lake Chatcolet, near Heyburn
State Park, prior to the U.S. government's removal of tribal members from their traditional homes
on the lake. Government records list her birth date as 1900. She was the daughter of Chief Morris
Antelope.
Samuels lived for 66 years on the Nez Perce Indian reservation near Lapwai with her husband,
Titus Samuels. He died in 1996. "Mrs. Samuels' longevity, coupled with the link she represented
to the history and teachings of our people, and the strong sense of cultural and tribal pride and
dignity she conveyed, collectively heightened our measure of regard," said Coeur d'Alene Tribal
Chairman J. Allan.
The tribal school's annual "Antelope Run," which commemorates long distance runners in tribal
history, was named in honor of her grandfather Walking Antelope. She would launch the run by
presenting a staff for the lead runner to pass in a relay throughout the 31-mile duration.
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Real and Imagined
By
Diane Camurat
Master's Thesis submitted in 1993 to the Institut Charles V of the University of Paris VII
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What struck me the most when I heard that 17,000 Native Americans had
served in the Great War was that, not even thirty years after the end of the
Indian wars, American Indians were willing to fight alongside their former
enemy. I also was under the impression that most Native Americans had not
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I am a child of two cultures. My father is from Quito, Ecuador, and my mother is Jewish
from New York City. Although I was born in London, England, most of my childhood was spent
in Latin America. Since both of my parents were economists with the United Nations, my
brother and I had the opportunity to live in many different countries including Ecuador,
Paraguay, Chile, and Guatemala. Even though I have lived in America from the time that I was
twelve years old, Latin America still feels like home and for many years I planned on returning
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