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Patricia Locke Articles Edits/Rewrites:

Note: Everything in italics will be what has been added by me. I will be putting parts of the old article in here and editing/pulling it apart as I go.

Biography (Early Life)

Registered as Patricia Ann McGillis, daughter of John and Eva (Flying Earth) McGillis was born January 21, 1928. Patricia Locke was raised on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in present day Idaho as a Standing Rock Sioux, Hunkpapa band also known as Lakota, and Mississippi Band of White Earth Chippewa. Her father worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and enlisted during World War I after appealed the rejection because at the time Indians weren't considered citizens elligble for service. Her Lakota name Tawacin WasteWin means "She has a good consciousness, a compassionate woman."

Accomplishments:

''In 1991, Patricia Locke received the MacArthur Genius Grant for her work in the preservation of Native American languages. At the time Locke received this award, she was the only indigenous woman of North America to ever receive this honor. '' Artist Hollis Sigler

Patricia Locke Bibliography

https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/09/business/patricia-locke-73-champion-of-american-indians.html

https://bahaiteachings.org/pressing-meet-dawn-patricia-locke/