Jeannette Henry Costo | |
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Born | Jeannette Henry June 27, 1908 |
Died | January 31, 2001 | (aged 92)
Nationality | American |
Other names | Jeannette Dulce Henry-Costo |
Occupation(s) | Activist, author, editor, journalist |
Spouse |
Jeannette Henry Costo (1908–2001) was an American activist, author, editor, and journalist. She co-founded the American Indian Historical Society (AIHS), and the Indian Historian Press publishing company. [1] [2] [3]
Jeannette Henry was born on June 27, 1908. [4][ non-primary source needed] She identified as being "born to the Turtle clan of the Carolina Cherokee," as Gretchan Bataille and Laurie Lisa wrote in the Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. [5]
She ran away from home as a teenager, and was a police reporter for the Detroit Free Press as a young woman. [6]
In the 1950s Jeanette married Rupert Costo ( Cauhilla) with whom she co-founded the American Indian Historical Society (AIHS) in 1962. [1] [7] The AIHS was a cultural and activist organization. [8] Its headquarters were named Chautauqua House and was located at 1451 Masonic Avenue in the Ashbury Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California. [9] The organization dissolved in 1986. [9] At that time the couple donated many of the organization's library holdings to the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside), [10] and established an endowed chair in American Indian Studies at UC Riverside. [6]
In 1988, the Costos, both Roman Catholic, were vocal in protesting the beatification of Christian missionary Junípero Serra. [11] [12]
The couple also published several periodicals including Wassaja and the Indian Historian. [1] Additionally they had a publishing company similarly named the Indian Historian Press, which published some 59 book titles. [3]
Jeannette Henry Costo wrote Textbooks and the American Indian. [13] She edited Indian Voices: The Native American Today [14] and The American Indian Reader. [15] She also co-wrote a number of books with Rupert Costo, [2] including The Missions of California: A Legacy of Genocide (1987). [16]
Costo died on January 31, 2001, in San Francisco, California. [17]
Jeannette Henry Costo | |
---|---|
Born | Jeannette Henry June 27, 1908 |
Died | January 31, 2001 | (aged 92)
Nationality | American |
Other names | Jeannette Dulce Henry-Costo |
Occupation(s) | Activist, author, editor, journalist |
Spouse |
Jeannette Henry Costo (1908–2001) was an American activist, author, editor, and journalist. She co-founded the American Indian Historical Society (AIHS), and the Indian Historian Press publishing company. [1] [2] [3]
Jeannette Henry was born on June 27, 1908. [4][ non-primary source needed] She identified as being "born to the Turtle clan of the Carolina Cherokee," as Gretchan Bataille and Laurie Lisa wrote in the Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. [5]
She ran away from home as a teenager, and was a police reporter for the Detroit Free Press as a young woman. [6]
In the 1950s Jeanette married Rupert Costo ( Cauhilla) with whom she co-founded the American Indian Historical Society (AIHS) in 1962. [1] [7] The AIHS was a cultural and activist organization. [8] Its headquarters were named Chautauqua House and was located at 1451 Masonic Avenue in the Ashbury Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California. [9] The organization dissolved in 1986. [9] At that time the couple donated many of the organization's library holdings to the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside), [10] and established an endowed chair in American Indian Studies at UC Riverside. [6]
In 1988, the Costos, both Roman Catholic, were vocal in protesting the beatification of Christian missionary Junípero Serra. [11] [12]
The couple also published several periodicals including Wassaja and the Indian Historian. [1] Additionally they had a publishing company similarly named the Indian Historian Press, which published some 59 book titles. [3]
Jeannette Henry Costo wrote Textbooks and the American Indian. [13] She edited Indian Voices: The Native American Today [14] and The American Indian Reader. [15] She also co-wrote a number of books with Rupert Costo, [2] including The Missions of California: A Legacy of Genocide (1987). [16]
Costo died on January 31, 2001, in San Francisco, California. [17]