Pamphlet Review: Bob Gibson: Baseball Legend Born in Omaha

 Bob Gibson: Baseball Legend Born in Omaha by Jess Vermeulen. I found this in the special collections on the third floor of the Omaha Central Library.  There was another copy on display.

This little pamphlet gives a brief sketch of Bob Gibson frm his being born the youngest of seven children, playing sports at Omaha Technical High School, and then playing for Creighton University Bluejays in basketball and baseball.  The St. Louis Cardinals noticed him and signed hi in 1957.  There is a timeline in the pamphlet.  He pitched in the World Series in 1964 which they won,  1965 he won the golden glove award for the first of nine consecutive times.  In 1967 he went 3-0 in a World Series against Boston.  1968 he wins the first of two Cy Young awards and is the NL MVP.  1971 he pitches a no-hitter and wins his second Cy Young award.  1975 he retires with 3,117 strikeouts and 251 wins.He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1981.  He played all his Major League baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals, 17 seasons, 56 shutouts, 3,117 strikeouts, and an ERA of 2.91.  He died October 2, 2020.  He was 84.

Buffalo Soldiers

 There were AfricN AMERICns who fought in the Cilvil War, but 

Native American Artist: Marita Growing Thunder

 Marita Growing Thunder is a Native American artist, activist and designer from the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana.  She is an advocate for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.  She comes from the Growing Thunder Collective which is a family of artists.  She practices quillwork and beadwork.  She promoted awareness for MMIW through her project Save Our Sisters.  

other native americans

Painted Cave: Chumash

Chief seattle

Shelley Niro

Harry Fonseca

N. Scott Monday

Leslie Marmon SIlko

R. Carlos Nakai

Princess Red Wing

Monique Mojica

Louie Gong

Mary Golda Ross

Twyla Baker

Nicolle Gonzales

Suzan Shown Harjo

Pushmataha

Marie Aioe Dorion

oconostota

colorow ignacio ouray walkara

Janet McCloud

oren Lyons 

Matthew King

Ute Elder: Unca Sam

 Unca Sam visited Washington D.C. as a Native American representative when the White River were forced out of Colorado after the Meeker affair.  Unca Sam was instrumental in getting $1,000,000 from the federal government for their loss.  He was a hunter, warrior, fur trader and diplomat.  His bust in on display at the Utah State Capitol Building.  The bust was done by Millard F. Malin.  After traveling to Washington he lived a long and peaceful like on the Uintah Ouray Indian Reservation where he passed away at 106 in 1938.  

Native American Biography, Aza Erdrich Abe. painter, Louise Erdrich daughter

 Aza Erdrich Abe is an accomplished artist.  On her mother's side she is of Ojibwa descent, Anishinaabe.  She also is of mixed white descent.  Her visual art is deeply rooted in Anishinaabe aesthetics and sensibilities, featuring intricate line work and woodcut-style aesthetics. She focuses on Anishinabee identity through her family life and personal growth.  

Aza Abe paints for the covers of her mother's books.  Her mother is the accomplished author Louis Aldrich.  

Asa and her mother

self portrait beadwork

Woman of the West: Calamity Jane

 Calamity Jane, born Martha Jane Canary, was a figure of the old west.  She lived in Deadwood, South Dakota.  She was a larger than life figure, mostly because of her self promotion.  She was gender nonconforming, wearing men's clothing and doing men's jobs.  She was a noted marksman and traveled with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as a marksman, rider and storyteller.  She dictated a book of her autobiography.  This is regarded as highly exaggerated by Calamity Jane was noted for being courageous and brave.  She was the oldest and when her parents died when she was 14 she raised her siblings.  When a stage driver was shot and killed she took over the reins and drove the passengers to safety.  She was acquainted with Wild Bill Hickok saying he was the only man she ever loved.  She was buried by him after she died.  She said they had been married but there is no record of this.  A movie starring Doris Day was made about her time in Deadwood; although this was a fictionalized version.