Alice Lee Jemison, Seneca political activist and journalist (died 1964)

Alice Lee Jemison

Native American journalist and activist

Alice Mae Lee Jemison was a Seneca political activist and journalist. She was a major critic of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the New Deal policies of its commissioner John Collier. She lobbied in support of California, Cherokee, and Sioux peoples during her career,…