Native American Rev. Red Fox James PH D. D. D (Red Fox Skiuhushu) presumed to be from the Blackfoot Tribe of Montana, arrived in Washington D.C. after riding 4,000 miles on horseback from state to state seeking approval for a day to honor Native Americans. His starting point was the Crow Reservation in Montana, or Sheridan Wyoming.
He presented his petition on this day.
He was an active member of the Society of American Indians and was the Most High Chief of the Tipi Order of America. He was also the first to organize the Indian Boy Scouts in America, at the United States Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
He had been born in Canada in 1884 and lived to at least 1946.
The ride is the origin of Native American Heritage Month.
Central Park in New York on this day:
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