From the Reservation to Washington Mary A. Connell a self-taught intellectual

a self-taught intellectual

from political scientists using voting data to sociologists requiring race/ethnicity statistics

and a private photograph collection

But she's dead

Satirical TV has become mandatory viewing for citizens wishing to make sense of the bizarre contemporary state of political life

From the Reservation to Washington Mary A. Connell a self-taught intellectualThe first person of color to serve as vice president, Charles Curtis was once a household name but has become a footnote in American history. As a mixed race person who became a public figure in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, his story is more relevant today than ever. He was constantly forced to choose whether to be Indian or white. Society would not let him be both. When his temper flared it was his "savage nature" coming through;