Josephine Erlin Barnaby von Felden (November 11, 1865 – August 2, 1915) was an Omaha nurse and missionary.
Josephine Barnaby was born on November 11, 1865 on the Omaha Reservation . She was the daughter of William Barnaby, an Omaha and Ioway man, and Juliette Barada, daughter of Omaha folk hero Antonine Barada .[ 1]
She graduated from the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia , in 1887.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] New Haven, Connecticut .[ 1] [ 3] Susan La Flesche Picotte .[ 1]
In 1880, she published a pamphlet about the Omaha through the American Missionary Association called The Present Condition of My People.[ 2] [ 3]
She also worked at the Standing Rock Reservation , heading the hospital there during an epidemic, and the Fond du Lac Reservation .[ 1] [ 3]
Josephine Barnaby died on August 2, 1915, in Carlton, Minnesota .[ 4]
Personal life
In 1891, Barnaby married John von Felden, son of a German immigrant. They had five children, Guy, Gary, Ray, Carroll, and Ramona.[ 1]
References
^ a b c d e f Hastings, Dennis; Coffey, Margery (2020). JOSEPHINE ERLIN BARNABY VON FELDEN 1865 — 1915 (PDF) . Walthill, Nebraska: Omaha Tribal Historical Research Project. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-16. ^ a b Tate, Michael L. (1991). The upstream people : an annotated research bibliography of the Omaha Tribe ISBN 978-0-8108-2372-3 ^ a b c d Littlefield, Daniel F. (1985). A biobibliography of native American writers, 1772-1924. A Supplement ISBN 978-0-8108-1802-6 ^ Ancestry.com, Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017.
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