Jeannette Henry Costo Explained

Jeannette Henry Costo
Birth Name:Jeannette Henry
Birth Date:June 27, 1908
Nationality:American
Other Names:Jeannette Dulce Henry-Costo
Occupation:Activist, author, editor, journalist

Jeannette Henry Costo (1908–2001) was an American activist, author, editor, and journalist. She co-founded the American Indian Historical Society (AIHS), and the Indian Historian Press publishing company.[1] [2] [3]

Background

Jeannette Henry was born on June 27, 1908.[4] She identified as being "born to the Turtle clan of the Carolina Cherokee," as Gretchan Bataille and Laurie Lisa wrote in the Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary.[5]

She ran away from home as a teenager, and was a police reporter for the Detroit Free Press as a young woman.[6]

Marriage and activism

In the 1950s Jeanette married Rupert Costo (Cauhilla) with whom she co-founded the American Indian Historical Society (AIHS) in 1962.[7] The AIHS was a cultural and activist organization.[8] Its headquarters were named Chautauqua House and was located at 1451 Masonic Avenue in the Ashbury Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The organization dissolved in 1986.[9] At that time the couple donated many of the organization's library holdings to the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside),[10] and established an endowed chair in American Indian Studies at UC Riverside.

In 1988, the Costos, both Roman Catholic, were vocal in protesting the beatification of Christian missionary Junípero Serra.[11] [12]

Writing and publishing

The couple also published several periodicals including Wassaja and the Indian Historian.[1] Additionally they had a publishing company similarly named the Indian Historian Press, which published some 59 book titles.

Jeannette Henry Costo wrote Textbooks and the American Indian.[13] She edited Indian Voices: The Native American Today[14] and The American Indian Reader.[15] She also co-wrote a number of books with Rupert Costo,[2] including The Missions of California: A Legacy of Genocide (1987).[16]

Death

Costo died on January 31, 2001, in San Francisco, California.[17]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Book: Native American women : a biographical dictionary . 2001 . Routledge . New York . 9781135955878 . 133 . 2nd .
  2. Web site: Jeannette Dulce Henry Costo . Native American Authors . August 11, 2022.
  3. News: Waugh . Dexter . August 15, 1995 . Writing a longtime native Indian wrong . 43 . The San Francisco Examiner . 2022-08-27 . Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: Transcription of an oral history interview with Jeannette Costo. August 12, 2024. July 27, 1998. UC Riverside.
  5. Book: Bataille . Gretchen M. . Lisa . Laurie . Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary . 2003 . Taylor & Francis . New York . 9781135955878 . 133.
  6. News: Sahagun . Louis . May 2, 1986 . Indians Pull Up Scholarly Chair at UC Riverside . 3 . Los Angeles Times . 2022-08-11 . Newspapers.com.
  7. Web site: Rupert and Jeannette Costo Papers . UCR Library . August 11, 2022.
  8. News: Ribbel . Arthur . September 28, 1966 . Publication Fights False Indian image . 37 . The Amarillo Globe-Times . 2022-08-11 . Newspapers.com.
  9. Web site: Young . Kerri . The Ashbury Heights Home of the American Indian Historical Society . San Francisco Heritage . August 11, 2022 . June 25, 2021.
  10. Web site: Costo (Rupert and Jeannette) papers . Online Archive of California . August 11, 2022.
  11. News: Hirsley . Michael . May 28, 1988 . To American Indians, Serra is anything but a saint . 32 . The Wichita Eagle . 2022-08-11 . Newspapers.com.
  12. News: Berger . Joseph . September 15, 1987 . The Papal Visit: When Medical Progress and The Church's Moral Teachings Meet; Pope Warns Health Workers on Straying . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-08-27 . 0362-4331.
  13. Charles . James P. . The Need for Textbook Reform: An American Indian Example . Journal of American Indian Education . 1989 . 28 . 3 . 13 . 24397958 . August 12, 2022 . 0021-8731.
  14. Book: Indian voices: the native American today. . 1974 . Published for the American Indian Historical Society by the Indian Historian Press . San Francisco . 978-0913436189.
  15. Book: The American Indian reader . 1972–1977 . Published by the Indian Historian Press for the American Indian Historical Society . San Francisco . 9780913436233.
  16. News: August 26, 1987 . 'Missions' book to focus on treatment of Indians . 107 . Los Angeles Times . 2022-08-11 . Newspapers.com.
  17. News: February 6, 2001 . Riverside: Jeannette Costo . B04 . The Press-Enterprise.

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