Ora Eddleman Reed Explained

Ora Eddleman Reed
Birth Name:Ora V. Eddleman
Birth Date:September 17, 1880
Birth Place:Texas, U.S.
Death Date:June 19, 1968
Death Place:Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Other Names:Mignon Schreiber, Tucheta
Occupation:Writer, editor

Ora Veralyn Eddleman Reed (September 17, 1880 – June 19, 1968), also known as Tucheta[1] [2] or Mignon Schreiber, was an American writer, editor and radio host. Though not officially enrolled, she is usually associated with the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, a connection she embraced in her writings and social interactions.[3]

Early life and education

Eddleman was born near Denton, Texas, the daughter of David Jones Eddleman and Mary Jane Daugherty Eddleman.[4] Mary Daugherty Eddleman identified as Cherokee and Irish by ancestry, but her 1908 application to be officially enrolled in the Cherokee Nation was rejected by the Dawes Commission. Ora V. Eddleman followed her mother's example in her public presentation as a Cherokee woman,[5] and she maintained a "lifelong connection to Cherokee leaders and to the larger Cherokee community".[6] She attended Henry Kendall College in Muskogee, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), but left school to help with her family's newspaper business.[7]

Career

Eddleman's family owned the Muskogee Daily Times, and she worked at the newspaper as a young woman.[8] [9] She was a co-founder and editor of Twin Territories: The Indian Magazine, a monthly publication,[10] from 1898 to 1904.[11] [12] From 1905 to 1906, she edited the "Indian Department" of Sturm's Oklahoma Magazine.[13] Her columns were noted for their humor.[14] She also wrote short stories under the name "Mignon Schreiber".[15] She published and promoted works by Native American authors including Mabel Washbourne Anderson, Charles Gibson, John Rollin Ridge, and Alexander Posey.[16] [17] She wrote an unpublished novel, Where the Big Woods Beckon, and an unadapted screenplay, Night Brings Out the Stars.

Reed was an active member of the Indian Territory Press Association.[18] She was president of the Yellowstone chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1929[19] and 1931.[20] She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Oklahoma Historical Society.[21] She became active in radio in Casper, Wyoming, in the 1930s, hosting a half-hour talk show and dispensing advice as "the Sunshine Lady". She has been described as "the first Native American broadcaster"[22] and "the first Native American talk show host".[23] [24]

Publications

Personal life and legacy

Eddleman married fellow journalist Charles L. Reed in 1904; they had two sons, Roy and David, and two more children who died in infancy. Her husband worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and as a scout for oil companies.[36] The Reeds moved to Wyoming in 1924, and back to Oklahoma in 1932. Her husband died in 1949,[37] and she died in 1968, at the age of 87, at a nursing home in Tulsa.[38] A collection of her selected works was published in 2024 by the University of Nebraska Press.[39] The University of Oklahoma has a microfilm run of Eddleman's Twin Territories.[40]

Notes and References

  1. News: 1898-07-12 . A Cherokee City Editor; Miss Tucheta B. Eddleman, an Indian, on the Desk of the Muskogee Daily Times . 2024-08-03 . Kansas City Journal . 10.
  2. News: 1901-11-15 . Salmagundi Notes . 2024-08-03 . Falls City Daily News . 1 . Newspapers.com.
  3. Book: Littlefield, Daniel F. . A Biobibliography of Native American Writers, 1772-1924: A Supplement . Parins . James W. . 1985 . Scarecrow Press . 978-0-8108-1802-6 . 207 . en.
  4. News: 1968-06-20 . Early-Day Writer Dies . 2024-08-03 . Tulsa World . 60 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: 1902-01-30 . Ways of Women . 2024-08-03 . The Call . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  6. Carpenter . Cari . Kilcup . Karen . 2022-04-11 . “What the Curious Want to Know”: Material and Ethical Challenges of Recovering an Early Cherokee Woman's Work . Scholarly Editing . 39 . 10.55520/H1W49V4K.
  7. March 29, 1902 . A Magazine for Indians . Harper's Weekly . 46 . 413 . Internet Archive.
  8. Web site: Synar . Edwyna . 2019-04-26 . Remember the Ladies: Ora Eddleman Reed was a writer extraordinaire . 2024-08-03 . Muskogee Phoenix . en.
  9. Web site: ICT . 2023-08-11 . From petroglyphs to pixels: A history of Indigenous media . 2024-08-03 . ICT News . en.
  10. News: 1902-02-21 . Indian Editor; Cherokee Girl Issues Monthly Magazine; She Has Literary Aspirations . 2024-08-03 . The Daily Times . 7 . Newspapers.com.
  11. Morrison . Daryl . Summer 1982 . Twin Territories: The Indian Magazine and its editor, Ora Eddleman Reed . Chronicles of Oklahoma . 60 . 2 . 136-166.
  12. Carpenter . Cari . 2023 . Indian Territory Reimagined: Ora Eddleman Reed's Twin Territories . American Periodicals: A Journal of History & Criticism . en . 33 . 2 . 136–151 . 10.1353/amp.2023.a911653 . 1548-4238.
  13. September 1906 . Sturm's Oklahoma Magazine (advertisement) . Sunset . 17 . 5.
  14. News: 2002-09-08 . Native American scholar to speak on Indian humor . 2024-08-03 . Tulsa World . 89 . Newspapers.com.
  15. Wilson, Linda D. "Ora V. Eddleman Reed" The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Oklahoma Historical Society.
  16. Book: Kosmider, Alexia Maria . Tricky Tribal Discourse: The Poetry, Short Stories, and Fus Fixico Letters of Creek Writer Alex Posey . 1998 . University of Idaho Press . 978-0-89301-201-4 . en.
  17. Web site: Wilson . Linda D. . Twin Territories: The Indian Magazine . 2024-08-03 . The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Oklahoma Historical Society . en-us.
  18. News: 1901-03-18 . The Place Selected; Next Meeting of the Press Association will be at Checotah . 2024-08-03 . The Daily Chieftain . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  19. News: 1929-10-20 . Short Program Features U. D. of C. Meeting . 2024-08-03 . Casper Star-Tribune . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  20. News: 1931-03-15 . Mrs. Charles L. Reed Heads Organization . 2024-08-03 . Casper Star-Tribune . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  21. News: 1906-06-01 . Oklahoma Historical Society . 2024-08-03 . The Nashville News . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  22. Book: Torres, Joseph . News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media . González . Juan . 2012-09-11 . Verso Books . 978-1-78168-424-5 . en.
  23. Book: Mark N. Trahant . Pictures of our nobler selves . 1995 . Internet Archive . iii.
  24. News: Sanchez . Sheila . 1995-12-04 . Native Americans contribute much to journalism . 2024-08-03 . The Daily Herald . 1, 2 . Newspapers.com.
  25. News: 1900-03-29 . Will be Issued April 1 . 2024-08-03 . Muskogee Phoenix . 6 . Newspapers.com.
  26. Schreiber, Mignon (Ora Eddleman Reed). "Lucy and I as Missionaries." Twin Territories Mar 1900, no. 43 (1900): 79.
  27. News: 1908-04-24 . Oklahoma's Great Magazine . 2024-08-03 . The Gracemont Graphic . 8 . Newspapers.com.
  28. Reed . Ora Eddleman . October 1908 . Modern Mistress Lo . Harper's Bazaar . 42 . 10 . 1002-1004.
  29. News: 1910-06-02 . Sturm's for June . 2024-08-03 . The Coalgate Courier . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  30. News: 1914-01-22 . Here's to the Girl of Long Years Ago; Ora Eddleman Reed's Prize Winning Answer a Toast in Verse . 2024-08-03 . Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat . 10.
  31. Reed . Ora Eddleman . Spring 1945 . Pioneer Publisher, First Daily Newspaper in Indian Country . Chronicles of Oklahoma . 23 . 1 . 36-40 . Internet Archive.
  32. News: 1945-07-14 . Eddleman Topic of Article in Chronicles of Oklahoma . 2024-08-03 . Sooner State Press . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  33. Reed, Ora Eddleman. "The Robe Family--Missionaries"Chronicles of Oklahoma 26, no. 3 (1948): 301-312.
  34. Kosmider, Alexia. “‘What the Curious Want to Know’: Cherokee Writer, Ora Eddleman Reed Writes Back to the Empire,” Literature and Psychology 41, no. 4 (1995): 51–72.
  35. Kosmider, Alexia. “Strike a Euroamerican Pose: Ora Eddleman Reed’s ‘Types of Indian Girls,’” American Transcendental Quarterly 12, no. 2 (June 1998): 109–21.
  36. News: 1949-01-04 . Charles L. Reed Rites Wednesday; Retired Indian Service and Oil Firm Official . 2024-08-03 . Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  37. News: 1949-01-11 . Ora Reed Asks Estate Executrix Appointment . 2024-08-03 . Muskogee Times-Democrat . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  38. News: 1968-06-21 . Pioneer Oklahoma Publisher Dies . 2024-08-03 . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  39. Carpenter, Cari M. and Karen L. Kilcup, eds., The Selected Works of Ora Eddleman Reed: Author, Editor, and Activist for Cherokee Rights (University of Nebraska Press 2024).
  40. Twin Territories (microfilmed issues from 1899 to 1904), University of Oklahoma.

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