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Qualities
Chairman of Seminole
Tribe
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Alice Brown Davis
Sasakowa, Oklahoma
09/10/1852 - 06/21/1935
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Native American
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Biography
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Alice Brown Davis was the daughter of Dr. J. F. Brown and Lucy Graybeard. She was born near Parkhill, Oklahoma, September 10, 1852. Alice belonged to the Tiger Clan (Katcvlke). She was a sister to Gov. J. F. Brown. She attended Rev. Ross Ramsey's School (Wewoka Mission) north of Wewoka.
She married George Davis in 1874. They had eleven children. The Davis' owned a trading post and post office at Arbeka, in the north part of the Seminole Nation. Alice was a teacher and in 1905, served as Superintendent of Emahaka School.
Mrs. Davis was a member of the Spring Baptist Church at Sasakwa, Oklahoma. On behalf of the church, she went to Florida for mission work. She was also active in the Muskogee, Seminole, and Wichita Baptist Association.
Before serving as Chairman for the Seminole Tribe, she was the interpreter for the Seminoles in the courts of law in business dealings involving the Seminole Indians because she was bilingual. She also served with the Dawes Commission. President W. G. Harding appointed Mrs. Davis to serve as the Chairman of the Seminole Tribe because of her education and knowledge of laws in 1922. She was the first Seminole woman to be appointed to this position.
Mrs. Davis died June 21, 1935. In 1961, she was nominated to be placed in the American Indian Hall of Fame at Anadarko, Oklahoma. In 1964, a bronze bust of Mrs. Davis was sculpted by Willard Stone and unveiled at the World's Fair in New York City.
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