A collaborative life history of Priscilla Freeman Jacobs, From Princess to Chief tells the story of the first female chief (from 1986 to 2005) of the state-recognized Waccamaw Siouan Indian Tribe of North Carolina.In From Princess to Chief, Priscilla Freeman Jacobs and Patricia Barker Lerch detail Jacobs s birth and childhood, coming of age, education, young adulthood, marriage and family, Indian activism, and spiritual life.Jacobs is descended from a family of Indian leaders whose activism dates back to the early twentieth century. Her ancestors pressured the local county and...
A collaborative life history of Priscilla Freeman Jacobs, From Princess to Chief tells the story of the first female chief (from 1986 to 2005) ...
