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Father Emmett Hoffmann (1926-2013) was born in Wisconsin in 1926 and was raised on a farm.
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Kicking Bird

Kiowa chief

Kicking Bird
Chief Kicking Bird
Born	c. 1835 Possibly Oklahoma
Died	May 3, 1875(1875-05-03) (aged 39–40) Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Nationality	Kiowa
Other names	The Kicking Bird Eagle Who Strikes with his Talons Striking Eagle
Known for	A Chief of the Kiowa Nation, warrior, peacemaker
Relatives	Stumbling Bear (father) Son of the Sun (brother) Big Arrow (brother) Coquit (brother)

Kicking Bird, also known as Tene-angop'te, "The Kicking Bird", "Eagle Who Strikes with his Talons", or "Striking Eagle" (c. 1835 - May 3, 1875) was a High Chief of the Kiowa in the 1870s. It is said that he was given his name for the way he fought his enemies. He was a Kiowa, though his grandfather had been a Crow captive who was adopted by the Kiowa. His mysterious death at Fort Sill on May 3, 1875, is the subject of much debate and speculation.

Though he was a great warrior who participated in and led many battles and raids during the 1860s and 1870s, he is mostly known as an advocate for peace and education among his p

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Soaring Eagle -- REVEREND EMMETT HOFFMANN HERITAGE PROJECT COLLECTION: Scope and Content Note

Primarily oral history recordings in Cheyenne and meetings in English at St. Labre Mission School, Ashland, Montana, with select transcripts in English regarding Cheyenne Indian life, history, and culture in Montana, South Dakota, and Oklahoma. Related publications and motion pictures included; also scenes at Mount Calvary and St. Anthony Hospital/ St. Benedict the Moor Mission, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which served African Americans. Some restrictions apply.

The Heritage Project recordings and transcripts includes 672 recordings of Northern (and Southern) Cheyenne oral history and business meetings with selected translated transcripts; biographies of Rev. Emmett Hoffmann in print and DVD formats; and 44 reels of motion pictures by Fenton Schaub, a lay volunteer from Mount Calvary, Wisconsin. Many of the oral history respondents and subjects were students and/or alumni of St. Labre, which was administered by the Capuchins.

The bulk of the Fenton Schaub motion pictures pertain to Northern

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Father Emmett Hoffmann (1926-2013) was born in Wisconsin in 1926 and was raised on a farm. At the age of 27, he was ordained a Capuchin priest at St. Mary’s Church. His first parish assignment was in St. Labre Mission in Montana, a school for the Northern Cheyenne that was on the verge of closing due to a lack of funding.

Despite growing up during the Great Depression of the 1930s, he was unprepared for the impoverished conditions he found on the reservation. Families lived in tents and dilapidated cabins, many suffering from malnourishment and drinking from contaminated wells. The weather was extreme, dipping well below zero in winter and burning hot in the long summer months.

Father Emmett shared his experience with his first spring on the reservation, including his first experience with “Gumbo Mud“.

Saving St. Labre

After just a year in Montana, Father Emmett became the Executive Director of St. Labre Indian School and Superintendent of Schools. Knowing that funds would be needed to save the failing schools, he organized what would become the first of many fundra