Compassionate Woman: The Life and Legacy of Patricia Locke

A captivating biography of Patricia Locke, of Lakota and Chippewa heritage, who was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and dedicated her life to bringing Native Americans both academic and spiritual opportunities. Active in government policies and procedure as well as education codes for Indian tribes, she is admired for her work to save tribal languages that were growing extinct throughout the United States.

About the author

John Kolstoe is the author of several books, essays, and articles about the Baha'i Faith and various aspects of its teachings. He worked for ten years in the education field, including positions at the primary, secondary, college, and graduate level. Three of those years were spent living and teaching in a First Nations village in Alaska. He has also worked extensively in the field of group decision-making and consulting. He is the father of four adopted children and lives with his wife, Janet, in Montana.

Product details

• Authors: John Kolstoe
• Publisher: Baha'i Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2011
• EAN: 9781931847858
• ISBN: 978-1-931847-85-8
• No. of pages: 226
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Biography / Autobiography, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Native Americans