Alice Cunningham Fletcher (1838–1923)

Born 1838 CE, died 1923 CE.

Alice Cunningham Fletcher (March 15, 1838 – April 6, 1923) was an American ethnologist, anthropologist, and social scientist who studied and documented Native American culture. Fletcher was a proponent of Native American cultural assimilation, the Indian boarding school system, and private landownership among indigenous peoples.

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