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Alice Mae Lee Jemison (1901–1964) was a Seneca political activist and journalist. She was a major critic of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the New Deal policies of its commissioner John Collier. She was supported by the Seneca Tribal Council, and also lobbied in support of California, Cherokee, and Sioux Indians during her career. Her work was condemned by the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and she was described harshly in press conferences and before Congressional committees. For a time she was put under FBI surveillance. ==Early career== In 1930, Colthilde Marchand, wife of sculptor Henri Marchand, was murdered near Buffalo, and authorities charged two Seneca women, one of the artist's models Nancy Bowen and her friend Lila Jimerson, with the crime. The District Attorney called it an "Indian" crime and conducted warrantless searches of Seneca and Cayuga homes. Jemison supported their defense. With Chief Clinton Rickard and Seneca President Ray Jimerson, she appealed to political leaders, including U.S. Vice President Charles Curtis. Because of their efforts, the Bureau of Indian Affairs arranged for the U.S. Attorney to help represent the defendants. Jemison worked part time for Seneca President Ray Jimerson in the early 1930s and also wrote for the ''Buffalo Evening News''. Her articles were syndicated by the North American Newspaper Alliance. In 1931, she was the spokesperson for the Seneca when they rejected an offer from New York State officials to settle a longstanding claim on the part of the Cayuga and the Seneca. The settlement would have given the Seneca $75,000 and the Cayuga $247,000 and the right to continue to live on the Seneca reservation. In the early 1930s she conducted legal research, wrote newspaper articles, campaigned for the Six Nations' candidate, and lobbied against the Indian Reorganization Act. Jemison moved to Washington, DC, in 1943 and began writing for the ''Washington Star''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alice Lee Jemison」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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