Mari Sandoz (1896–1966)

Mari Sandoz was born and brought up in northwestern Nebraska during the homesteading era. Her father, Old Jules, was a famous frontier character, friend of the Sioux and Cheyenne, and involved in the settlers-cattlemen conflict. Miss Sandoz studied at the University of Nebraska, taught in a country school. She became Director of Research, Nebraska State Historical Society, and continued her studies at the U of N which, in 1950, bestowed on her the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature.