Patricia Locke
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| Born |
Patricia Ann locke January 21, 1928 Fort Hall Indian Reservation |
| Died | October 20, 2001 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | United States, Lakota, and Chippewa |
| Other names | Tawacin WasteWin (Compassionate Woman) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Educator and Leader for Native American Religion |
Patricia A. Locke (Tawacin WasteWin) (January 21, 1928 – October 20, 2001) was a Native American educator-activist and converted to the Bahá'í Faith during a trip to South America. She was elected as the first Native American woman to serve on the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. In 1991 she was a MacArthur Fellow, represented the US National Bahá'í community in Beijing at the Fourth World Conference on Women, and she was honored with the Indigenous Language Institute's Those Who Make a Difference award in 2001 just before her death. Posthumously she was inducted by the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2006, and in 2014 was a National Race Amity Conference honoree of a Race Amity Medal of Honor and the Google Cultural Institute included her in its listing Showcasing Great Women. Her son is renowned hoop dancer, flute player, and storyteller Kevin Locke.
Registered as Patricia Ann McGillis, daughter of John and Eva (Flying Earth) McGillis was born January 21, 1928, Locke was raised on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation as a Standing Rock Sioux, Hunkpapa band also known as Lakota, and Mississippi Band of White Earth Chippewa. Her father worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and enlisted during World War I after appealed the rejection because at the time Indians weren't considered citizens elligble for service. Her Lakota name Tawacin WasteWin means "She has a good consciousness, a compassionate woman."
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