Oscar Hiram Lipps (1872 - 1969) worked at the

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in Pennsylvania, was superintendent of the Nez Perce Agency, was superintendent at the

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, and was a field representative of the U. S. Indian Service. He wrote a two volume book on the

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. The

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has a collection of his papers. Lipps was born in

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. He studied in

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American Temperance University American Temperance University opened in 1893 in the planned town of Harriman, Tennessee, which was developed as a community with no alcoholic beverages permitted. In its second year of operation the institution enrolled 345 students from 20 states ...

?). Lipps was the superintendent at the Carlisle School from July 1915 through March 1917 when he was succeeded by John Francis, Jr.

Bibliography

*The Navajos, The Torch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The Torch press, 1909 *The Navajo Volume I *The Navajo Volume II *Laws and regulations relating to Indians and their lands; compiled by Oscar H. Lipps, Lewiston Printing & Binding, Lewiston, Idaho, 1913 *The Case of the California Indians, Chimewa, Oregon, School print shop, 40 pages, illustrated, 1932 *Daily Lesson Plan Book for Vocational.Instructors, 1919 *History of the Art of Weaving Among the Navajos, article published in the Red Man

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lipps, Oscar Hiram 1872 births 1969 deaths Carlisle Indian Industrial School people People from Boone County, Indiana