Thomas Greenwood
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Thomas J. Greenwood was born in 1908 and was an Illinois labor and Indian affairs activist, of Scottish and Cherokee
descent. He worked as the manager of a shipyard during World War II
and was noted for his hiring of Oklahoma Indians and women. After the war, he continued in leadership roles throughout the American Indian community, creating the Indian Service League of Chicago, which functioned as a social club. Greenwood represented Illinois Indians at the National Convention of American Indians in 1953 and helped influence national policies about American Indians as the Chairman of Ways and Means at the American Indian Chicago Conference in June, 1961.
He continued his activism by rallying against turning the Illinois-Michigan canal into a landfill and by advocating for a realistic pow-wow during the Tri-Centennial Marquette and Joliet Re-enactment.
Thomas Greenwood died in 1988.
Cherokee
The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...
descent. He worked as the manager of a shipyard during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and was noted for his hiring of Oklahoma Indians and women. After the war, he continued in leadership roles throughout the American Indian community, creating the Indian Service League of Chicago, which functioned as a social club. Greenwood represented Illinois Indians at the National Convention of American Indians in 1953 and helped influence national policies about American Indians as the Chairman of Ways and Means at the American Indian Chicago Conference in June, 1961.
He continued his activism by rallying against turning the Illinois-Michigan canal into a landfill and by advocating for a realistic pow-wow during the Tri-Centennial Marquette and Joliet Re-enactment.
Thomas Greenwood died in 1988.
External links
- Tom Greenwood papers at Newberry LibraryNewberry LibraryThe Newberry Library is a privately endowed, independent research library for the humanities and social sciences in Chicago, Illinois. Although it is private, non-circulating library, the Newberry Library is free and open to the public...