Truman Washington Dailey

Truman Washington Dailey
Mashi Manyi and Sunge Hka
Dailey in 1955
Born
Truman Washington Dailey

October 19, 1898
Otoe-Missouria reservation, Oklahoma Territory
DiedDecember 16, 1996(1996-12-16) (aged 98)
CitizenshipOtoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians and U.S.
Alma materOklahoma A&M College
Known forfluent Chiwere speaker, peyote roadman
Notable workChiwere language preservation

Truman Washington Dailey (October 19, 1898 – December 16, 1996), also known as Mashi Manyi ("Soaring High") and Sunge Hka ("White Horse"), was the last native speaker of the Otoe-Missouria dialect of Chiwere (Baxoje-Jiwere-Nyut'achi), a Native American language. He was a member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians.

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