Sunday, November 19, 2023

Episode 108: Counting Coup, Part II - Medicine Crow

 


Joseph Medicine Crow became the first Crow man, and just the second Crow, to earn a bachelors degree (botany, biology, and geology) when he graduated from Linfield University in Oregon. He became the first Crow to earn a masters degree (anthropology) when he graduated from the University of Southern California. While at USC, he also completed all the coursework needed for a PhD, but World War II broke out before he could complete his dissertation.



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