Nancy Dumont (1936–2002) was a
Native American
Native Americans or Native American usually refers to Native Americans in the United States.
Related terms and peoples include:
Ethnic groups
* Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the pre-Columbian peoples of North, South, and Central America ...
educational leader who lived in and worked in
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...
and Montana.
Life and education
An
Assiniboine
The Assiniboine or Assiniboin people ( when singular, Assiniboines / Assiniboins when plural; Ojibwe: ''Asiniibwaan'', "stone Sioux"; also in plural Assiniboine or Assiniboin), also known as the Hohe and known by the endonym Nakota (or Nakoda ...
citizen of the
, Dumont grew up in the area of
Wolf Point, Montana
Wolf Point is a city in and the county seat of Roosevelt County, Montana, United States. The population was 2,517 at the 2020 census, down 4% from 2,621 in the 2010 Census. It is the largest community on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Wolf ...
. After high school, she attended
Haskell Institute
Haskell Indian Nations University (Haskell or HINU) is a Public university, public tribal university, tribal land-grant university in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Founded in 1884 as a residential boarding school for Native American children ...
where she graduated with a degree in business. In 1966, she moved to Chicago to attend
Northwestern University
Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...
where she earned a second BA. She returned to Montana briefly in the mid-1970s, relocated to the Midwest a second time to do a master's degree at the
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...
in 1983, and then returned to Montana.
Career
Dumont become an active leader in the Chicago Native American community and was part of the second generation of Native American leaders of the city's
American Indian Center
The American Indian Center (AIC) of Chicago is the oldest urban American Indian center in the United States. It provides social services, youth and senior programs, cultural learning, and meeting opportunities for Native American peoples. For m ...
, which had been established by
Willard LaMere and others in 1953. She served on the founding board of directors of the
Native American Educational Services College, the first urban institution of higher learning designed, managed, and serving Native Americans. The college was based on an initial set of proposals for a degree-granting institution combining academic and tribal knowledges that was drafted by a committee including her brother, Robert V. Dumont.
After returning to Montana in the 1980s, she worked at the
Fort Peck Indian Reservation's Education Department, in Indian Child Welfare Programs, and in alcohol programs.
She also served as the Federal Projects Coordinator at Wolf Point Public Schools.
See also
References
External links
Nancy Dumont obituary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dumont, Nancy
1936 births
2002 deaths
20th-century Native American leaders
20th-century Native American women
21st-century Native American women
21st-century Native American people
Assiniboine people
People from Wolf Point, Montana
Women Native American leaders
Haskell Indian Junior College alumni
Native American educators
American women educators
Educators from Montana
Native American people from Montana