Jeannette Henry Costo

Jeannette Henry Costo (1908–2001) was an American activist, author, editor, and journalist. She co-founded the American Indian Historical Society (AIHS), and the Indian Historian Press publishing company.[1][2][3]

Jeannette Henry Costo
Born
Jeannette Henry

(1908-06-27)June 27, 1908
DiedJanuary 31, 2001(2001-01-31) (aged 92)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesJeannette Dulce Henry-Costo
Occupation(s)Activist, author, editor, journalist
Spouse
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(m. 1950; died in 1989)​

Background

Jeannette Henry was born on June 27, 1908.[4] She identified as being "born to the Turtle clan of the Carolina Cherokee," as Gretchan Bataille and Laurie Lisa wrote in the Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary.[5]

She ran away from home as a teenager, and was a police reporter for the Detroit Free Press as a young woman.[6]

Marriage and activism

In the 1950s Jeanette married Rupert Costo (Cauhilla) with whom she co-founded the American Indian Historical Society (AIHS) in 1962.[1][7] The AIHS was a cultural and activist organization.[8] Its headquarters were named Chautauqua House and was located at 1451 Masonic Avenue in the Ashbury Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California.[9] The organization dissolved in 1986.[9] At that time the couple donated many of the organization's library holdings to the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside),[10] and established an endowed chair in American Indian Studies at UC Riverside.[6]

In 1988, the Costos, both Roman Catholic, were vocal in protesting the beatification of Christian missionary Junípero Serra.[11][12]

Writing and publishing

The couple also published several periodicals including Wassaja and the Indian Historian.[1] Additionally they had a publishing company similarly named the Indian Historian Press, which published some 59 book titles.[3]

Jeannette Henry Costo wrote Textbooks and the American Indian.[13] She edited Indian Voices: The Native American Today[14] and The American Indian Reader.[15] She also co-wrote a number of books with Rupert Costo,[2] including The Missions of California: A Legacy of Genocide (1987).[16]

Death

Costo died on January 31, 2001, in San Francisco, California.[17]

Publications
  • Costo, Rupert; Henry Costo, Jeannette (1987). The Missions of California: A Legacy of Genocide. The Indian Historian Press. ISBN 9780317645392.
  • Costo, Rupert; Henry Costo, Jeannette (1995). Natives of the Golden State: The California Indians. The Indian Historian Press. ISBN 9780713436266.

References
  1. Native American women : a biographical dictionary (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge. 2001. p. 133. ISBN 9781135955878.
  2. "Jeannette Dulce Henry Costo". Native American Authors. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  3. Waugh, Dexter (August 15, 1995). "Writing a longtime native Indian wrong". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 43. Retrieved August 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Jeannette Costo (1908–2001)". Find a Grave. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  5. Bataille, Gretchen M.; Lisa, Laurie (2003). Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: Taylor & Francis. p. 133. ISBN 9781135955878.
  6. Sahagun, Louis (May 2, 1986). "Indians Pull Up Scholarly Chair at UC Riverside". Los Angeles Times. p. 3. Retrieved August 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Rupert and Jeannette Costo Papers". UCR Library. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  8. Ribbel, Arthur (September 28, 1966). "Publication Fights False Indian image". The Amarillo Globe-Times. p. 37. Retrieved August 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Young, Kerri (June 25, 2021). "The Ashbury Heights Home of the American Indian Historical Society". San Francisco Heritage. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  10. "Costo (Rupert and Jeannette) papers". Online Archive of California. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  11. Hirsley, Michael (May 28, 1988). "To American Indians, Serra is anything but a saint". The Wichita Eagle. p. 32. Retrieved August 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Berger, Joseph (September 15, 1987). "The Papal Visit: When Medical Progress and The Church's Moral Teachings Meet; Pope Warns Health Workers on Straying". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  13. Charles, James P. (1989). "The Need for Textbook Reform: An American Indian Example". Journal of American Indian Education. 28 (3): 13. ISSN 0021-8731. JSTOR 24397958. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  14. Indian voices: the native American today. San Francisco: Published for the American Indian Historical Society by the Indian Historian Press. 1974. ISBN 978-0913436189.
  15. The American Indian reader. San Francisco: Published by the Indian Historian Press for the American Indian Historical Society. 1972–1977. ISBN 9780913436233.
  16. "'Missions' book to focus on treatment of Indians". Los Angeles Times. August 26, 1987. p. 107. Retrieved August 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. "Riverside: Jeannette Costo". The Press-Enterprise. February 6, 2001. pp. B04.
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