Alfred B. Meacham
Politician, Author
1826 – 1882
Who was Alfred B. Meacham?
Alfred Benjamin Meacham was an American Methodist minister, reformer, author and historian, who served as the U.S. Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Oregon. He became a proponent of American Indian interests in the Northwest, including Northern California. Appointed in 1873 as chairman of the Modoc Peace Commission, he was severely wounded during a surprise attack on April 11 by warriors, but saved from death by Toby Riddle, a Modoc interpreter,
Meacham continued to work for justice for American Indians. He wrote a lecture-play about the War, and made a national tour with Modoc and Klamath representatives in 1874–1875. He helped represent American Indian tribes to Washington officials, and testified about relocation issues to Congress. In 1880 he served on the Ute Commission. Meacham published two books about the Modoc War; the reformer Wendell Phillips wrote the introduction to the first book, and Meacham dedicated the second and titled it for Winema Riddle.
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- Born
- 1826
- Also known as
- Alfred Meacham
- Ethnicity
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Oregon
- Died
- 1882
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on July 23, 2013
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