Georgeann Robinson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georgeann Robinson

Osage activist and artist

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1917

Place of Birth: Pawhuska, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 04-Sep-1985

Profession: teacher, activist, handicrafter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Georgeann Robinson (Osage: Wah-kah-sah, October 13, 1917 – September 4, 1985) was an Osage teacher and businesswoman, who used her skill with ribbonwork to preserve the cultural heritage of her people.
She was honored as a 1982 National Heritage Fellowship recipient by the National Endowment for the Arts and has works in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, Museum of International Folk Art of Santa Fe, New Mexico and in the Southern Plains Indian Museum in Anadarko, Oklahoma.
As an activist, from 1958, she was active in the National Congress of American Indians and in the late 1960s, was the executive vice president of the organization.