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Olive Oatman: The 13-Year-Old Mormon Who Became an Indian

Olive Oatman: The 13-Year-Old Mormon Who Became an Indian

Update: 2025-05-14
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On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1851, Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year-old pioneer traveling west with her Mormon family. Within a decade, she was a white Indian with a chin tattoo, caught between cultures. Here to tell the story is the executive of True West magazine, Bob Boze Bell.

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Olive Oatman: The 13-Year-Old Mormon Who Became an Indian

Olive Oatman: The 13-Year-Old Mormon Who Became an Indian

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