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Marie Wadley was born on 16 December, 1906 in Pensacola, Oklahoma. Discover Marie Wadley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 103 years old?
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Bureau of Indian Affairs |
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103 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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16 December 1906 |
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16 December |
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Pensacola, Oklahoma |
| Date of death |
(2009-09-23) Muskogee, Oklahoma |
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Muskogee, Oklahoma |
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United States |
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Marie Wadley Net Worth
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Marie Wadley died at her home in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on September 23, 2009, at the age of 102. Her funeral was held at the St. Paul Methodist Church in Muskogee.
Wadley retired from the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1967, after a 42-year career with the agency. She was a tribal relations officer at the time of her retirement.
The Five Civilized Tribes Museum, which showcases the history, culture and art of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole Native American tribes, officially opened on April 16, 1966. Wadley became the first president of the new museum's board of directors.
In 1951, Wadley began working with then U.S. Representative David Boren (D-Oklahoma) to transfer ownership of the Union Agency building, as well as five acres of land surrounding the site, from the federal government to the city of Muskogee with the purpose of establishing the museum. U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower signed the bill into law in 1953, returning the Union Agency and the five acres back to local control.
Wadley, as an employee of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), worked to get a bill introduced into the U.S. Congress in the 1950s aimed at establishing a Native American museum in the Union Agency building in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The Union Agency building had been constructed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1875.
Wadley took the civil service exam and in 1925 she was hired for her first, and "only" job as a staff member with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). She was initially hired as a clerk stenographer. Years later, Wadley, who championed Native American causes throughout her life, spoke of her experience with the BIA,
Wadley was Shawnee and Cherokee. She was raised on a farm near Vinita, Oklahoma. In 1923, Wadley moved to Muskogee to enroll at Draughon Business College.
Marie L. Wadley (December 16, 1906 – September 23, 2009) was a Native American cofounder of the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Wadley became the museum's first president after its opening.
Marie Wadley was born in Pensacola, Indian Territory, on December 16, 1906, less than a year before the territory became the U.S. state of Oklahoma in 1907.
