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Eugene Buechel

1874-10-20 – 1954-10-27

Portrait of Eugene Buechel
Eugene Buechel, Society of Jesus, Holy Rosary Mission, Pine Ridge, South Dakota, to J.J. Duncan.Credit: Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 1878-9/17/1947

Life & Legacy

Eugene Buechel was born on October 20, 1874, in Schleida, now Schleid, in the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Germany, and died October 27, 1954, in O'Neill, Nebraska, United States. Buechel was a Jesuit priest and missionary, linguist and anthropologist among the Brulé or Sicangu Lakota or Sioux on the Rosebud Indian Reservation and the related Oglala Lakota or Sioux on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

Occupation & Career

Catholic priest, linguist, missionary, photographer, teacher

Education

Sacred Heart College

Faith & Community

Catholic Church

Legacy Highlights

Church

Catholic Church

Education & Institutions

Sacred Heart College

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q1373058 — wikidata View source

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