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A collaborative life history of Priscilla Freeman Jacobs, From Princess to Chief tells the story of the first female chief (from 1986 to 2005) of the state-recognised Waccamaw Siouan Indian Tribe of North Carolina. It details Jacobs’ birth and childhood, coming of age, education, young adulthood, marriage and family, Indian activism, and spiritual life.
Priscilla Freeman Jacobs is a pastor, great-grandmother, grandmother, mother, and wife. She lives with her family in North Carolina, USA.
Patricia Barker Lerch received a PhD from the Ohio State University, USA in 1978. Lerch is a professor of cultural anthropology at the University of North Carolina–Wilmington, USA. She is the author of several books, including Waccamaw Legacy: Contemporary Indians Fight for Survival, and many articles.