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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1908 - Yes, date unknown
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| Name |
Helen Munro |
| Born |
15 Dec 1908 |
Milk River, Glacier Co., Montana  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I30908 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
4 Jan 2009 |
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| Notes |
- Biography of Helen Monroe Sherman in BLACKFEET HERITAGE 1907-1908 A Blackfeet Heritage Program of the Browning Public Schools. Published in 198_.
"Helen Monroe was born December 15, 1908 on Milk River, north of Browning. Her mother was Louise Brinkman and her grandmother was Sharpfaced Woman New Robe. Her great-grandfather was Hugh Monroe and her father was Hugh Monroe II. Her father died when she was 2 years old." *See Frank Munro, Jr. "She had one sister, Hildegarde, and three step brothers. Her step-father, John Kennedy, sold their ranch and moved the family to Heart Butte where he opened Heart Butte's first store. When Helen was about twelve or thirteen years old her mother died and she was sent to boarding school at Pierre, South Dakota. She graduated from Chemawa in 1931, and worked at Fort Hall one year before marrying Bill Edmo, with whom she had three sons. She took her Civil Service exam and worked for the government before retiring in 1969. After her first husband passed away, she married Alex Sherman in 1944." "Helen was employed by Vista from 1970 to 1973. From 1974 to 1979 she worked at the Blackfeet Nursing Home. She has two surviving sons: William D. who will have a PhD degree this spring, and is a former member of the Marine Corps; Jack Edmo is contracting officer for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe of which he is a member." "She believes the Blackfoot Heritage Program is a good program, but it is a little late. 'A lot of things are already forgotten. Our children don't know about the past - just what they see on television. The majority of the Indian people can't talk their own language because in the boarding schools they were punished if they spoke it. The first thing they would do in boarding school was to cut off your hair. The way people speak Indian now is different. The words have the same meaning, but there is a new twist. The words are shortened.' "The first Indan Days and Rodeo was about 1949. It was put on by a white man. Times have really changed. They used to have an event called steer decorating. The object was to put a ribbon on their horns. A long time ago they never had colored feathers. It used to be all buckskin and original elk teeth. The little boys all wore three braids. The women kept their hair braded and had mink and weasel furs on their braids."
Her name may have been Ellen.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996
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