A cum laude graduate of Mount Holyoke College, student Evelyn Yellow Robe is pictured here in the &l

A cum laude graduate of Mount Holyoke College, student Evelyn Yellow Robe is pictured here in the “traditional clothing” associated with her Dakota Sioux heritage. The daughter of a Sioux chief, Evelyn remained deeply committed to her culture throughout her time at college and into her adulthood, where she worked to promote appropriate Native American representation in film through service on the board of the National Film Committee sponsored by the Association on American Indian Affairs. She also served as a professor of speech pathology at both Mount Holyoke College in the Spring of 1942/43 and Vassar College beginning in 1944. 

Evelyn M. Yellow Robe in Traditional Clothing, May 1941 :: Mount Holyoke Archives and Special Collections Digital Images :: circa 1941