O-da-na ‘Maggie’ Studie

Maggie was a Cherokee woman.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nofire-7

Maggie was born in 1929. She was the daughter of Otter Nofire and Elsie Scott. [1]

She married Andy Studie.

Maggie's first language was Tsalagi (Cherokee); according to her obituary she taught herself to speak English. [2] She was a signer of the Cherokee Speaker Roll, a record of the names of the last living Cherokees who are able to speak the language with fluency. It was her preferred language and she enjoyed sharing it with others.

She was a participant in protests against the construction of the Blackfox nuclear plant at Inola, Oklahoma. She passed away in 2021. She is buried at Ridgelawn Cemetery in Collinsville, Oklahoma. [3]

References

1. Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jun 12 2019, 3:10:34 UTC
   1. Residence: 1930 - Cookson, Cherokee, Oklahoma, USA
   2. Race: Indian
   3. Reference: 1930 United States Federal Census - SmartCopy: Jun 12 2019, 3:31:19 UTC
2. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/60359545/family/pedigree
3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nofire-7 cites
   1. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC7Q-38N : accessed 25 September 2022), Maggie Nofire in household of Otter Nofire, Cookson, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 7A, line 49, family 137, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1897; FHL microfilm 2,341,631.
      1. Otter Nofire Head Male 34 Oklahoma
      2. Elsie Nofire Wife Female 37 Oklahoma
      3. Bud Nofire Son Male 5 Oklahoma
      4. Dora Nofire Daughter Female 3 Oklahoma
      5. Maggie Nofire Daughter Female 0 Oklahoma
   2. obit. < link >
   3. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233269804/maggie-studie : accessed 01 December 2021), memorial page for Maggie Nofire Studie (29 Apr 1929–17 Oct 2021), Find A Grave: Memorial #233269804, citing Ridgelawn Cemetery, Collinsville, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by R Burnett (contributor 47445819) .
   4. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=319242726437286
4. Streeter, S. (2024, January 16). Fathers and Sons. Finding your Roots. episode, PBS.