EP. 118: Texans You Should Know- Osjetea Briggs

Wise About Texas

Ken Wise

Texan, Places & Travel, Education, Texas, Cowboy, History, Society & Culture, Culture, Jacinto, Texans, San

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

She grew up a poor Native American in rural Texas during the depression. But if you think she even noticed, you don't know Osjetea Briggs. She became a world-renowned photographer, portrait artist and newspaper publisher. Oh, and she was a columnist and politico too. Full of wisdom, she demonstrates the best of Texas grit and determination. Learn about an interesting Texan in this episode of Wise About Texas.

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0:00.0	Howdy and welcome to Wise About Texas, your award-winning Texas History Podcast.
0:13.8	I'm your host Ken Wise.
0:15.0	I appreciate you very much tuning in today
0:18.2	for a little Texas history.
0:20.4	This podcast is being recorded and released on the second day of 2023.
0:26.4	So happy new year everybody. I think that
0:29.3	2023 is going to be a great year. I'm looking for we got a legislative session
0:35.2	coming up so I'll find myself in Austin always looking for some more great
0:40.7	Texas history stories. I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are starting
0:44.8	2023 with a bang. I want to put a bug in your ear for the upcoming Texas State Historical
0:51.0	Association annual meeting in El Paso. It's March 2nd through 4th.
0:55.9	So go to T.sh.a online.org and check it out. The T.S.H.A annual meeting is always a great chance to gather and mingle with fellow Texas history
1:06.4	lovers from all over the country.
1:08.6	So give that a look.
1:10.3	El Paso, of course, a very beautiful, very historic place, and a very interesting place for this year's annual meaning.
1:17.0	Speaking of interesting, today I want to tell you a story about a lady, and I didn't know really anything about her
1:24.3	her, and I didn't know really anything about her, stumbled on to a story about her.
1:26.4	And it turns out she's another one of those little-known Texas history
1:30.7	characters that have had very interesting lives.
1:34.7	So I want to tell you about that.
1:37.0	Her name was O'Shita Briggs.
1:39.3	Now, O'Shita is spelled OSJE- E A T E A. It's a Choctaw word which means falling star.
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