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Aug 03, 1873 Eufaula, Oklahoma, United States Died on 27 May 1908 (aged 34)
Muscogee Creek poet, journalist, humorist, and politician from Indian Territory
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About Alexander Posey
- Alexander Lawrence Posey (August 3, 1873 – May 27, 1908) was an American poet, humorist, journalist, and politician in the Creek Nation.
- He founded the Eufaula Indian Journal in 1901, the first Native American daily newspaper.
- For several years he published editorial letters known as the Fus Fixico Letters, written by a fictional figure who commented pointedly about Muscogee Nation, Indian Territory, and United States politics during the period of the dissolution of tribal governments and communal lands.
- He served as secretary to the Sequoyah Constitutional Convention and drafted much of the constitution for its proposed Native American state, but Congress rejected the proposal.
- Posey died young, drowned while trying to cross the flooding North Canadian River in Oklahoma.
