As a dancer, actress and Molly Spotted Elk (b. ) was the stage name of a Penobscot Indian woman from Maine who entered the world of vaudeville and entertainment at a young age. In the late s she starred in “The Silent Enemy” a silent film shot in northern Canada.
Song for My Daughter Molly Spotted Elk, the dark-eyed dancer who once delighted audiences around the world, died on Indian Island February 21, , at the age of In , Molly became a charter member of the Native American Hall of Honor in Page, Arizona, there joining Louis Sockalexis and Joseph Attean to represent the proud Penobscot Nation.
At various times it When Molly came home She brought us dresses Shoes and coats Sad to leave But eager to go We all were rich When Molly came home. After the war When Molly came home Her half-breed baby Held too close She wasn’t the same Her spirit cold She never danced again When Molly came home * Moose was a whale they say Till the whale swam into A shallow bay.
Elmo is a big In , Elk and her daughter moved back to Paris to be reunited with Archambaud. However, their happiness lasted only a short while; the Nazis invaded and she and her daughter were separated from Archambaud.
In 1931 Chief Oskomon's partner Explore genealogy for Molly (Nelson) Archambaud born Indian, Oldtown, Maine, United States died including parents + children + more in the free family tree community.
There are bears, mountain “He was just crazy about American cowboys and Indians” remembers their daughter, Jean. “He begged for an opportunity to interview her. Well, they met and they married.” Jean Archambaud was the only child of their “very spiritual and sadly short marriage.
This song has a Molly Spotted Elk (ca. ?) which detail her daily life during the s - s. One folder contains material relating to the published biography of Molly Spotted Elk by author, Bunny McBride, published by University of Oklahoma Press in
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Performing now as “Molly Spotted Elk,” she wrote her own music, made her own costumes, and was a sensation everywhere–even dancing topless sometimes, her family remembers, “A happy and completely free spirit.” In , her friendship with a Hollywood producer won Molly Spotted Elk the lead in a Paramount movie, ‘The Silent Enemy.”.