On June 2, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill granting Native Americans full citizenship. Coolidge posed with four Osage Indians in front of the White House to commemorate the event.

The Whitehouse Photo
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/images/osage.jpg

My great grandfather is in this photo and it has been passed down to us that his life story and as well another photo of him in full native dress, along with this photo from the Whitehouse, was published in a popular magazine of time, perhaps in the same timeframe of the signing of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.

I am trying to locate the magazine article that published his life story. I have searched Time magazine's online database and did not locate an article discussing this Whitehouse photo, only articles pertaining to the signing of the act.

Anyone with Osage history, please tell me the names of the individuals in this Whitehouse photo? The National Achieves did not label anyone in the photo, other than Calvin Coolidge.

The illusive magazine photo that had been passed down to us by stories, was recently discovered in the papers of his wife Rebecca Wentz' family. So we know it exists, we just can't find the name of the magazine it was published in, or the text of the article that went with the picture.


Julius Antonio Rivera

born July 4, 1875, in California, per the social security death records

died August 30, 1957, Los Angeles, CA

The 1930 Federal Census, incorrectly spelled his last name

1930 census
Julius age,54, age first marriage, 23, born California, father born US, mother born US
Rebecca age 58, age first marriage, 27, born Kansas, father born Germany, Mother born Germany,

1930 United States Federal Census

Name: Julius (Riviera)Rivera
Home in 1930: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Age: 54
Estimated birth year: abt 1876
Birthplace: California
Race: Indian (Native American)
Relation to Head of House: Head

Spouse's name: Rebecca, Birth Date: 8 May 1871, KS

Household Members: Name Age
Julius (Riviera)Rivera 54
Rebecca (Riviera)Rivera 58

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Little Wentz Family Site
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