Historical Marker

Susie Rayos Marmon

· Cibola

New Mexico marker

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Susie Rayos Marmon "Ga-wa goo maa" (1877–1988)} LAGUNA PUEBLO. Educated at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania under the U.S. policy of acculturating Indian children through schooling and removal from their homelands, Susie was instrumental in bringing education back to Laguna. A lifelong teacher, oral historian, and storyteller, Susie was honored with a school in her name in Albuquerque in 1989 and received many national and state citations for her commitment to educating students.

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