Lucy Tayiah Eads

Early life and education Lucy Tayiah was born in 1888 in Indian Territory, along Beaver Creek. Her parents were Lezitte Betrand (also known as Mo Jan Ah Hoe) and Little Tayiah. Her mother, Lezitte Betrand, was Kaw and Potawatomi. Little Tayiah, her father, was Kaw. Taiyah also had one brother, Emmett (also known as Ki He Kah Mah She).

Around 1892, both of her parents died of starvation. She moved to New York City. In 1929, she attended the Inauguration of Herbert Hoover, representing the Kaw Nation. In 1928, after Eads was reelected, the Kaw government was abolished until its restoration under the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act of 1936.

Health career After serving as tribal chief, Eads returned to working as a nurse at Haskell Indian College.

Death She, with her family, eventually relocated to Pawhuska, Oklahoma. She died in 1961.