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By Dr. Jim Fuchs, Special to The Chronicle
What does George Painter, the Glens Falls native and retired director of Camp Chingachgook, have in common with Ohiyesa, a Native American born 166 years ago?
Ohiyesa, born in 1858 on the Santee Dakota reservation, was initially named “Pitiful Last,” after his mother died giving birth to him, her 5th child.
In the Dakota tradition of naming to mark life passages, he …
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