Carrie Dann was born to Dewey Dann and Sophie (Dick) Dann in the early 1930s in Crescent Valley. Her parents ran the family ranch. She graduated from Eureka County High School in the early 1950s and spent one year at Westminster College in Salt Lake City.
Her marriage in 1968 to Harvey Knight ended in divorce in 1972. Ms. Dann is survived by her daughter, Patricia Paul, and three grandchildren. Her son, Mark, died in 2015. Mary Dann died in 2005.
The permanent collection of the Nevada Museum of Art includes artwork that touches on the Dann sisters’ activism, and the museum’s deputy director, Ann M. Wolfe, said she had worked with contemporary artists to make sure that their story would not be forgotten.
Carrie Dann, a Native American land rights activist, Nevada rancher and longtime leader of the Western Shoshone Nation who fought the federal government for decades, has died.
Dann and her younger sister Mary Dann, who died in 2005, spent much of their adult lives trying to protect ownership of their ancestral lands in central Nevada.
Born in Nevada’s Crescent Valley in 1932, Carrie Dann co-founded the Western Shoshone Defense Project in 1991.
Dann died of natural causes on Jan. 2 at her home outside Reno
Her marriage in 1968 to Harvey Knight ended in divorce in 1972. Ms. Dann is survived by her daughter, Patricia Paul, and three grandchildren. Her son, Mark, died in 2015. Mary Dann died in 2005.
The permanent collection of the Nevada Museum of Art includes artwork that touches on the Dann sisters’ activism, and the museum’s deputy director, Ann M. Wolfe, said she had worked with contemporary artists to make sure that their story would not be forgotten.
Carrie Dann, a Native American land rights activist, Nevada rancher and longtime leader of the Western Shoshone Nation who fought the federal government for decades, has died.
Dann and her younger sister Mary Dann, who died in 2005, spent much of their adult lives trying to protect ownership of their ancestral lands in central Nevada.
Born in Nevada’s Crescent Valley in 1932, Carrie Dann co-founded the Western Shoshone Defense Project in 1991.
Dann died of natural causes on Jan. 2 at her home outside Reno
Carrie Dann was born to Dewey Dann and Sophie (Dick) Dann in the early 1930s in Crescent Valley. Her parents ran the family ranch. She graduated from Eureka County High School in the early 1950s and spent one year at Westminster College in Salt Lake City.
Her marriage in 1968 to Harvey Knight ended in divorce in 1972. Ms. Dann is survived by her daughter, Patricia Paul, and three grandchildren. Her son, Mark, died in 2015. Mary Dann died in 2005.
The permanent collection of the Nevada Museum of Art includes artwork that touches on the Dann sisters’ activism, and the museum’s deputy director, Ann M. Wolfe, said she had worked with contemporary artists to make sure that their story would not be forgotten.
Carrie Dann, a Native American land rights activist, Nevada rancher and longtime leader of the Western Shoshone Nation who fought the federal government for decades, has died.
Dann and her younger sister Mary Dann, who died in 2005, spent much of their adult lives trying to protect ownership of their ancestral lands in central Nevada.
Born in Nevada’s Crescent Valley in 1932, Carrie Dann co-founded the Western Shoshone Defense Project in 1991.
Dann died of natural causes on Jan. 2 at her home outside Reno
Her marriage in 1968 to Harvey Knight ended in divorce in 1972. Ms. Dann is survived by her daughter, Patricia Paul, and three grandchildren. Her son, Mark, died in 2015. Mary Dann died in 2005.
The permanent collection of the Nevada Museum of Art includes artwork that touches on the Dann sisters’ activism, and the museum’s deputy director, Ann M. Wolfe, said she had worked with contemporary artists to make sure that their story would not be forgotten.
Carrie Dann, a Native American land rights activist, Nevada rancher and longtime leader of the Western Shoshone Nation who fought the federal government for decades, has died.
Dann and her younger sister Mary Dann, who died in 2005, spent much of their adult lives trying to protect ownership of their ancestral lands in central Nevada.
Born in Nevada’s Crescent Valley in 1932, Carrie Dann co-founded the Western Shoshone Defense Project in 1991.
Dann died of natural causes on Jan. 2 at her home outside Reno
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