About Dorothy Stanley
Dorothy Amora Stanley was an American educator, consultant, Miwok activist, and politician. Trained in Northern Miwok culture during her youth, she became involved in Native American affairs – particularly the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians – after her fourth marriage. An advocate for Native American interests, she served as vice-chair of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Central California Agency's advisory board and as chair of the Tuolumne Me-Wuk Tribal Council in 1980. She was also an educator and demonstrator on Miwok culture, including basket-weaving, as well as an archaeological and academic consultant. Dorothy Amora Stanley was born on July 14, 1924, in Los Angeles, California, raised on the ancestral Fuller Ranch and Tuolumne Rancheria (both in Tuolumne County), and educated at the Stewart Indian School.
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