Background
Coolidge, Sherman was born in 1863 in Goose Creek, Wyoming, United States. Son of Banasda and Ba-ah-noce (Arapahoe Indians).
Coolidge, Sherman was born in 1863 in Goose Creek, Wyoming, United States. Son of Banasda and Ba-ah-noce (Arapahoe Indians).
Educated Shattuck Military School, Faribault, Minnesota, 1877-1880. Bachelor of Divinity, Seabury Division School, 1884. Hobart College, 1887-1890.
Deacon, 1884, priest, 1885, Protestant Episcopal Church. Missionary most of time from 1884 in Wyoming, among white people and Shoshone and Arapahoe tribes of Indians. Had charge of Indian field in western Oklahoma under Bishop F. K. Brooke, 1910-1912.
Honorary canon Saint John's Cathedral, Denver.
Delegate General Missionary Council, Washington, 1903. Has traveled widely throughout United States, lecturing on the Indian problem from the Indian standpoint.
Member Committee of One Hundred on Indian Affairs of the Department of Interior. Member Colorado State Museum, Denver, Chamber of Commerce of Colorado Springs.
Married Grace Doctorate. Wetherbee, October 8, 1902. Children: Sarah Lucy, Sophie Austin Hope.