Bio DeCasseres was the daughter of Stephen Mack, Jr., Joseph Smith's 1st cousin. Born on a Ho-Chunk reservation, she was an early Indigenous poet and author. Wish the search for the origins of Joseph Smith's interest in Native Americans included her family.

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