tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853772569125614798.post6740569503200909290..comments2024-03-28T16:42:36.533-07:00Comments on JazzProfiles: Mildred Bailey by Henry PleasantsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853772569125614798.post-84186460656838314722023-01-02T18:34:43.613-08:002023-01-02T18:34:43.613-08:00While it was true that Bailey's mother was bor...While it was true that Bailey's mother was born in Colville, Wash., home of the Spokane tribe's northern band, her mother's father was white, born in Louisiana, and Bailey's father was white, born in Iowa, Bailey's grandparents moved to the Coeur d'Alene reservation, which enrolled her mother, after they married. Bailey grew up on both sides of the state border, in Tekoa, Wash., her birthplace, and across the Idaho state line on the reservation, where she was influenced by the tribe's music. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853772569125614798.post-84155684226957211202022-08-06T12:02:02.562-07:002022-08-06T12:02:02.562-07:00This article is based on the false notion that Mil...This article is based on the false notion that Mildred Bailey was white. She wasn't. She was Interior Salish from the Cour d'Alene reservation. She was light skinned and passed as white sure, but her Salish identity influenced her singing in many ways and this article misses that whole aspect of her identity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com