Who Was Nancy Bowen? A Reading List

July 13, 2022 • By Cynthia Van Ness

On March 6, 1930, little Henri Marchand, Jr. came home to 576 Riley Street in Buffalo to discover the lifeless body of his mother Clothilde Marchand on the stairs. What parts did Henri Marchand Sr., the husband of Clothilde, and Lila Jimerson and Nancy Bowen, two indigenous women, play in this murder? This bibliography accompanies our Hodinöhsö:ni’ Resurgence: Marie Watt, Calling Back, Calling Forward exhibit. Illustration of Henri Marchand, Jr. and Clothilde Marchand from The Buffalo Evening News Financial Edition, March 7, 1930, p. 1

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