Frank W. Warner was one of the first Native Americans to serve as a missionary

Missionary (LDS Church)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the most active modern practitioners of missionary work, with over 52,000 full-time missionaries worldwide, as of the end of 2010...

 for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Warner was the son of Sagwitch

Sagwitch

Chief Sagwitch , his name meant "Orator", was born in 1822 on the lower Bear River . He was a nineteenth century chieftain of a band of Northwestern Shoshone that converted to Mormonism. His group were the ones killed in the Bear River Massacre...

 and his wife Tan-tapai-cci. He was originally known as Pisappih Timbimboo. He was wounded at the Bear River Massacre

Bear River Massacre

The Bear River Massacre, or the Battle of Bear River and the Massacre at Boa Ogoi, took place in present-day Idaho on January 29, 1863. The United States Army attacked Shoshone gathered at the confluence of the Bear River and Beaver Creek in what was then southeastern Washington Territory. The...

. Later he was adopted by Amos Warner and his family and was given his new name.

Warner studied at Brigham Young College

Brigham Young College

Brigham Young College was a college and high school in Logan, Utah. It was founded by Brigham Young on 6 August 1877, 23 days before he died. He deeded several acres of land to a board of trustees for the development of a college. This was just two years after he founded Brigham Young Academy in...

 in Logan, Utah

Logan, Utah

-Layout of the City:Logan's city grid originates from its Main and Center Street block, with Main Street running north and south, and Center east and west. Each block north, east, south, or west of the origin accumulates in additions of 100 , though some streets have non-numeric names...

. He worked as an educator. He was first called as a missionary in October 1880 by John Taylor to share the teachings of Mormonism with those in Washakie, Utah. In 1914–1915 and again in 1917 Warner served as a missionary among the Sioux

Sioux

The Sioux are Native American and First Nations people in North America. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many language dialects...

 and Assiniboine at the Fort Peck Indian Reservation

Fort Peck Indian Reservation

The Fort Peck Indian Reservation is near Fort Peck, Montana. It is the homeland of the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes of Native Americans. It is the ninth-largest Indian reservation in the United States and comprises parts of four counties. In descending order of land area they are Roosevelt, Valley,...

. He died from influenza in 1919 at Parker, Idaho

Parker, Idaho

Parker is a city in Fremont County, Idaho, United States. The population was 319 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Rexburg, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Parker is located at ....

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