Cheyenne peace chief Lawrence Homer Hart dies at 89
Cheyenne peace chief and Mennonite pastor Lawrence Homer Hart died on March 6 at age 89.
Hart, who was raised by his paternal grandparents Corn Stalk and Chief Peak Hart near Hammon, Oklahoma, converted to Christianity at age 17. He attended Bethel College, a Mennonite school in North Newton, Kansas, for two years before leaving in 1955 to realize his dream of flying fighter jets in the US Navy and Marines. He later became the first American Indian to become a US military jet pilot and instructor.