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Rupert Costo was born on 1906 in Hemet, Riverside County, California, U.S., is a Native American leader. Discover Rupert Costo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

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Occupation Writer, activist, publisher, philanthropist, farmer, cattle rancher, surveyor, mineralogist, engineer
Age 83 years old
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Born 1906, 1906
Birthday 1906
Birthplace Hemet, Riverside County, California, U.S.
Date of death 20 October, 1989
Died Place San Francisco, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Jeannette Henry Costo

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Rupert Costo Net Worth

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1908

Rupert Costo was married to Jeannette Henry Costo (1908–2001), a reporter for The New York Times, the Detroit Free Press, and The Plain Dealer, in 1954.

Mrs. Costo identified as being of Eastern Cherokee descent and was an activist for Native American causes in her own right.

Costo was named the Riverside Community College Alumni of the Year.

1920

He attended Riverside City College in the 1920s along with classmate John Gabbert, who ultimately became a Superior Court Judge.

Following his time at Riverside Community College (now Riverside City College), he attended Whittier College and then the University of Nevada.

Costo was key in the establishment of the Anza Soil Conservation District, now known as the Elsinore-Murrieta-Anza Resource Conservation District.

Costo served as a member of the governing board of Cahuilla Reservation for more than 20 years and its spokesman for 8 years.

1930

He also served as a lobbyist fighting for Native American land rights for two years in Washington, D.C. and was a member of the American Indian Federation in the late 1930s.

1950

He co-founded the American Indian Historical Society in 1950, in an effort to ensure scholarly examination of Native American lives as opposed to the stereotypes so prevalent in United States' society at the time.

As part of the same efforts, he and his wife, Jeannette Costo, founded the scholarly journal The Indian Historian as well as the popular press periodical Wassaja.

The Costos founded the Indian Historian Press, a for-profit publishing house dedicated to publishing titles documenting or related to the Native American experience in the United States.

The Indian Historian Press published some 59 book titles.

Costo and his wife Jeannette opposed the efforts within the Catholic Church to name Father Junipero Serra a saint based on the claim that he treated Native Americans in an inhumane fashion.

Rupert Costo and his lifelong friend, Superior Court Judge John Gabbert, were key players in lobbying the University of California to establish a university in Riverside, California.

1986

The Costo's extensive personal library documenting the Native American experience in the United States was donated to the University of California Riverside Libraries in May 1986.

The Costo Chair in American Indian History at the University of California, Riverside, was named in his honor.

1989

Rupert Costo (1906 – October 20, 1989) was a Cahuilla writer, activist, publisher, and philanthropist.

He was a co-founder of the American Indian Historical Society (AIHS) and the Indian Historian Press publishing company.

Costo had many careers and avocations throughout his life, including farmer, cattle rancher, surveyor, and mineralogist.

He also served as an engineer for the California Division of Highways for nearly 20 years.

Costo was born in Hemet, California, and was raised on the nearby Cahuilla Reservation.

Rupert Costo died on October 20, 1989, at his home in San Francisco, California.