Gladys Tantaquidgeon
Gladys Tantaquidgeon (born June 15, 1899 - November 1, 2005 in Uncasville , Connecticut ), was an American anthropologist , matriarch and medicine woman of indigenous origin ( Mohegan ).
Live and act
As a descendant of the Mohegan Sachem Uncas , Tantaquidgeon traditionally grew up. From 1919 she began studying anthropology with Frank Speck at the University of Pennsylvania . During her life, which stretched over three centuries, she was committed to the preservation of indigenous languages , arts and customs .
Works
- A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction
PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION, Harrisburg, 1942 digitized version ; New version: Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians , Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, 1972
- Delaware Indian art designs , Pennsylvania archaeologist, v. 20, p. 24-30., 1950
- Newly discovered straw basketry of the Wampanoag Indians of Massachusetts , Indian notes. v.7, no.4, 1930
- Notes on the origin and uses of plants of the Lake St. John Montagnais , New Haven, Conn. : Human Relations Area Files, 197-?
- Notes on Mohegan-Pequot basketry designs , Washington, DC, 1933
- Notes on the Gay Head Indians of Massachusetts , INDIAN NOTES 7 (1): 1-26., 1930
- Native tribes and dialects of Connecticut , co-working with Frank G Speck, Washington, DC: Govt. Print. Off., 1928
- How the Summer Season Was Brought North , The Journal of American Folklore, v54 n213 / 214: 203-204, 1941
- Notes on the Origin and Uses of Plants of the Lake St. John Montagnais , The Journal of American Folklore, v45 n176: 265-267, 1932
- Death Notices , by Robert E Bell; H Millard Clements; James Michael Elam; Fei Xiaotong; Anthony Galt (Tony); Mary Margaret Wolfskill and Dr. Tantaquidgeon, Anthropology News, v47 n3: 28-30, 2006
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SURNAME | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mohican anthropologist, matriarch and medicine woman |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1899 |
DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 2005 |
Place of death | Uncasville , Connecticut |