Elisabeth Tooker

Elisabeth Jane Tooker (August 2, 1927 – January 13, 2005) was an American anthropologist.

Elisabeth Jane Tooker was born on August 2, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York, to Amy (Luce) and Clyde Tooker. She received a bachelor's and doctorate from Radcliffe College in 1949 and 1958, respectively, and a master's from the University of Arizona in 1953.[1] Her PhD dissertation was titled Ritual, Power and the Supernatural: A Comparative Study of Indian Religions in Southwestern United States.[2] Tooker taught at the University at Buffalo, Mount Holyoke College, and Temple University, where she spent most of her career.[1]

Tooker's research focused on the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois). She did field research with Seneca people in Tonawanda, New York, and published on topics including Iroquois religion.[2]

Tooker died on January 13, 2005, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2]

Books
  • An Ethnography of the Huron Indians, 1615–1649 (1964)[3]
  • The Iroquois Ceremonial of Midwinter (1970)[4]
  • The Indians of the Northeast: A Critical Bibliography (1978)[5]
  • Native North American Spirituality of the Eastern Woodlands: Sacred Myths, Dreams, Visions, Speeches, Healing Formulas, Rituals and Ceremonials (1979)[6]
  • Lewis H. Morgan on Iroquois Material Culture (1994)[7]

References
  1. Contemporary Authors. Vol. 49–52. Gale. 1975. pp. 549–550. ISBN 0-8103-0024-9. OCLC 650348527.
  2. Graymont, Barbara (December 2005). "Elisabeth Jane Tooker (1927-2005)". American Anthropologist. 107 (4): 757–759. doi:10.1525/aa.2005.107.4.757. ISSN 0002-7294.
  3. Reviews of An Ethnography of the Huron Indians:
  4. Reviews of Iroquois Ceremonial of Midwinter:
  5. Reviews of The Indians of the Northeast:
    • Hodge, William H. (May 1979). American Indian Quarterly. 5 (2): 179. doi:10.2307/1183766. JSTOR 1183766.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Edmunds, R. David (1980). Indiana Magazine of History. 76 (2): 132–134. ISSN 0019-6673. JSTOR 27790436.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  6. Reviews of Native North American Spirituality of the Eastern Woodlands:
    • Grim, John A. (1986). American Indian Quarterly. 10 (3): 234. doi:10.2307/1184126. JSTOR 1184126.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Hultkrantz, Ake (1983). Ethnohistory. 30 (1): 39. doi:10.2307/481504. JSTOR 481504.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  7. Reviews of Lewis H. Morgan on Iroquois Material Culture:
    • Starna, William A. (1996). "Lewis H. Morgan on Iroquois Material Culture". American Indian Quarterly. 20 (1): 137. doi:10.2307/1184954. JSTOR 1184954.
    • Dennis, Matthew (December 1995). The Journal of American History. 82 (3): 1172. doi:10.2307/2945129. JSTOR 2945129.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Hayes III, Charles F. (1996). Ethnohistory. 43 (1): 185. doi:10.2307/483354. JSTOR 483354.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)


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