Edward P. Dozier
Edward P. Dozier
Edward Dozier was a well-known Native American linguist who worked most of his life studying Native Americans and the peoples of northern Luzon, Philippines. He attended the University of Mexico and received his B.A. in anthropology in 1947 and stayed until he got his M.A. Later he went to the University of California, Los Angeles and was awarded a Ph.D. in 1952. His major accomplishments were his written works of which there were many.
Dozier first started teaching at the University of Oregon in 1951 and moved to Northwestern University where he remained until 1958, reaching the position of Associate Professor. Sometime during the 1960's he joined the Association of American Indians Affairs and was later elected Vice President. Before he died, Dozier had been planning a program at the University of Arizona to help Native Americans convert more easily to the white culture. In 1969, he returned to the Philippines to teach as Visiting Professor of Anthropology at the University of the Philippines, but student unrest made it impossible to teach. After several months spent in Mindanao, he returned to the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Dozier had a difficult beginning in life, but he became a rather important figure in both anthropology and linguistics.
Written works:
The Hopi-Tewa of Arizona (1954)
Perspectives
in American Indian Culture Change (1961)
Mountain Arbiters, Then Changing
Life of a Philippine Hill People (1966)
The Pueblo Indians of North America
(1970)
American Anthropologist Vol 74 [3,1972] page 740 written by Fred Eggan; University of Chicago and Keith Basso; University of Arizona.
Written by: Students in an Introduction to Anthropology Class, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota 1997