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Frank Hamilton Cushing

jeffjharder — 2014-01-15 02:52:22 UTC

- July 22, 1857 - April 10, 1900

- Collected and made arrowheads

- First scientific paper published at age 17

- Attended Cornell University

- Curator at National Museum

- Helped establish Participant Observation

- Led archaeological digs around North America

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_Hamilton_Cushing.jpg

jeffjharder — 2014-01-15 02:58:43 UTC

- Selected by John Wesley Powell to accompany him in observing the Zuni Pueblo

- Stayed to observe more after group left

- Moved into a room of a Zuni leader

- After initial confrontations, trust was gained on both sides

- Lived casually learning daily activities, arts and language

- Eventually participated in "secret" religious ceremonies

- Wrote extensively about the people for years

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/seven/w67i_cush.htm

jeffjharder — 2014-01-15 03:06:23 UTC

- Led the Peppers-Hearst Expedition in Key Marco (1896)

-Recovered nearly a thousand wooden artifacts

- Curator of Cornell's Indian exhibit

- Led a researchproject in Maine, where he choked on a fish bone and died