Tantaquidgeon, Gladys

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys
Date of birth
1899-06-15
Date of death
2005-11-01
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 266037701
Wikidata: Q292153
Library of congress: n 80112798
HAI10: 000692701
Sources of Information
  • Speck, F. G. Native tribes and dialects of Connecticut, 1928.
  • Fawcett, Melissa Jayne. Medicine trail, c2001:t.p. (Gladys Tantaquidgeon) p. 9 (b. June 15, 1899 on Mohegan Hill, Rte. 31 highway, southeastern Conn.) p. 158 (celebrated 100th birthday, 1999) p. 39, etc. (grad., anthropology, U. of Pennsylvania; did antrop. fieldwork; was employed by Bur. of Indian Affairs; Mohegan medicine woman; co-founded the Tantaquidgeon Museum, 1931)
  • New York times WWW site, Nov. 2, 2005(Gladys Tantaquidgeon; b. 1899; d. Tuesday [Nov. 1, 2005], Uncasville, Conn., aged 106; Mohegan Indian Tribe's venerable medicine woman)