Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin | |
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Born | April 2, 1903 |
Died | July 10, 1988 | (aged 85)
Spouse | Charles F. Voegelin |
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Discipline | Anthropologist, folklorist, ethnohistorian |
Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin (April 2, 1903 – July 10, 1988) was an American award-winning anthropologist, folklorist, and ethnohistorian.
Her research and directorship of the Great Lakes-Ohio Valley Research Project at Indiana University has been used to backup Native Americans during court cases with the US government over treaty claims.[1]