Edward Dozier

American linguist

Edward Pasqual Dozier (born Eduardo de Pascua Dozier; 1916 in Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico - 1971 in Tucson, Arizona) was a Pueblo Native American anthropologist and linguist who studied Native Americans and the peoples of northern Luzon in the Philippines. He was the first Native American to earn a PhD in anthropology in the United States.[1]

## Background[edit]

Dozier was of Tewa ethnicity, from Santa Clara Pueblo. He spoke only Tewa to the age of 12.[2] His father, Thomas Dozier, was an Anglo-American schoolteacher who was adopted into a Tewa clan. His mother, Maria Lucaria Gutierrez, was a member of the Tewa Badger clan (her Tewa name was P'oo kwi tsaawaa). Eduardo and his siblings were raised as members of the Winter moiety of the Santa Clara pueblo.[3]

## Education and career[edit]

During World War II, Dozier served in the US Army Air Corps in the Pacific theater. At that time he anglicized his name to Edward P. Dozier.[2] He earned his BA from the University of New Mexico in anthropology in 1947. He later earned a MA from the same institution. His PhD was from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1952, where he was influenced by Harry Hoijer.[4]

He was professor of anthropology and linguistics at the Tucson campus of the University of Arizona from 1960 until his death in 1971. Before taking up the position at the University of Arizona-Tucson, he held a number of other academic positions.[5] He was an instructor in anthropology at the University of Oregon in 1951–52, and a researcher at the Wenner‐Gren Foundation in 1952–53. From 1953 to 1958 he rose from instructor to associate professor at Northwestern University. He was a research fellow at Stanford University in 1958‐ 59 and a field researcher funded by the National Science Foundation in the Philippines in 1959–60.[6]

At the time of his death, Dozier was helping to found the American Indian Studies Program at the University of Arizona-Tucson.[7][1]

## Works[edit]

* The Hopi-Tewa of Arizona. University of California publications in American archaeology and ethnology. University of California, Berkeley. 1954.
* Hano: A Tewa Indian Community in Arizona. Thomas Learning, Inc. 2002. ISBN 0-03-075653-7.
* Mountain arbiters: The changing life of a Philippine hill people. University of Arizona Press. 1966.
* The Pueblo Indians of North America. Prospect Heights, Ill: Waveland Press, 1983. 1983. ISBN 0-88133-059-0.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Williams, Caroline (2009). "American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona – an Extended History" (PDF).
2. ^ a b "New Mexico Office of the State Historian : Edward Dozier (1916-1971)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
3. ^ Marilyn Norcini (2007). Edward P. Dozier: the paradox of the American Indian anthropologist. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-1790-9.
4. ^ Eggan, Fred; Basso, Keith (1972). "Edward P. Dozier 1916-1971". American Anthropologist. 74 (3): 740–746. doi:10.1525/aa.1972.74.3.02a00380. ISSN 0002-7294.
5. ^ "Edward P Dozier". Archived from the original on March 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
6. ^ "EDWARD P. DOZIER, INDIANS' LEADER". The New York Times. 1971-05-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
7. ^ Eggan, Fred; Basso, Keith (1972). "Edward P. Dozier 1916-1971". American Anthropologist. 74 (3): 740–746. doi:10.1525/aa.1972.74.3.02a00380. ISSN 0002-7294.

## Further reading[edit]

* Marilyn Norcini (2007). Edward P. Dozier: the paradox of the American Indian anthropologist. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-1790-9. biography of Dozier

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