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{SPEAKER name="Helen Rountree"}
October 18th, 1988. My own lecture to the Anthropological Society of Washington, held at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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{Speaker name=[[?]] [[introducer]]}
It is my privilege to introduce Dr Helen Rountree, who is both a colleague and a friend. Helen got her bachelor's summa cum laude in sociology and anthropology from the College of William and Mary, 1966.
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In 1968 she received her master's in anthropology from the University of Utah at Salt Lake City, with a thesis entitled, 'Between Two Cultures: a life history of a western Shoshone woman.'
In 1973 she received her doctorate in anthropology from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, with a dissertation done under the direction of Professor Nancy Lurie.
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The title of her dissertation: Indian Land Loss in Virginia: a Prototype of Federal Indian Policy. Presently, Dr. Rountree is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Among her many interests are Eastern Algonquins, ethno-history, culture and change, Indian land tenure, and legal anthropology. The title of her presentation tonight is, 'A Guide to Virginia Algonquin Usage of Ecological Zones. Helen? [[clapping]]
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{SPEAKER name="Helen Rountree"}
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I do not use a podium. But to be sure you all hear me I am going to use a mic, even though I don't like those either.
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I've actually extended my paper a little beyond Virginia. I've used the paper as an excuse to invade Maryland! So I'm covering the Chesapeake region.
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I'm going to do a lot of it tonight with maps. Although the map that you see in front of you does not cover the entire Chesapeake I've found I didn't have a posterboard that big, so we'll stick with everything from about the Choptank River
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Transcription Notes:
This bio can be seen in more detail (and a minor correction regarding master's thesis title) at https://sova.si.edu/record/NAA.2005-22?s=0&n=10&t=C&q=&i=0