Haile, Berard, 1874-1961
Contributed to
nt13Navaho games of chance and taboo
Navaho games of chance and taboobook chapter 1933
nt13Soul concepts of the Navaho
Soul concepts of the Navahobook chapter 1943
nt13[Review of] Gladys A. Reichard, Social life of the Navaho Indians
[Review of] Gladys A. Reichard, Social life of the Navaho Indiansbook chapter 1932
nt13Learning Navaho…
Learning Navaho…book chapter 1941
nt13Starlore among the Navaho
Starlore among the Navahobook chapter 1947
- Summary
- Father Berard Haile (1874–1961), O.F.M. was a Franciscan priest and one of the foremost authorities on Navajo anthropology. He entered the Franciscan Order in 1891 and was ordained a priest on June 29, 1898. He served at St. Michael's Mission, a Franciscan mission to the Navajo at St. Michaels, Arizona, and at other missions in the Southwest, from 1901 to 1954, where he developed an interest in Navajo language and culture. He helped devise a written alphabet of the Navajo language and published a four volume work on learning Navajo. In 1929 Haile attended the Catholic University of America and obtained a master's degree. He considered pursuing a doctorate degree in linguistics at the University of Vienna, but instead accepted the position of Research Associate in Anthropology at the University of Chicago. He made a field trip with Edward Sapir through Navajo land that was sponsored by the Laboratory of Anthropology at Santa Fe, New Mexico. Haile devised a new Navajo alphabet containing over sixty characters. His alphabet met with resistance from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, who preferred John Peabody Harrington's orthography. Haile's other major work dealt with the creation story of the Navajo, Diné Bahaneʼ. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [2][4][1]
- Unknown [3]
- Born
- 1874 [3]
- 1874-06-01 [1]
- Birth Place
- Canton [1]
- Died
- 1961 [3]
- 1961-09-30 [1]
- Death Place
- Santa Fe [1]
- Country
- United States [3]
- Language
- English [4]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [1]
- linguist [1]
- missionary [1]
- Catholic priest [1]
- Employer
- University of Chicago [1]
- Educated at
- The Catholic University of America [1]
- Country of Education
- United States [1]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [1]
- Sources
- 1. Wikidata
- 2. VIAF
- 3. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 4. Bibliothèque nationale de France
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