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Arthur Caswell Parker (April 5, 1881 – January 1, 1955) was a Native American archaeologist, historian, folklorist, museologist and noted authority on Native American culture.
Les dioramas de Franz Boas et d’Arthur C. Parker à New York, 1900 jette un regard neuf sur les dioramas représentant les premiers peuples aux États-Unis entre la fin du xixe siècle et le début du xxe.
Arthur C. Parker was the first full-time archaeologist at the New York State Museum from 1906 until 1925. Born on the Cattaraugus Seneca Reservation, he was initially hired as an ethnologist by the New York State Library in 1904 to document Iroquois traditions, but soon joined the New York State Museum where he continued his ethnological work ...
Arthur C. Parker enshrined Iroquois exceptionalism in New Yorkers’ collective unconscious through his development of the modern history museum. He had a celebrated career as a public historian and a field-shaping leader of the New York State Museum and Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences.
Arthur Caswell Parker (April 5, 1881 – January 1, 1955) was an American scholar. His research interests included archaeology, history, folklore and museums. He was an expert on Native American culture. His family line was both from the Seneca and Scots - English.
Arthur Caswell Parker was one of the first of his kind as an indigenous archaeologist. As a Seneca scientist with roots on the Cattaraugus territory where his grandparents lived, he had a foot in two worlds that may have aided with collaboration and research.
Arthur Parker was an exceptional New York State scientist and museum man, but to what extent was his success both limited and enabled by his Seneca Indian heritage?
