Beatrice Medicine
Beatrice "Bea" Medicine | |
|---|---|
Híŋša Wašté Aglí Wiŋ | |
| Born | August 1, 1923 Standing Rock Indian Reservation, Wakpala, South Dakota |
| Died | December 19, 2005 (aged 82) Bismarck, North Dakota |
| Occupations | anthropologist, scholar, educator |
| Academic background | |
| Education | South Dakota State University, B.A. Anthropology, 1945
Michigan State University, M.A. Sociology and Anthropology, 1954 University of Wisconsin, Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, 1983 |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | anthropology, Native and Indigenous studies |
| Sub-discipline | mental health, women's issues, bilingual education, alcohol and drug use, ethno-methodologies and Native research methods, children and identity issues |
Beatrice Medicine (August 1, 1923 - December 19, 2005) (Sihasapa and Minneconjou Lakota) (Lakota name Híŋša Wašté Aglí Wiŋ – "Returns Victorious with a Red Horse Woman") was a scholar, anthropologist, and educator known for her work in the fields of Indigenous languages, cultures, and history. Medicine spent much of her life researching, teaching, and serving Native communities, primarily in the fields of bilingual education, addiction and recovery, mental health, tribal identity, and women's, children's, and LGBT community issues.