Berard Haile American Anthropologist
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Details
| First Name |
Berard
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| Last Name |
Haile
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| Birthday |
1st June, 1874
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| Birthplace |
Canton, Ohio
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| Died |
30th September, 1961
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| Place of Death |
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
missionary • linguist • anthropologist
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| Occupation |
Anthropologist
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| Year(s) Active |
1901–1954
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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 then 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 other major work dealt with the creation story of the Navajo, Diné Bahaneʼ.