Erminnie A. Smith
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Erminie A. Smith was an anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology
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Erminnie Smith published works on the Iroquois
people, she was active in collecting their legends and employed John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt
to assist in this work.
Erminnie Adele Platt was born in 1836, graduating in 1853 from the Troy Seminary in New York
. She married Simeon H. Smith. The Aesthetic Society of Jersey City was founded by her in 1876.
She died in May, 1886.
Bureau of American Ethnology
The Bureau of American Ethnology was established in 1879 by an act of Congress for the purpose of transferring archives, records and materials relating to the Indians of North America from the Interior Department to the Smithsonian Institution...
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Erminnie Smith published works on the Iroquois
Iroquois
The Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
people, she was active in collecting their legends and employed John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt
John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt
John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt was a linguist and ethnographer who specialized in Iroquoian and other Native American languages....
to assist in this work.
Erminnie Adele Platt was born in 1836, graduating in 1853 from the Troy Seminary in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. She married Simeon H. Smith. The Aesthetic Society of Jersey City was founded by her in 1876.
She died in May, 1886.