Robert A. Brightman

Anthropologist, Author

1950 –

52

Who is Robert A. Brightman?

Robert A. Brightman is an American anthropologist known for his work among the Cree Indians in Manitoba, Canada.

He received his undergraduate education at Reed College, graduating in 1973. He earned his MA and Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1983. There he studied under Raymond D. Fogelson.

His 1993 book Grateful Prey is an examination of human-animal relationships, hunting cosmology, and spirituality among the Rock Cree.

Since approximately 2002, he has begun studying hunter-gatherer castes in South India.

He is Greenberg Professor of Native American Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Reed College in Portland, Oregon.

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Born
1950
Also known as
  • Robert Brightman
  • Robert Alain Brightman
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor of Arts, Reed College
    Anthropology
    ( - 1973)
  • Master of Arts, University of Chicago
    ( - 1976)
  • Doctorate, University of Chicago
    Anthropology
    ( - 1983)
Employment
  • Greenberg Professor of Native American Studies, Reed College
    (1988 - )

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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