Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin

Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin
Born(1903-04-02)April 2, 1903
DiedJuly 10, 1988(1988-07-10) (aged 85)
SpouseCharles F. Voegelin
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineAnthropologist, folklorist, ethnohistorian

Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin (April 2, 1903 – July 10, 1988) was an American award-winning anthropologist, folklorist, and ethnohistorian.

Her research and directorship of the Great Lakes-Ohio Valley Research Project at Indiana University has been used to backup Native Americans during court cases with the US government over treaty claims.[1]

  1. ^ Grimm, Kelsey T; Lutz, Lydia. "Mother of the GLOVE: Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin (1903-1988)" (PDF). Indiana University.