American Indian Research In Rhode Island
American Indian Research
In Rhode Island
Frank Waabu O'Brien, Ph.D.
Dr. Francis Joseph O'Brien, Jr.
(Waabu)
EDUCATION Highlights
BA, RI College 1973 (philosophy).
M.A., Ed. M. <> Teachers College, Columbia University (psychology &
psychometrics)
M. Phil., Ph. D.<> Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Columbia
University in the City of New York (Romiett Stevens Scholar). Dissertation
on applied linguistics in American Dialectology (Black English/"Eubonics").
Highlights of EXPERIENCE
1987- present <> Senior Scientist, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport,
RI
1996- 2002 <> President, Aquidneck Indian Council, Inc., Newport, RI.
1999-2001 <> Secretary, Rhode Island Indian Council
1999-2001 <> Linguist, Mystic Voices: The Story of the Pequot War
(TV documentary)
2001- 2002 <> Historical Consultant & Co-Principal Investigator,
National Historic Publications and Records Commission grant (RI Indian
Council & Heritage Harbor Museum)
1996-present. <> Lecturer, consultant, Native American Studies
Recent PUBLICATIONS
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Wampumpeag (poetry, ©1996)
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Understanding Algonquian Indian Words (New England; Rev.
Ed.) (© 2001)
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A Massachusett Language Book, Vol. 1. (©1998)
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Wampanoag Cultural History: Voices from Past and Present (©1999)
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Indian Grammar Dictionary for N-Dialect (©2000); Introduction
to the Narragansett Language (©2001)
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New England Algonquian Language Revival (2005)
(http://www.geocities.com/bigorrin/waabu.htm)
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Journals: "Bringing back our lost language", American Indian
Culture & Research Journal, 1998, vol. 22, No 3
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Gatherings: The En’owkin Journal of First North American Peoples,
Vol. IX, Fall (with Strong Woman, Aquidneck Indian Council); Spirits &
Family Relations (Center for Applied Linguistics, ERIC ED # 471405); "The
Word ‘Squaw’ in Historical and Modern Sources" (http://www.indianeduresearch.net/squaw.pdf)
HONORS
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American Medal of Honor (2004), American Biographical Institute, North
Carolina
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International Scientist of the Year 2004, International Biographical Centre,
Cambridge, England
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International Order of Merit (2005), International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
NATIVE AMERICAN STATUS
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Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi (St. Francis & Sokoki Bands)
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Rhode Island Indian Council (Former Board Member & Council Secretary)
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Dighton Intertribal Indian Council, Tribal member
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American Indian name Waabu, formerly known as Moondancer
Wunnohteaonk
MAY PEACE BE IN YOUR HEART
© 2003-4 Francis
J. O'Brien, Jr., Newport, RI
American
Indian Place Names In Rhode Island Database
Bibliography
for Studies of American Indians in and Around
Rhode Island