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Frederick Webb Hodge

1864–1956

An early anthropologist and archaeologist, this scholar helped shape how readers and researchers understood Indigenous histories in North America. He is especially remembered for editing major reference works and for years of fieldwork in the American Southwest.

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The Jumano Indians

The Jumano Indians

by Frederick Webb Hodge

About the author

Born in England on October 28, 1864, he moved to Washington, D.C., as a child and built a career as an American anthropologist, archaeologist, historian, and editor. He became closely associated with the study of Indigenous peoples of North America and was active during a formative period for American anthropology.

He is best known for editing and helping produce major scholarly reference works, especially Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, a landmark publication that remained influential for decades. His work also included archaeological and ethnological research in the Southwest, including studies connected with Zuni and other Pueblo communities.

Over the course of his long career, he worked with leading research institutions and contributed to both scholarship and public understanding of Native American history and culture. He died on September 28, 1956.