Beatrice medicine biography

American anthropologist

Beatrice Medicine (August 1, - December 19, ) (Sihasapa and Minneconjou Lakota) (Lakota name Híŋša Wašté Aglí Wiŋ – "Returns Victorious with a Red Horse Woman") was a scholar, anthropologist, and educator known for her work in the fields of Indigenous languages, cultures, and history.

Medicine spent much of her life researching, teaching, and serving Native communities, primarily in the fields of bilingual education, addiction and recovery, mental health, tribal iden*y, and women's, children's, and LGBT community issues.

Early life

Medicine was born on the Standing Rock Reservation in Wakpala, South Dakota on the 1st of August,

Education

Medicine received her BA in anthropology at South Dakota State University in , and her MA in both Sociology and Anthropology from Michigan State University in She completed her Ph.D in at the University of Wisconsin.

Career

Medicine studied the human behaviors involved in racism and linguistic discri