Video oral history of anthropologist and rabbi Edgar Siskin conducted by anthropologist Norman Markel. Interview takes place at the Edward Sapir Centenary Conference at the University of Ottawa in 1984. As a student of Sapir, Dr. Siskin comments on Sapir's contribution to anthropology and to Jewish American culture. Video features discussions concerning the reinstatement of Hebrew as a vernacular, his study of the Washoe Indians of Nevada, and his recent move to Jerusalem where he is involved with the Jerusalem Center for Anthropological Studies.
Legacy Keywords: Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939 ; Zuchadek, Eddie ; Language Hebrew ; Religion Washoe shamanism ; Anthropology ethnomusicology ; Military service World War II ; Israel Jerusalem ; Nevada ; Special Collections ; Washoe Indians
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Local Number: HSFA 1989.10.2
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Collection Citation:
Video Dialogues in Anthropology, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
