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

Wampumpeag (poetry, ©1996)
Understanding Algonquian Indian Words (New England; Rev. Ed.) (© 2001)
A Massachusett Language Book, Vol. 1. (©1998)
Wampanoag Cultural History: Voices from Past and Present (©1999)
Indian Grammar Dictionary for N-Dialect (©2000); Introduction to the Narragansett Language (©2001)
New England Algonquian Language Revival (2005)
(http://www.geocities.com/bigorrin/waabu.htm)
Journals: "Bringing back our lost language", American Indian Culture & Research Journal, 1998, vol. 22, No 3, 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

American Medal of Honor (2004), American Biographical Institute, North Carolina
International Scientist of the Year 2004, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
International Order of Merit (2005), International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England

NATIVE AMERICAN STATUS

Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi (St. Francis & Sokoki Bands)
Rhode Island Indian Council (Former Board Member & Council Secretary)
Dighton Intertribal Indian Council, Tribal member
American Indian name Waabu, formerly known as Moondancer

Wunnohteaonk

MAY PEACE BE IN YOUR HEART

American Indian Place Names In Rhode Island Database

Bibliography for Studies of American Indians in and Around Rhode Island

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