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词条 Victor Griffin (Quapaw)
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Translation and linguistic work

  3. Political career

  4. Native American Church involvement

  5. Death and legacy

  6. See also

  7. Notes

  8. References

  9. External links

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| name = Victor William Griffin
| native_name = Geh-Hu-He Jinka
| native_name_lang = Quapaw language
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1873}}
| birth_place = Indian Territory, modern day Osage County, Oklahoma
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1958|04|10|1873|6|6}}
| death_place = Quapaw, Oklahoma
| office = Chief of the Quapaw Tribe, Peyote Roadman
| term_start = 1929
| term_end = 1956/7[1]
| predecessor = John Quapaw
| successor = Robert Whitebird[1]
| known_for = last elected Chief of the Quapaw Tribe prior to the creation of the Quapaw Tribal Business Committee
| notable_works = facilitated the incorporation of the Native American Church under Oklahoma law
| party =
| alma_mater = Quapaw Indian School
| profession = Interpreter, peyote roadman, chief
| spouse = Good Eagle, Sarah Lewis, Minnie Track
| residence = Quapaw, Oklahoma
| website =
}}

Victor Griffin (c. 1873–1958) was the elected chief of Quapaw Tribe of Indians and a peyote roadman[1] from Quapaw, Oklahoma. He conferred with every U.S. president during his term as chief.

Griffin also served as an interpreter and also was an important figure among the practitioners of the Big Moon variant of the Native American Church, and played a significant role in the spreading and continuing this religion among multiple tribes.[1][2][3][3][4][5] Griffin was also a 32 degree Scottish Right Mason and a member of the Akdar Shrine.[6]

Early life

Victor Griffin was born around 1873 in Indian Territory in what is now Osage County, Oklahoma. Griffin was orphaned at a young age, and was adopted and raised by Mary "Widow" Stafford.

Details about the early life of Griffin are scant and conflicting. Mary Stafford was born prior to the first Quapaw removal, and died at over 100 years of age and was buried on her home allotment. Due to his upbringing with Stafford, Griffin was fluent in the Quapaw language and well versed in tribal oral history. Griffin was given the Quapaw name Geh-Hu-He Jinka.

Translation and linguistic work

Being well educated and well spoken in both English and Quapaw, Griffin frequently served as a translator during meetings or when an elderly Quapaw tribal member needed his services, for example when drafting a will.

He was interviewed by many individuals such as news reporters and researchers. In 1940, linguist Frank T. Siebert interviewed Griffin regarding the Quapaw language; Griffin provided several Quapaw words to Siebert and stated to him "that Quapaw was closely related to Ponca and Omaha, especially to the latter... (you) should study these languages instead".[7]

Political career

After the death of John Quapaw, elected chief of the Quapaw Tribe, Griffin was elected chief and served from 1920 to 1957.[1]

During his tenure as chief, he frequently went to Washington D.C. for meetings in the interest of the Quapaw Tribe. It is noted that he met with every President of the United States that served during his time as chief. Griffin was also noted for being the first "Short-Haired Chief of the Quapaws,"[8] because he cut off his braids.[9] He was quoted as saying "formerly our chiefs were chosen by inheritance but now we are elected".[15]

While serving as chief, Griffin was known for colorful displays and often was pictured in tribal regalia, which often included a full Plains eagle-feather headdress.[10] Griffin also featured prominently in the commemorative festivities when paving was completed for Route 66 in Quapaw, Oklahoma on March 24, 1933. The two halves of Route 66 met in the town of Quapaw, leading to the town being referred to in some instances as "where east meets west." Griffin laid a zinc tablet on Main Street to memorialize the event.[11][12]

In 1956, the Quapaw Tribe, influenced by the Bureau of Indian Affairs,[1] ended their system of governance by chief. They passed a series of governing resolutions that created new form of government by an elected tribal business committee headed by a chairperson.[9] When this took place, Griffin no longer held his position as chief and the political authority of the Quapaw Tribe was vested in the new committee.[2][3][13][14][15]

Native American Church involvement

John Wilson (Caddo-Delaware), also known as Moonhead, introduced the Peyote religion to the Quapaw people living near present-day Quapaw, Oklahoma, in 1880[1] or the mid-1890s at the request of Tall Chief.[1][16][17] Because Roman Catholic missionaries had influenced Quapaw religion, their practice of peyotism incorporates aspects of Catholicism.[18][1]

When he visited Quapaw, Moonhead introduced Griffin to peyotism. Griffin was in his teenage years or early twenties.[16][17] Moonhead instructed Griffin in this religion and authorized him to conduct Native American Church ceremonies.[16][19] Following John Wilson's death, Griffin became the Native American Church priest to the Quapaw.[18]

Griffin became an ardent believer in the Peyote religion and helped to spread its practice, especially among members of the Osage and Quapaw tribes, but also among other tribal groups such as the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma.[1][2][20][40][21]

He also was instrumental in the incorporation of the Native American Church under Oklahoma law in 1911, the incorporation of the religion specified the use of peyote as a sacrament.[2][3][4][5][22]

Death and legacy

Griffin died at his home residence near the Spring River outside of the town of Quapaw, in Ottawa County, OK, in 1958 at the approximate age of 85.[10]

Griffin's image was featured on a brick sculpture between Twelfth and Military Avenue in Baxter Springs, Kansas. The sculpture depicts local history and includes a depiction of Griffin.[23][24]

Victor and Minnie Track Griffin's granddaughter, Ardina Moore teaches the Quapaw language today.[9]

See also

  • Quapaw Tribe
  • Quapaw, Oklahoma

Notes

1. ^{{cite book|last1=Stewart|first1=Omer Call|title=Peyote Religion: A History|date=1993|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|location=Norman|isbn=978-0-8061-2457-5|pages=110–115, 188|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZesN1ZJNMQYC&lpg=PA115&dq=Victor%20Griffin&pg=PA188#v=onepage&q&f=false}}
2. ^{{Cite book|title=The Quapaw Indians: A History of the Downstream People|last=Baird|first=Dr. David|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.|year=1979|isbn= 978-0-8061-1542-9|location=|pages=}}
3. ^{{Cite book|title=Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 13: Plains, Pt. 1 and Pt. 2|last=Sturtevant|first=William|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|year=2001|isbn=0160504007|location=|pages=}}
4. ^{{cite book|last1=Wishart, ed.|first1=David J.|title=Encyclopedia of the Great Plains|date=2004|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|location=Lincoln|isbn=978-0-8032-4787-1|page=296|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtRFyFO4hpEC&lpg=PA596&ots=IjBZzhBJTv&dq=Encyclopedia%20of%20the%20Great%20Plains%20Victor%20Griffin&pg=PA596#v=onepage&q&f=false}}
5. ^{{Cite book|title=Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia|last=Davis|first=Mary|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|isbn=|location=|pages=523}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=Chief Victor Griffin of Quapaw Tribes Dies|work=Joplin Globe|date=11 April 1958}}
7. ^{{Cite journal|last=Siebert|first=Frank|date=1989|title="A note on Quapaw" International Journal of American Linguistics 55 (4)|jstor=1265244|journal=University of Chicago Press|doi=|pmid=}}
8. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3676261/quapaw_news/|title=Miami Daily News-Record|last=Nieberding|first=Velma|date=30 April 1961|work=|access-date=11 March 2016}}
9. ^{{cite web|last1=Okeson|first1=Sarah|title=Quapaw Tribe working to pass on native language|url=http://www.joplinglobe.com/news/quapaw-tribe-working-to-pass-on-native-language/article_a8c99b16-30ec-11e5-9e57-77264e185c36.html|website=The Joplin Globe|accessdate=12 March 2016|date=22 July 2015}}
10. ^{{Cite book|title=The Social and Economic History of the Quapaw Tribe of Indians Since 1833|last=Averie|first=Essie|publisher=Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College|year=1938|isbn=|location=|pages=}}
11. ^{{Cite book|title=The Route 66 Encyclopedia|last=Hinckley|first=Jim|publisher=Voyageur Press|year=2012|isbn=|location=|pages=206}}
12. ^{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Mickey|title=Quapaw|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=QU004|website=Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society|accessdate=11 March 2016|date=2009}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.quapawtribe.com/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/229|title=Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma Governing Resolution|last=|first=|date=|website=www.quapawtribe.com|publisher=Official Quapaw Tribal Website|access-date=9 March 2016}}
14. ^{{Cite book|title=Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 13: Plains, Pt. 1 and Pt. 2|last=Sturtevant|first=William|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|year=2001|isbn=0160504007|location=|pages=}}
15. ^{{Cite book|title="Disintegration and Revitalization" Quapaws, Indians of North America|last=Baird|first=David|publisher=Chelsea House Publishers|year=1989|isbn=|location=New York|pages=}}
16. ^{{Cite book|title=Josephine Walker Interview, 1968|last=|first=|publisher=Oklahoma Federation of Labor Collection, M453, Box 5, Folder 2. Western History Collections, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=9–12}}
17. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.quapawtribalancestry.com/oralhistory/page6.htm|title=Quapaw Tribe Oral History|website=www.quapawtribalancestry.com|access-date=2016-03-09}}
18. ^{{cite book|last1=Clark|first1=Blue|title=Indian Tribes of Oklahoma: A Guide|date=2013|publisher=University of Oklahoma|location=Norman|isbn=978-0-8061-4061-2|page=n.p.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8U9fc2833xQC&lpg=PT502&dq=Victor%20Griffin%20Quapaw&pg=PT502#v=onepage&q&f=false}}
19. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.drugtext.org/The-Peyote-Cult/plates.html|title=Plates by Weston La Barre|last=|first=|date=2011|website=International Substance Use Library|publisher=|access-date=11 March 2016}}
20. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.quapawtribalancestry.com/marymaudeangel.htm|title=Quapaw Tribe Mary Maude Angel Grandma Supernaw a Historical Legend|website=www.quapawtribalancestry.com|access-date=2016-03-09}}
21. ^{{Cite book|title=Peyote Religious Arts: Symbols of Faith and Belief|last=Swan|first=Daniel|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|year=1999|isbn=|location=|pages=}}
22. ^{{Cite book|title=Early Osage Peyotism|last=Swan|first=Daniel|publisher=Plains Anthropologist|year=1998|isbn=|location=|pages=}}
23. ^{{Cite news|url=https://onlinebanking.americanbankbaxter.com/Pages/mural.html|title=Baxter Springs News|last=Smith|first=JC|date=1999|work="Brick Sculpture depicts Baxter Springs Heritage" pg 8|access-date=11 March 2016|via=}}
24. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMNP9M_Baxter_springs_Relief_Sculpture_Kansas_USA|title=Baxter springs - Relief Sculpture - Kansas, USA. - Relief Art Sculptures on Waymarking.com|website=www.waymarking.com|access-date=2016-03-11}}

References

  • {{Cite book|title=The Social and Economic History of the Quapaw Tribe of Indians Since 1833|last=Averie|first=Essie|publisher=Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College|year=1938|isbn=|location=|pages=}}
  • {{Cite book|title=Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 13: Plains, Pt. 1 and Pt. 2|last=Sturtevant|first=William|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|year=2001|isbn=|location=|pages=}}

External links

  • 1955 photo of Victor Griffin, collection of the Oklahoma History Center
  • [https://www.quapawtribe.com/ Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma]
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