Karenne Wood

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Karenne Wood
Born1960
Died2019 (aged 59)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Native American anthropologist and historian

Karenne Wood (born 1960, died 21 July 2019 [1] ) was a member of the Monacan Indian tribe who was known for her poetry and for her work in tribal history. She served as the director of the Virginia Indian Programs at Virginia Humanities, in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. She directed a tribal history project for the Monacan Nation, conducted research at the National Museum of the American Indian, and served on the National Congress of American Indians' Repatriation Commission. [2] [3] In 2015, she was named one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History". [2]

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Biography

Karenne Wood was born in 1960, [3] grew up in the Washington, DC metropolitan area [4] and is an enrolled member of the Monacan Indian Nation. [2] She earned a Master's of Fine Arts from George Mason University and a PhD in anthropology at the University of Virginia. [4]

Wood worked as a researcher at the National Museum of the American Indian [2] and was tribal historian for the Monacan Nation [5] for six years. [2] In the mid-2000s, Wood served as the Repatriation Coordinator for the Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA), supervising the return to Native communities of sacred objects. [6] She has served on the National Congress of American Indians’ Repatriation Commission and on the Monacan Tribal Council. [2]

Wood held a gubernatorial appointment as Chair of the Virginia Council on Indians for four years, [2] and served on the Advisory Council for the 'Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission' during the 2007 quadrennial celebration of Virginia. [7] As part of the preparations, Wood edited The Virginia Indian Heritage Trail (2007) and curated the exhibition Beyond Jamestown: Virginia Indians Past and Present, at the Virginia Museum of Natural History. [3]

In 2008, she was named director of the Virginia Indian Heritage Program [8] (later Virginia Indian Programs) at Virginia Humanities, a state humanities council in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Wood was a published poet [3] and studied the Monacan language, which is no longer spoken. She was evaluating the linguistic heritage of her tribe and the effects of loss of language upon people. Her areas of study included how one communicates with elders and ancestors when the words they used no longer exist, and how that changes the values of people. [9]

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References

  1. "In Memoriam: Karenne Wood, a Lifelong Advocate for Virginia Indians". UVA Today. 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "About the Program". Charlottesville, VA: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Karenne Wood". Virginia Women in History 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
  4. 1 2 "Karenne Wood". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  5. Shackel, Paul A.; Chambers, Erve J. (2004). Places in Mind: Public Archaeology as Applied Anthropology. New York, NY: Routledge. p. 28. ISBN   0-415-94646-8.
  6. Fitz Gibbon, Kate, ed. (2005). Who owns the past? : Cultural Policy, Cultural Property, and the Law (3rd print. ed.). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Univ. Press. p. 36. ISBN   978-0-8135-3687-3.
  7. Commission, Jamestown 400th Commemoration (2009). America's 400th anniversary : the quadricentennial commemoration of the founding of Jamestown 1607–2007: final report of the Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission. Washington, D.C.: Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission. p. 241. ISBN   978-0-160-82096-0.
  8. Bromley, Anne E. (February 14, 2008). "Accolades: Karenne Wood". UVA Today. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  9. Kobert, Linda J (June 26, 2007). "Anthropologist Karenne Wood Researches the Language of Her Monacan Tribe". UVA Today. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  10. "MARKINGS ON EARTH (review)". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 26 June 2015.