Elisabeth Tooker

Elisabeth Jane Tooker (August 2, 1927 – January 13, 2005) was an American anthropologist and a leading historian on the Iroquois nations in Northeastern United States.

Family Elisabeth Jane Tooker was born on August 2, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York, to Amy , a social worker and teacher, and Clyde Tooker, a lawyer.

Before completing her degree at Radcliffe, Tooker was employed as a Teaching Fellow at Harvard from 1956 to 1957, and in 1957, she accepted a position as instructor at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Tooker taught history at the University at Buffalo, Mount Holyoke College, and Temple University, where she spent most of her career.

Tooker was Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Temple University, Philadelphia, where she spent the remainder her career. While at Temple she was promoted to associate professor in 1967 and Professor in 1977. The Iroquois Ceremonial of Midwinter (1970)

The Indians of the Northeast: A Critical Bibliography (1978) Native North American Spirituality of the Eastern Woodlands: Sacred Myths, Dreams, Visions, Speeches, Healing Formulas, Rituals and Ceremonials (1979)

Lewis H. Morgan on Iroquois Material Culture (1994)