Simeon Gibson

Simeon Gibson (1 August 1887 – 10 December 1943) was a member of the Cayuga tribe and the Onondaga Longhouse on the Six Nations Reserve. Gibson (Iroquois) worked closely with Iroquois researchers, including Horatio Hale, David Boyle, A.C. Parker, and John Napoleon Brinton (J.N.B.) Hewitt. a member of the Committee of Chiefs, and Mary Skye Gibson.

Gibson was fluent in many languages. the Indian Battalion of the Hamilton and Dufferin Rifles. Gibson also worked closely with all anthropologists studying with the Six Nations. In the summer of 1907, Simeon traveled with M.R. Harrington to different parts of the Six Nation Reserve when he collected items for museums in New York City. Linguist Edward Sapir came from Ottawa and employed members of the Gibson family, including Chief John Gibson and his sons Hardy and Simeon Gibson as "roustabouts, pickers, packers, and advance agents" this time including details of the ceremony for mourning passed chiefs and "raising" or installing their successors into that role Gibson was one of Fenton's three main interpreters, the other two being Howard Sky and James Skye. with the help of Six Nations residents Howard Skye and Simeon Gibson.

Gibson was included in plans to visit Washington, D.C., in 1941 to translate the first version of the Daganawi:dah Legend recorded by Hewitt, but Gibson's barn became damaged and he could not leave home to travel to Washington, D.C. The NAA also houses the correspondence between J.N.B. Hewitt and Simeon Gibson The Library and Archives Canada also houses a pamphlet by William Fenton on Simeon Gibson.