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Bertha "Birdie" Parker (August 30, 1907 – October 8, 1978) was an American archaeologist. ==Biography== Bertha "Birdie" Parker was the first Native American female archaeologist, of Abenaki and Seneca descent. She was born in 1907 in Chautauqua County, New York. Her mother, Beulah Tahamont (later Folsom), was an actress. Her father, Arthur C. Parker, was an archaeologist and the first president of the Society for American Archaeology.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SAA Native American Scholarships )〕 Her maternal grandparents were the actors Elijah “Chief Dark Cloud” Tahamont and Margaret (Dove Eye) Camp. As a child, she assisted her father in his excavations. Bertha's mother divorced her father in 1914, and the Tahamonts (Elijah, Margaret, and Beulah) relocated to Los Angeles, with Bertha in tow, to work in Hollywood films.〔 Bertha and her mother also performed with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as part of a “Pocahontas” show during her teenage years. Bertha married Joseph Pallan in the early 1920s and had a daughter, Wilma Mae ("Billie") Pallan in 1925. Bertha later moved to Nevada with her aunt, Endeka Parker, and Endeka's husband M. R. Harrington. In 1931 she married the paleontologist James Thurston. He died after a sudden illness in 1932, and she herself became ill for an extended period of time. Bertha relocated again, this time to Los Angeles to live with her aunt and uncle. She was hired, first as a secretary, and then as an archaeologist and ethnologist, for the Southwest Museum. In 1936, she married the actor Espera Oscar de Corti, also known as Iron Eyes Cody. In 1942, her daughter Billie died of a gunshot wound on her grandmother's farm at the age of 17.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wilma Mae Pallan )〕 She and Iron Eyes later adopted two sons, Robert "Tree" Cody and Arthur William Cody (1952–1996). Bertha and Iron Eyes were central figures in the success of the Los Angeles Indian Center, a gathering place for urban Indians relocated to LA. Bertha died in 1978; her gravestone simply reads "Mrs. Iron Eyes Cody". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bertha Parker Pallan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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