Verne F. Ray

Dr. Verne FrederickRay, (1905-September 28, 2003) was anthropology professor at the University of Washington, with a B.A. and M.A. in anthropology from Washington and a Ph.D. (in 1937) from Yale. Ray was one of the first anthropologists at UW,Cite web|url=http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/march04/extras_ray.html|title=Verne F. Ray 1905-2003|accessdate=2008-07-17|publisher=University of Washington|year=2004-03|author=Lydia Ratna|work=Columns] was head of the Department of Anthropology and associate dean of the Graduate School.

He is know best for assisting Northwest tribes with tribal land-claim settlements and is viewed as pioneer in the field of ethnohistory.Cite web|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20031104/OBBRIEF04-2|title=Anthropologist Aided Land-claim Cases|accessdate=2008-07-17|year=2004-11-04|work=The Globe and Mail] The Cowlitz tribe, which he helped gain federal recognition, made him an honorary member in 2000. "OBITUARIES - Verne F. Ray (1905-2003)" by William R Seaburg "American anthropologist". 107, no. 1, (2005): 180 ]

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He is the author or editor of 52 books dealing with the anthropology of the American Indians of the Northwest. [ [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Verne+F.+Ray&fq=dt%3Abks+%3E+ap%3A%22ray%2C+verne+frederick%22&qt=facet_ap%3A Worldcat] ] In particular, his work with the Interior Salish Tribes of Washington following the passage of the Indian Claims Commission Act in 1946 led to the publication of a number of important articles on the tribes,Cite web|url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/144930_rayobit22.html|title=UW Anthropologist Helped Tribes Win Land-Claim Suits|accessdate=2008-07-17|year=2003-10-22|author=John Iwasaki|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer] including the following:

*Ray, Verne F. "The Columbia Confederacy: A League of Central Plateau Tribes." In Stanley Diamond, editor, Culture in History: Essays in Honor of Paul Radin. Columbia University Press: New York, 1960, pp. 771-789.

*Ray, Verne F. "Cultural Relations in the Plateau of Northwestern America." Publications of the Frederick Webb Hodge Anniversary Publication Fund, Vol. III. Los Angeles, 1939.

*Ray, Verne F. "Ethnohistorical Notes on the Columbia, Chelan, Entiat, and Wenatchee Tribes," Interior Salish and Eastern Washington Indians IV. Garland Publishing Inc.: New York, 1974.

*Ray, Verne F. "Native Village and Groupings of the Columbia Basin," Pacific Northwest Quarterly. Vol. 27 No. 2, April, 1936.

*Ray, Verne F., The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington (New Haven, Human Relations Area Files, 1954) [Originally published as Vol. V, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, 1933] .

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