Phyllis Bardeau
Phyllis Eileen Williams Bardeau (Gayanögwad) (April 2, 1934 – September 1, 2023) was a Seneca (Onödowáʼga:) author, and educator, and lexicographer. She was best known for her work on the Seneca language, including Seneca language dictionaries.
Biography
[edit]Bardeau was born on April 2, 1934 on the Allegany Indian Reservation (Ohi:yo’) in Cattaraugus County, New York. She grew up speaking Seneca with her grandmother on a farm in Coldspring, New York. Following her marriage she moved to the Cattaraugus Reservation (Ga’dä:gë́́sgë:ö’)[1]
In 1951, Bardeau began to teach the Seneca language, first to a class of adults, then at the high school in Gowanda, New York. She then attended the State University of New York at Buffalo, earning a masters' degree in American Studies in 1994. She served as an instructor there,[2] and developed a syllabus for courses in the Seneca Language, which were offered beginning in 2019.[3][1]
She worked on standardizing the Seneca syllabary. She also collaborated with Wallace Chafe on his English–Seneca Dictionary.[4]
In 1990 she returned to the Allegany Reservation, where she now works on writing, research and documentation of the Seneca Language, and providing support for Seneca Language programs there.[1]
Bardeau died on September 1, 2023, at the age of 89.[5]
Publications
[edit]Bardeau was the author of several books on Seneca Language and culture.
- Bardeau, Phyllis E. Wms. (2002). onondowa'ga:' gwae:no' (PDF). Cattaraugus Territory: Seneca Nation Education Department. ISBN 0-9743377-0-6. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
- Bardeau, Phyllis E. Wms. (2003). Iroquois Woodland Favorites. Seneca Nation Education Department. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- Bardeau, Phyllis E. Wms. (2007). The Seneca Verb Labeling the Ancient Voice (PDF). Seneca Nation Education Department. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- Bardeau, Phyllis E. Wms. (2008). Fundamentals of Seneca (PDF) (revised ed.). Seneca Nation. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- Bardeau, Phyllis E. Wms. (2010). Definitive Seneca It's in the Word. Salamanca, NY: RAJ Publications. ISBN 978-0-359-81740-5.
- Bardeau, Phyllis. "Seneca Language Teacher's Dictionary" (PDF). senecalanguage.com. Seneca Nation Education Department. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- Bardeau, Phyllis Eileen Wms. The Standing Pot. ISBN 9781716867590.
- Bardeau, Phyllis E. Wms. (2017). A Woodland Creation Story (PDF). The Seneca Allegany Language Department. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bardeau, Phyllis E. Wms. (2002). onondowa'ga:' gwae:no' (PDF). Cattaraugus Territory: Seneca Nation Education Department. ISBN 0-9743377-0-6. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
- ^ VanOoteghem, Michelle (November 5, 1992). "Native American Month". No. v. 103 iss. 28. The Michigan Daily. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ^ "UB Now Offers Seneca and Mohawk Language Courses". University at Buffalo Honors College. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ^ Chafe, Wallace L.; et al. English-Seneca Dictionary (PDF). Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ "Phyllis Eileen Bardeau". Legacy. Retrieved 24 September 2024.