Trudie Lamb-Richmond

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Gertrude Alice Lamb-Richmond (

Schaghticoke Tribal Nation, a state-recognized tribe in Connecticut. She was involved in Native American
educational and political issues.

Biography

Lamb-Richmond was born on August 5, 1931, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, as the eldest daughter of Margaret (née Cogswell) and John Ray Jr.[1] She was raised in the Schaghticoke reservation in northwestern Connecticut, Her storytelling and teachings are shared among other tribal members in southern New England.[2]

A graduate of

William O'Neill), appointed Richmond to a task force on Native American issues. Richmond was also a member of the Connecticut Indian Affairs Council (C.I.A.C.) from 1974 to 1985, and served on the Native American Heritage Committee as a legislative appointee.[4]

In 2010, Richmond retired as the Director of Public Programs at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center after fifteen years.[2]

She died aged 89 on April 26, 2021, in the home of her daughter Erin Lamb-Meeches.[1]

Awards

  • The First People's Fund Community Spirit awarded Trudie Lamb Richmond for her lifetime work as an educator and Native storyteller.[5]

Literary works

Additionally, Richmond has consulted and collaborated with a number of scholars, including Lucianne Lavin,[6] Amy Den Ouden,[7] and Russell Handsman[8] She has also published many essays of her own, relating to her tribal heritage.

Books

  • The Spirit of the Drum (1986) and Perspectives:
  • Authentic Voices of Native Americans (1996).[4]
  • With fellow tribal member Ruth Garby Torres, she edited the Schaghticoke section of Dawnland Voices: Writing from Indigenous New England(2014), in which her essay on Schaghticoke elder and culture keeper Eunice Mauwee (1756-1860) appears.

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See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Trudie Lamb-Richmond Obituary (1931–2021)". The Day. Waterford, Connecticut. April 30, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "First Peoples Fund - Trudie Lamb Richmond". www.firstpeoplesfund.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-13.
  3. ^ "Department of Economic Community Development".
  4. ^ a b c d Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center - Staff Biographies Archived 2010-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ http://www.indiancountrynews.com/index.php/news/19-educational-news-and-programs/9955-honoring-native-american-artists-community-spirit-awards-ceremony-comes-to-the-twin-cities
  6. ^ Lavin, Lucianne (2013). Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples: What Archaeology, History, and Oral Traditions Teach Us about Their Communities and Cultures. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. xv.
  7. ^ Den Ouden, Amy (2005). Beyond Conquest: Native Peoples and the Struggle for History in New England. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. p. 23.
  8. ^ Handsman, Russell; Lamb-Richmond, Trudie (2010). Preucel, Robert; Mrozowski, Stephen (eds.). Contemporary Archaeology in Theory: The New Pragmatism. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 24ff.
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