CAROBETH LAIRD: THE WOMAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND.

In the early 1900s, Carobeth Laird accompanied linguist/ethnologist John Peabody Harrington for seven storied years, gathering significant information about the languages and cultures of indigenous groups of California. Although Laird is often overshadowed by the mystique of Harrington, she was an incredibly courageous and innovative ethnographer in her own right. Her body of work is an important contribution to American ethnology. Forming strong relationships with many of her indigenous informants, she recorded stories that led to important developments in American anthropology and which continue to inform California archaeology to this day. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]