Background
Mr. Force was born on December 30, 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. He was a son of Richard Erwin and Edna Fern (Collins) Force.
(The following narrative can be regarded as an ethnography...)
The following narrative can be regarded as an ethnography. I recorded data encompassing a thirteen-year period (1977-1990) as a participant-observer while serving as Director (and then Director and President) of the Museum of the American Indian-Heye Foundation (MAI). The account chronicles the trials and tribulations of the transition of that Museum to a new status as part of the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). The saga of the MAI is significant; it needed to be told. It is meaningful to record the circumstances surrounding the rescue of the Heye Collection and the transition of the MAI into the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI).
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Discusses the history, culture, and religion of the North American Indians, their place in American society, and the problems they face as an ethnic group in North America
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Mr. Force was born on December 30, 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. He was a son of Richard Erwin and Edna Fern (Collins) Force.
Roland Force received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University in 1950. In 1951 he obtained Master of Arts in Education and in 1952 Master of Arts in Anthropology from the same university. Mr. Force earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology from Stanford University in 1958. In 1973 he received Doctor of Science (honorary) from Hawaii Loa College.
Mr. Force served as a museum administrator and author. Roland Force gained prominence as the director of the Museum of the American Indian. He began his more than forty-year museum career in 1954 at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu after receiving his doctorate from Stanford University in California. After two years at his post in Hawaii, he become the curator in ethnology at Chicago Natural History Museum in Illinois, only to return to Bishop in 1962.
In 1977, Mr. Force accepted the position of director of the then proposed Museum of the American Indian, which is part of the Smithsonian Institute. Roland Force contributed articles to Science magazine, and has written several books including Art and Artifacts of the Eighteenth Century and Just One House, both with his wife Maryanne.
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(The following narrative can be regarded as an ethnography...)
Served with C.E. and Infantry Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Anthropological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Science Association (honorary life, member of council 1966-1977). Member Sigma Xi.
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Married Maryanne Tefft, September 16, 1949.