Dr. Hiram Ford (Pete) Gregory, Jr.
Professor and Coordinator of Anthropology
Ph.D., Anthropology, Southern Methodist University
M.A., Anthropology, Southern Methodist University
M.A., Geography, Louisiana State University
B.A., Anthropology, Louisiana State University
Fields of Interest:
Louisiana Archaeology; Native American Ethnology in the Southeastern U.S. and Southern Plains Cultures (Caddo); Culture Change, Multi-ethnic Identity, and Community "Brokerage"; Creole and African-American Cultures in Louisiana; Louisiana Folk Culture; and Traditional Cultural Maintenance Systems.
With an early interest in human-land relationships, which led him to studies of regional cultural ecology, Dr. Gregory's fieldwork has been both archaeological and ethnographical in nature, with ethnic diversity and cultural continuity as major focuses of his research. This work has involved Native Americans, Anglo-American and Louisiana French fishing communities, the Anglo, Creole, and African-American culture of the plantation regions, and the Anglo-Saxon culture of the upland South. Active in cooperative programs with the Louisiana Indian communities since the early 1970s, Dr. Gregory has worked with seven of the eight tribal communities in Louisiana and with three tribes in Oklahoma. He has also worked with the Louisiana Creole communities on Creole ethnography and geography.
Together with Drs. Fred B. Kniffen and George A. Stokes, he co-authored a major work on the Native Americans of Louisiana, The Historic Tribes of Louisiana. He has contributed two major catalogs of Louisiana folk art and has authored papers on folkways, material culture, and archaeology in a number of professional journals. He also edited the major articles relating to the Caddo in The Southern Caddo: An Anthology.
