Frederic W. Gleach is an American anthropologist who specializes in Native American peoples of

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. He grew up in Virginia and received his Ph.D. in 1992 from the

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, where he studied with Raymond D. Fogelson. He is Senior Lecturer and Curator of Anthropology Collections at

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Bibliography

* Gleach, Frederic W. (1997) ''Powhatan's World and Colonial Virginia: A Conflict of Cultures.'' Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. * Gleach, Frederic W. (2006) ''Pocahontas: An Exercise in Mythmaking and Marketing." In: ''New Perspectives on Native North America: Cultures, Histories, and Representations,'' ed. by Sergei A. Kan and Pauline Turner Strong, pp. 433–455. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gleach, Frederic W. American anthropologists Living people Year of birth missing (living people)