John Leland Champe

Born 1895-04-27 Elwood, NE (USA)

Died 1978-01-28
Lincoln, NE (USA)

Buried
Friend, NE (USA)
Andrew Cemetery

Champe was a well-known professor of Anthropology at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. According to the Nebraska State Historical Society, Champe acted as a consultant and expert witness on a number of court cases involving treaty disputes and land claims between various Native American tribes and the U.S. government. Champe was married to Flavia Waters Champe.

Places Lived

Friend, NE
Lincoln, NE
New York, NY

Author Of

Nonfiction

Education

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematics, 1921, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Graduate Studies in Anthropology, 1934-1936, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Ph.D. in Anthropology, 1946, Columbia University, New York, NY

Occupation

Vice President, National Assurance Corporation
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Nebraska
Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Nebraska
Professor of Anthropology, University of Nebraska
Anthropology Department Chairman, University of Nebraska
Consultant

Places Worked

National Assurance Corporation, Lincoln, NE
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

Honors

Research Scholarship named in honor of John L. Champe and his wife, Flavia Waters Champe, both professors at the University of Nebraska

Associations

Nebraska State Historical Society

Bibliography

The Sweetwater Culture Complex. 193?
Ash Hollow Cave; A Study of Stratigraphic Sequence in the Central Great Plains. 1946.
White Cat Village. 1949.
Notes on the Pawnee. 1954.
Aksarben. 1960.
Yankton Chronology. 1974.
Papers and correspondence of John L. Champe are in a collection at the Nebraska State Historical Society

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