Buell Quain

Buell Quain
Born	Buell Halvor Quain (1912-05-31)May 31, 1912 Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
Died	August 2, 1939(1939-08-02) (aged 27) Brazil
Cause of death	Suicide
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin - Madison Columbia University
Occupation	Ethnologist

Buell Halvor Quain (May 31, 1912 – August 2, 1939) was an American ethnologist who, after graduating from University of Wisconsin–Madison and studying as a graduate student at Columbia University, worked with native peoples in Fiji and Brazil. He published a total of four books, three of them posthumously.

The mystery surrounding his death by suicide was the subject of Brazilian author Bernardo Carvalho's 2002 novel Nine Nights.

Bibliography

• The Iroquois - 1937
• The Flight of the Chiefs - 1942
• The Trumai Indians of Central Brazil - 1955 (with Robert Francis Murphy)
• Fijian Village - 1970

References

External links

• Minnesota State University