Barrik Van Winkle is an American

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and

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who has done research on the language and culture of the Washoe Nation and on

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in the United States. He received a

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from the

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, where he studied with

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, and an

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from the

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, where he studied with Warren D'Azevedo and William Jacobsen. His publications include Scott H. Decker and Barrik Van Winkle, ''Life in the Gang: Families, Friends, and Violence'' (

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, 1996), which won an Outstanding Book Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Science. His articles on the Washoe are published in ''Social Analysis'', ''Cultural Anthropology'', and ''New Perspectives on Native North America: Cultures, Histories, and Representations''.

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Sergei Kan and Pauline Turner Strong, eds. (2006) ''New Perspectives on Native North America: Cultures, Histories, and Representations.'' University of Nebraska Press. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American anthropologists American anthropology writers American male non-fiction writers University of Chicago alumni University of Nevada, Reno alumni {{US-anthropologist-stub