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Anthony Beaman (Chief Running Bull)

Anthony Beaman (1879–1963), also documented as Chief Running Bull and Anthony “Did” Beaman, was a Shinnecock medicine man and cultural participant whose story connects family history, botanical knowledge, and public pageant records. Anthony Beaman’s surviving record keeps a named Shinnecock knowledge keeper visible across family history, plant lore, and twentieth-century public memory while showing the care needed when captions and later compilations provide only part of a life. Anthony Beaman (1879–1963), also documented as Chief Running Bull and Anthony “Did” Beaman, was a Shinnecock medicine man and cultural participant whose story connects family...