# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-epes-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:49:43.824Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-epes-brown"
name: "Joseph Epes Brown"
slug: "joseph-epes-brown"
description: "Joseph Epes Brown was an American scholar whose lifelong dedication to Native American traditions helped to bring the study of American Indian religious traditions into higher education. His seminal work was a book entitled, The Sacred Pipe, an account of his discussions with the Lakota holy man, Black Elk, regarding the religious rites of his people."
tagline: "American scholar of Native American traditions"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1920-09-09"
deathDate: "2000-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.539417333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Joseph Epes Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوزيف إيبز براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چوزيف ايبز براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Epes_Brown"
    title: "Joseph Epes Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Epes_Brown"
    title: "Joseph Epes Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Epes_Brown"
    title: "Joseph Epes Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Epes_Brown"
    title: "Joseph Epes Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206679"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump