Nancy Bonvillain is a professor of anthropology and linguistics at Bard College at Simon's Rock.
She is author of over twenty books on language, culture, and gender, including a series on Native American peoples.
Bonvillain conducted research on Kanyenʼkéha in the 1960s and 70s, which culminated in several reports and publications.
During fieldwork carried out at the St. Regis Mohawk Indian Reserve and Hogansburg, New York, Bonvillian submitted a report the summer of 1969.
The report details factors in Mohawk, English and French language use, and synchronic linguistic fieldwork.