About Mercy A. Doxtator Mercy Doxtator (1936–2005) taught the Oneida language for almost twenty-five years at the Oneida Nation of the Thames, where she was the founder and director of the Oneida Language and Cultural Center. Books by Mercy A. Doxtator Glimpses of Oneida Life by (author) Karin Michelson, Norma Kennedy & Mercy A. Doxtator