Fields
Native North America, Modern United States, History of Activism
Bio
My research focuses on American Indian Activism in the second half of the twentieth
century. In particular I focus on the period that followed the occupation of Wounded
Knee in 1973, which has traditionally been an understudied and under-appreciated aspect
of American Indian activism. My dissertation looked at the ways groups like the American
Indian Movement and the International Indian Treaty Council sought to forge international
alliances and promote Native issues on an international stage and examine both their
successes and their setbacks that formed the basis of a new era of indigenous activism.
I am currently in the process of turning the dissertation in a manuscript for submission
to academic presses in the coming year.
Courses Taught
HIST 1103
HIST 2023 (History of the Present)
HIST 3980 (15 Songs)