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  • Greg O'Brien (2004-2005)

    January 1, 2004

    Professor O'Brien joined us from the University of Southern Mississippi, where he taught many courses in American History, but his focus of research has been on Southeastern Indians. His first book entitled "Choctaws in a Revolutionary Age, 1750-1830" (University of Nebraska Press) was published in 2002. He has also published essays is many scholarly journals. He taught two courses during the fall of 2004: "The Invasion of America: American Indian History, Pre-contact to 1830", and "The Ethnohistory of Southeastern Indians."

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  • Margaret L. Archuleta (2002-2003)

    January 1, 2002

    Margaret (Pueblo/Hispanic) taught two courses during the fall and winter terms in our Native American Studies Program. She was the Curator of Fine Art at the Heard Museum in Phoenix from 1987-2002, and responsible for the organization, development and implementation of all fine art exhibits, collections, research, publications, programming and education activities. She co-organized a conference at the University of Arizona in 2002: "The Heart of Culture: Indigenous Exchange in a Contemporary Context."  Her courses at Dartmouth were quite popular.

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  • Clyde Ellis (2001-2002)

    January 1, 2001

    Professor of History Elon College, Ellis has done research on the early American Indian education experiences, as well as the Kiowa Indians and their experience with Christianity. He is author of three books: "To Change Them Forever: Indian Education at the Rainy Mountain Boarding School, 1893-1920" (University of Oklahoma Press, 1996); "The Jesus Road: Kiowas, Christianity and Indian Hymns," (accompanied with a music CD of 26 Kiowa hymns), and "A Dancing People: Powwow Culture on the Southern Plains" (University Press of Kansas, 2003).

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  • Thomas Abler (2000-2001)

    September 1, 2000

    Professor Abler received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Toronto in 1969. His research interests involve historical aspects of socio-political organization of Native Peoples of North America, including warfare, factionalism, kinship, and mythology. He taught two courses at Dartmouth: "The Invasion of America" and "History of the Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy," during the Fall Term, 2000.

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  • Adrian Tanner (1999-2000)

    September 1, 1999

    Dr. Tanner is professor of Anthropology at Memorial University, Newfoundland. He authored a book in 1979, "Bringing Home Animals." During Winter Term, 2000, Dr. Tanner taught a course for us called "Peoples of the Northern Forest," which we cross-listed with the Anthropology department. He taught a second course on land issues in Canada and the United States.

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    • Jul 27

      Tribal Leadership Academy

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      A weeklong training for newly elected or appointed Native American tribal leaders. Spaces are limited and by application only.

    • Jul 28

      Tribal Leadership Academy

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      A weeklong training for newly elected or appointed Native American tribal leaders. Spaces are limited and by application only.

    • Jul 29

      Tribal Leadership Academy

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      A weeklong training for newly elected or appointed Native American tribal leaders. Spaces are limited and by application only.

    • Jul 30

      Tribal Leadership Academy

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      A weeklong training for newly elected or appointed Native American tribal leaders. Spaces are limited and by application only.

    • Jul 31

      Tribal Leadership Academy

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      A weeklong training for newly elected or appointed Native American tribal leaders. Spaces are limited and by application only.

    • Aug 01

      Tribal Leadership Academy

      TBD

      A weeklong training for newly elected or appointed Native American tribal leaders. Spaces are limited and by application only.