Tag Archives: Native American
Removing Indians to create National Parks
Although most of our readings for American Wilderness so far have focused on Euroamerican conceptions/constructions, we’ve inevitably discussed Native Americans some in the midst of our conversations (often prefaced with something like “I know Sellers wants us to say something … Continue reading
Diplomatic metaphors in Pennsylvania
Back in September, I gave a paper at the American Society for Ethnohistory’s annual meeting, in New Orleans. That marked my return to the conference circuit after a protracted (and frankly, probably irresponsible) absence, and I was more than a … Continue reading
AHA 2015 proposal
My PhD advisor, Sharon Block (UC Irvine) recently put me in touch with a PhD student at the University of Southern California, Nicholas Gliserman (who, coincidentally, knows UMW’s very own Will Mackintosh from Nick’s undergraduate days in Philadelphia), and after … Continue reading
“Creating Histories and Recovering Autonomy in the Hudson Valley”
This is the abstract for my paper, “Creating Histories and Recovering Autonomy in the Hudson Valley,” recently submitted for pre-circulation among participants in a March 2014 conference, From Conquest to Identity: New Jersey and the Middle Colonies in the Seventeenth … Continue reading
Native Grounds
Iroquoia (think upstate New York) and the Arkansas Valley may seem an unlikely pairing, but having spent previous weeks talking about native North America and early contacts with Europeans, this week we are moving into a colonial era in … Continue reading
