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Native Americans

The Author’s Corner with Rose Miron

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 24, 2025

Rose Miron is Vice President of Research and Education at the Newberry Library. This interview is based on her new book, Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory (University of Minnesota Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]

The Author’s Corner with Matthew J. Tuininga

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 3, 2025

Matthew J. Tuininga is Professor of Christian Ethics and the History of Christianity at Calvin Theological Seminary. This interview is based on his new book, The Wars of the Lord: The Puritan Conquest of America’s First People (Oxford University Press, […]

The Author’s Corner with Christopher R. Pearl

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 7, 2024

Christopher R. Pearl is Associate Professor and Chair of History at Lycoming College. This interview is based on his new book, Declarations of Independence: Indigenous Resilience, Colonial Rivalries, and the Cost of Revolution (University of Virginia Press, 2024). JF: What led you […]

The Author’s Corner with Donald L. Fixico

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 1, 2024

Donald L. Fixico is Regents and Distinguished Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University. This interview is based on his new book, The State of Sequoyah: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Quest for an Indian State (University of Oklahoma Press, […]

The Author’s Corner with Matthias André Voigt

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 30, 2024

Matthias André Voigt is Part-Time Lecturer in Modern American History at Free University Berlin. This interview is based on his new book, Reinventing the Warrior: Masculinity in the American Indian Movement, 1968-1973 (University Press of Kansas, 2024). JF: What led […]

The Author’s Corner with Andrew Lipman

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 8, 2024

Andrew Lipman is Associate Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University. This interview is based on his new book, Squanto: A Native Odyssey (Yale University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Squanto? AL: Squanto began as an offshoot of […]

The Author’s Corner with Jean Dennison

Rachel Petroziello   |  July 15, 2024

Jean Dennison is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington. This interview is based on her new book, Vital Relations: How the Osage Nation Moves Indigenous Nationhood into the Future (University of North Carolina Press, 2024). JF: What […]

The Author’s Corner with Linford D. Fisher, Sheila M. McIntyre, and Julie A. Fisher

Rachel Petroziello   |  April 18, 2024

Linford D. Fisher is Associate Professor of History at Brown University, Sheila M. McIntyre is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York at Potsdam, and Julie A. Fisher is a historian, educator, and editor. This interview […]

The Author’s Corner with Steven Peach

Rachel Petroziello   |  April 3, 2024

Steven Peach is Associate Professor of History at Tarleton State University. This interview is based on his new book, Rivers of Power: Creek Political Culture in the Native South, 1750–1815 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]

The Author’s Corner with Robert M. Owens

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 7, 2024

Robert M. Owens is Professor of History at Wichita State University. This interview is based on his new book, Killing Over Land: Murder and Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier  (University of Oklahoma Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]

The Author’s Corner with John William Nelson

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 29, 2024

John William Nelson is Assistant Professor of History at Texas Tech University. This interview is based on his new book, Muddy Ground: Native Peoples, Chicago’s Portage, and the Transformation of a Continent (University of North Carolina Press, 2023). JF: What […]

The Author’s Corner with Stuart McKee

Rachel Petroziello   |  December 7, 2023

Stuart McKee is Associate Professor of Design at the University of San Francisco. This interview is based on his new book, Indigenous Enlightenment: Printing and Education in Evangelical Colonialism, 1790-1850 (University of Nebraska Press, 2023). JF: What led you to […]

The Author’s Corner with Michael A. Blaakman

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 16, 2023

Michael A. Blaakman is Assistant Professor of History at Princeton University. This interview is based on his new book, Speculation Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write Speculation […]

The Author’s Corner with William Jennings

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 3, 2023

William Jennings is Senior Lecturer of French and Deputy Head of School of Arts at the University of Waikato. This interview is based on his new book, Dibia’s World: Life on an Early Sugar Plantation (Liverpool University Press, 2023). JF: […]

The Author’s Corner with Mairin Odle

Rachel Petroziello   |  August 18, 2023

Mairin Odle is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in American Studies at the University of Alabama. This interview is based on her book, Under the Skin: Tattoos, Scalps, and the Contested Language of Bodies in Early America (University […]

The Author’s Corner with James Jewell

Rachel Petroziello   |  August 7, 2023

James Jewell is Professor of History and Co-Chair of the Social and Behavioral Science Division at North Idaho College. This interview is based on his new book, Agents of Empire: The First Oregon Cavalry and the Opening of the Interior […]

The Author’s Corner with Alejandra Dubcovsky

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 6, 2023

Alejandra Dubcovsky is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside. This interview is based on her new book, Talking Back: Native Women and the Making of the Early South (Yale University Press, 2023). JF: What led you […]

The Author’s Corner with Julie Carr

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 8, 2023

Julie Carr is Professor of English and Chair of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. This interview is based on her new book, Mud, Blood, and Ghosts: Populism, Eugenics, and Spiritualism in the American West (University […]

The Author’s Corner with Stephen Kantrowitz

Rachel Petroziello   |  April 14, 2023

Stephen Kantrowitz is Plaenert-Bascom and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This interview is based on his new book, Citizens of a Stolen Land: A Ho-Chunk History of the Nineteenth-Century United States (University of North […]

The Author’s Corner with Elliott West

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 28, 2023

Elliott West is History Consultant at the University of Arkansas. This interview is based on his new book, Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion (University of Nebraska Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write Continental […]

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