Senior Historian
National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center
Smithsonian Institution
One Bowling Green, MRC 556
New York City NY 10004
Research Interests
Tribal sovereignty in U. S. constitutional law; North American tribal horse culture; Royal Fifth exhibit of 1519 and debate on Indian in court of Charles V; French use of Indian as social critic, from Montaigne through Lahontan; influence of MesoAmerican civilization, religion on North American tribes; response of tribes to European technology (firepower and horse)
Current Research Projects
Current or Projected Exhibits
Researcher for Song for Horse Nation exhibit, planned for GGHC 2008
Recent Publications
"John Locke and the Wild Indians", chapter in forthcoming collection of American Indian essays, Fulcrum Press.
"When Worldviews Collide: Native Response to the U. S. National Holiday of Thanksgiving," Proceedings of Third International Ename colloquium.
"The Missing Royal Fifth; New Leads on a Cold Case," American indian Magazine, Summer 2007
Updated -11/09/07
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