Assistant Professor

Native American; U.S. West

Office Hours: 'Th. 3:00-5:00 and Fri., 10:00-12:00'

Office: 217 Randall Hall

Phone: (434) 924-6416

Fax: (434) 924-7891

Email: cwm6wvirginia.edu

Education

Yale University Ph.D./History 2004
University of Montana MA/History 1998
Earlham College BA/History 1993

Dissertation: “Making Indian Law, Rewriting History: The Origins of Modern Federal Indian Law and the Birth of Indian Activism between the World Wars”

Publications

“The Birth of an Activist: Fred Mahone and the Politicization of the Hualapai, 1918-1923,” American Indian Culture and Research Journal 27, #1 (2003): 33-60.

“Rain, Ritual, and Reclamation: Federal Irrigation Development on the Navajo and Zuni Reservations, 1883-1914.” Western Historical Quarterly 31, #2 (2000): 435-456.

“ Border State Terror and the Genesis of the African American Communities in Deer Lodge and Choteau Counties, Montana, 1870-1890.” Journal of Negro History 79 (1994): 212-247.