Roger L. Nichols
Professor of History 215 Social Science
Affiliate Prof. American Indian Studies Tucson, AZ 85721
University of Arizona 520-621-7643
Tucson, AX 85721
Education:
PhD. American History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Teaching:
Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany, 2011
University of Tübingen, Germany, 2005
University of Cologne, Germany, 2003-04
University of Arizona, Professor, 1970-present
Associate Professor, 1969-70
Affiliate Professor, American Indian Studies, 2003--
Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, 1997
University of Maryland, Visiting Lecturer, 1975-76
University of Georgia, Associate Professor, 1965-69
Wisconsin State University, Assistant Professor, 1964-65
Instructor, 1963-64
Awards, Honors and Grants:
Guest Social Scientist, University of Münster, Germany, 2009
Fulbright Senior Specialist, New Bulgarian Univ., Sophia, Bulgaria 2007
Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer, 2007-2009
Research Professorship, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Univ. AZ, 2006-07
Distinguished Fulbright Chair, Moscow State University,2004. Declined
Senior Fulbright Scholar, University of Cologne, Germany, 2003-04
President, Pacific Coast Branch: Am. Historical Assn., 2003-04
Outstanding Educator Award, Oregon-California Trails Assn, 1999
Senior Fulbright Lecturer, Martin Luther Uni., Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, 1997
Non-resident Fellow, Center for Great Plains Studies, Univ. Nebraska, 1995
Benjamin Shambaugh Prize, for Black Hawk & the Warrior’s Path, 1993
Director, NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers,awk & the Warrior’[shH “Indians in
American History,” 1993, 1988, 1981
Faculty Fellow, Udall Center for Policy Studies, 1992-93
American Philosophical Society Research Grants, 1990, 1982, 1967
Research Professorship, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Univ. AZ, 1988
Louis K. Koontz Prize, Pacific Historical Review, 1973
Henry E. Huntington Library Research Fellowship, 1973
Books:
Warrior Nations: The United States and Indian Peoples. University of Oklahoma
Press, 2013.
Natives and Strangers: A History of Ethnic Americans. With Leonard Dinnerstein
& David M. Reimers. Oxford University Press, 2010, 2003, 1996, 1990, 1979.
The American Indian: Past and Present. Editor, University of Oklahoma, 2008;
McGraw-Hill, 1999, 1992, et. al., 1986, 1981, 1971
American Indians in U.S. History, University of Oklahoma, 2003.
Geschichte der Indianer in den Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada.
Mundus Verlag, 2002. A German translation of Indians in the US & Canada.
Black Hawk’s Autobiography. Editor, Iowa State University, 1999. Ebook, 2000
Indians in the United States and Canada: A Comparative History. University
of Nebraska,1998. Paperback, 1999.
Black Hawk and the Warrior’s Path. Harlan Davidson, 1992.
American Frontier and Western Issues: A HistoriographicReview. Editor,
Greenwood, 1986.
Stephen Long and American Frontier Exploration. With Patrick Halley.
University of Delaware,1980. Paper, University of Oklahoma, 1995.
The Missouri Expedition: 1818-1820. Editor, University of Oklahoma,1969.
General Henry Atkinson: A Western Military Career. University of Oklahoma,
1965.
Articles, Chapters & Other Items:
“Immigrants and Native American Peoples.” In Elliott R. Barkan, ed. Immigrants
In American History: Arrival, Adaptation, and Integration. 4 vols. Santa
Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2013. 4:5-17.
“Indian Residential Schools: Coerced Assimilation in Canada and the United
States.” Chapter 3 in Maryann Henck, Maria Moss, and Sabrina Völz, eds.
White-Indian Relations: Moving into the 21st Century. Berlin: Germany:
Galda Verlag, 2011. Pp. 36-55.
“Theodore Roosevelt and the Indians.” Chapter 12 in Serge Ricard, ed. A
Companion to Theodore Roosevelt, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. Pp. 186-197.
“The Canada-US Border and Indigenous Peoples in the Nineteenth Century,”
American Review of Canadian Studies, 40:3 September 2010, 416-428.
“The Indian Wars in the East, 1783-1859,” Chapter 4 in James C. Bradford, ed., A
Companion to American Military History, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Pp. 59-72.
“Do Borders Matter in Native American History: An American Perspective,”
Chapter 1 in Michael D. Behiels and Reginald Stuart, eds., Transnationalism
in Canada-United States History into the 21st Century. McGill-Queens
University, 2010. Pp. 21-31.
“Stephen H. Long,” Chapter 1 in Paul Hutton and Durwood Ball, eds., Soldiers
West, 2nd ed., University of Oklahoma Press, 2009, Pp. 21-42.
“National Expansion and Native Peoples of the United States and Canada,”
Chapter 6 in David Maybury Lewis, Theodore Macdonald, and Biorn
Maybury-Lewis, eds., Manifest Destinies and Indigenous Peoples, David
Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard. Cambridge, MA,
2009. Pp. 145-169.
“Residential Schools for Native Children in Canada and the USA,” Australasian
Canadian Studies, 26:1 (2008), 9-21. Appeared in 2009.
“Foreward,” in Michael Allen and Mary L. Hanneman, eds., Frontiers in Western
History: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Western History. Simon &
Schuster, 2007, xi-xv.
“Myths and Realities in American-Canadian Studies: Challenges to Comparing
Native Peoples,” Chapter 6 in Carol Higham and Robert Thacker, eds., One
West Two Myths II: Essays on Comparison. University of Calgary
Press, 2006, 115-125.
“The Army and the Indians, 1800-1830: A Reappraisal,” reprinted in Samuel
Watson, ed., The International Library of Essays in Military History, Ashgate,
London, 2005. 249-268.
“Indian Societies Under Siege in the United States and Canada,” reprinted as
Chapter 3 in Carl J. Guarneri, ed., America Compared: American History
in International Perspective, 2 vols., 2:38-58. Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
“Western Attractions: Europeans and America,” Pacific Historical Review, 74,:1
February, 2005, 1-17.
“Acculturation and ‘Otherness’: Native American Experiences,” TRANS,
Internet-Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften, 15, September, 2004.
“Myths and Realities in American-Canadian Studies: Challenges to Comparing
Native Peoples’ Experiences,” American Review of Canadian Studies, 33 #4
Winter, 2003, 597-606.
“Teaching about the American West in the Land of Old Shatterhand,”
In the Western Forum, Journal of the Westenry tkinson: estern Military Caree of Old , 38 #3 July, 1999, 3-4.
“From the Revolution to the Mexican War,” Chapter 5 in Robin
Higham and Donald R. Mrozek, eds., A Guide to the Sources of U.S.
Military History: Supplement IV, Archon Books, 1998.
“The Southwest,” in Mary Kupiec Cayton, Elliot J. Gorn, and Peter J.
Williams, eds, Encycolopedia of American Social History, 3 vols.
Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1993, 2: 1079-88.
“From the Revolution to the Mexican War,” Chapter 5 in Higham and Mrozek,
eds., A Guide to the Sources of U.S. Military History: Supplement III,
Archon Books, 1993.
“Indians and Colonists in Virginia and New England:A Contest for Power,”
Chapter 3 pp. 35-54 in Leonard Dinnerstein and Kenneth Jackson, eds.,
American Vistas, 2 vols., Oxford, 1991.
“The United States, Canada, and the Indians, 1865-1876,” The Social
Science Journal, 26:3 July, 1989, 249-63.
“Indians in the Post-Termination Era,” Storia Nordamericana, 5:1
(1988), 71-87.
“Stephen H. Long,” in Paul A. Hutton, ed., Soldiers West: Biographies
of the Frontier Military, University of Nebraska Press, 1987.
“From the Revolution to the Mexican War,” Chapter 5 in Higham and
Mrozek, eds., A Guide to the Sources of U. S. Military History:
Sujpplement II. Archon Books, 1985.
Backdrop for Disaster: The Arikara War of 1823,”South Dakota History,
14:2 Summer, 1984, 93-113.
“The Arikara Indians and the Missouri River Trade: AQuest for Survival,”
Great Plains Quarterly, 2,:2 Spring,1982, 77-93.
“The Indian in the Dime Novel,” The Journal of American Culture 5:2
Summer, 1982, 49-55.
“The Black Hawk War in Retrospect,” Wisconsin Magazine of History, 65:4
Summer, 1982, 238-46.
“From the Revolution to the Mexican War,” Chapter 5 in Higham and Mrozek,
eds., A Guide to the Sources of U.S. Military History: Supplement I, Archon
Books, 1981.
“A Miniature Venice: Florence, Arizona, 1866-1907,” Journal of Arizona
History, 16:4 Winter, 1975, 335-56.
“The Army and Early Perceptions of the Plains,” Nebraska History,is 56:1,
Spring, 1975, 121-35.
“From the Revolution to the Mexican War,” Chapter 5 in Robin Higham, ed.,
A Guide to the Sources of US. Military History, Archon Books, 1975.
“The West as Myth and Fact,” Chapter 14 in Terry Chase, ed., The Study of
American History, Dushkin Publishing Group, 1973.
“The Army and the Indians--A Reappraisal: The Missouri Valley Example,”
Pacific Historical Review, 41:2, May, 1972, 51-68. Received the Louis K.
Koontz Prize, 1973.
“Western Newspapermen and the Indians,” Kansas Quarterly, 3:4 Fall,
1971, 82-88.
“Stephen Long and Scientific Exploration of the Plains,” Nebraska History,
52:1 Spring, 1971, 50-64.
“Soldiers as Farmers: Army Agriculture in the Missouri Valley,”
Agricultural History, 44:2 April, 1970, 213-22. Reprinted in Nebraska
History, 52:3 Fall, 1971, 239-54. Also republished in Hungary, 1972.
“Martin Cantonment and American Expansion in the Missouri Valley,”
Missouri Historical Review, 64:1 October 1969, 1-17.
“Army Contributions to River Transportation,” Military Affairs, 33:1
April, 1969, 242-49.
“Scurvy at Cantonment Missouri,” Nebraska History, 49:4 Winter, 1968,
333-47.
“The Camp Missouri-Chariton Road, 1819: The Journal of Lt. Gabriel Field,”
Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society, 24:2 January, 1968, 139-52.
“The Battle of Bad Axe,” Wisconsin Magazine of History, 50:1 Autumn, 1966,
54-58.
“General Atkinson and the Building of Jefferson Barracks,” Bulletin of the
Missouri Historical Society, 22:3 April, 1967, 321-26.
“The founding of Fort Atkinson,” Annals of Iowa, 37:8 Spring, 1965, 589-97.
“The Black Hawk War: Another View,” Annals of Iowa, 36:7 Winter, 1963,
525-33.
“General Henry Atkinson’s Report of the Yellowstone Expedition, 1825,”
Nebraska History, 44:2 June, 1963, 65-82.
“A Missionary Journey to the Sac-Fox Indians, 1834,” Annals of Iowa, 36:4
Spring, 1962, 301-15.
Work in Progress:
Revising Natives and Strangers: A History of Ethnic Americans. 6th ed. NY:
Oxford University Press, 2013/14
Research for a book: From James Fennimore Cooper to Clint Eastwood: Selling
The American West in Europe.
Scholarly Papers, Commentary, and Lectures: *Invited, **Foreign Presentations
**Lecture, “Regionalism and Indian Affairs: The US, Canada, and the Plains
Indians,” Bavarian American Academy, Nuremberg, Germany, 2013
**Lecture, ”The Green Indian,” Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany, 2013
**Paper, “The Cartoon Indians.” American Indian Workshop Annual Meeting,
University of Helsinki, Finland, 2013.
*Lecture, “From James Fennimore Cooper to Clint Eastwood: Sending Frontier
America to Europe,” Learning Curve, Tucson, Arizona, 2013.
*Paper, “’Got Aches and Pains? Our Elixer Will Cure them!’ Medicine Shows in
19th Century America.” Hawaii International Conference on Arts and
Humanities. Honolulu, 2013.
**Paper, “Who Started America’s Indian Wars?” Maple Leaf and Eagle
Conference, University of Helsinki, Finland, 2012.
**Lecture, “Indians in American Society Since 1960,” Leuphana University,
Lüneburg, Germany, 2012.
**Lecture, “Indians in North American Societies Since 1960,” University of
Kiel, Germany, 2012.
**Lecture, “Indians in the US and Canada Since 1960,” University of Bonn,
Germany, 2012.
**Lecture, “Indians in the US and Canada Since 1960,” University of Tübingen,
Germany, 2012.
**Lecture, “Indians in American Society Since 1960,” University of Würzburg,
Germany, 2012.
**Lecture, “Indians and Invaders in 19th Century America,” University of Hälle,
Germany, 2012.
**Lecture, “Indians in the US and Canada Since 1960,” University of Leipzig,
Germany, 2012.
**Lecture, “History and Understanding Social Issues,” Leuphana University,
Lüneburg, Germany, 2011.
* Presenter, “American Indians & the Quest for Equality,” Gilder Lehman
Teaching American History Institute, Westchester, NY, 2010.
**Paper, “Economic Expansion and Nineteenth Century US and Canadian
Treaty-Making,” Maple Leaf and Eagle Conference, University of
Helsinki, Finland, 2010.
**Paper, “Residential Schools and Coerced Assimilation in Historical and
International Perspective,” Indian-White Relations Conference,
Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany, 2009.
**Lecture, “Indians and Invaders: Cultural Conflicts and Modernization,”
University of Münster. Germany, 2009.
**Lecture, “Borders and US-Canadian Indigenous History,” University of
Muenster, Germany, 2009.
*Keynote Address, “Competing Cultures and Western Settlement,” OAH
Distinguished Lecture, Teaching American History Collaborative,
Urbana, IL, 2009.
*Lecture, “Paths to War: Indians and Invaders,” St. Louis University, 2009.
*Paper, “Native American Identity and Sovereignty,” Weatherford Center for
International Affairs, Canada Seminar, Harvard University, 2008.
**Paper, “Residential Schools for Native Children in Canada and the USA.” Association for Canadian Studies in Australia & N. Zealand. Univ.
of Queensland, Australia, 2008.
*Chair & Commentary, “American Missionaries, Western Imperialism and the
Transformation of the 19th Century Pacific,” Pacific Worlds & the
American West Conference, University of Utah, 2008.
*Commentary, “Other Views From Officers’ Row,” Western History Association,
2007.
*Lecture, “The Fight for Indians’ Souls: Agents, Clergymen, and Shamans,”
High Country Seminar, Williams, AZ, 2007
**Lecture, “From J.F. Cooper to Clint Eastwood: Sending the American West
to Europe,” New Bulgarian University, Sophia, 2007.
**Lecture, “The 17th Century Indian Fight for Survival in the English Colonies,”
New Bulgarian University, Sophia, 2007.
**Lecture, “Cooperation or Conflict in 19th Century America,” New Bulgarian
University, Sophia, 2007.
**Lecture, “Post WWII Issues in Indian Affairs,” New Bulgarian University,
Sophia, 2007.
*Lecture, “Indians in American Cartoon Humor,” New Bulgarian Univ.,
Sophia, 2007
*Commentary, “Other Views from Officers’ Row,” Western Historical
Assn., 2007
*Chair and Commentary, “Native-Newcomer Encounters From the Caribbean to
the Pacific Northwest,” American Society for Ethnohistory, Williamsburg,
2006.
*Paper, “Manifest Destiny and Native Peoples in the US and Canada,” David
Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard, 2006
Paper, “Borders as Refuge, 1784-1886: Tribal Flights for Survival,” American
Society for Ethnohistory, Santa Fe, 2005
**Paper, “Treaty Makers & Tribesmen: Shifting Visions,” Treaties and Native
People Conference, University of Saskatchewan, 2005
**Paper, “Europeans and Indians: Generations of Fascination,” Nordic Assn.
for American Studies, University of Vaxjo, Sweden, 2005
*Paper, “Creating Classroom Teaching Materials: Textbooks & Anthologies,”
Pacific Coast Branch: Am. Historical Assn., 2005
*Paper, “Scientific Exploration in Frontier Nebraska,” Nebraska
State Historical Society History Conference, Omaha, 2004.
*Presidential Address, “Western Attractions: Europeans and America,”
Pacific Coast Branch: American Historical Association. 2004.
**Lecture, “The US Government, the Frontier, and the Indians,”
University of Halle, Germany, 2004.
**Lecture, “Invading the West: Americans and Indians,” University
of Halle, Germany, 2004.
**Paper, “Do Borders Matter in Native History? An American Perspective”
Organization for the History of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 2004.
**Lecture, “Native Peoples and North American Borders in the 19th
Century,” University of Bonn, Germany, 2004.
**Lecture, “Americans View Their Histories,” Center for US Studies