American Studies

Who's an American Indian? Warren case stirs query

25 May 2012

What, exactly, makes someone American Indian? Even Indians themselves don't agree as they debate the case of Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, whose disputed claim of Native American identity is shining a rare spotlight on the malleable nature of Indian heritage and the long history of murky claims to such ancestry.

What's an American Indian? Warren case stirs query

25 May 2012

What, exactly, makes someone American Indian? Even Indians themselves don't agree as they debate the case of Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, whose disputed claim of Native American identity is shining a rare spotlight on the malleable nature of Indian heritage and the long history of murky claims to such ancestry.

Univ. Of Missouri Press To Close

25 May 2012

"In its 54 years in operation, [UMP] has published approximately 2,000 titles ... on the topics of American and world history; intellectual history; biography; journalism; African American studies; women's studies; American, British, and Latin American literary criticism; ... regional studies of the American heartland; and creative nonfiction."