David Beck - ( Native American Studies )
Current Position:
Professor and Chair
Description:
One of the focal points of my work is to identify and analyze American Indian agency in the course of tribal history. I am a historian with research interests in federal Indian policy, twentieth century American Indian history, tribal sovereignty, and urban Indian history. I have studied these fields in relation to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, the southwest
Education:
Ph.D., History, University of Illinois at Chicago
M.A., History, University of Illinois at Chicago
B.A., American Studies, Northwestern University
Professional Experience:
Professor, Department of Native American Studies, University of Montana, since 2006
Associate Professor, Department of Native American Studies, University of Montana, 2000-2006
Dean and Senior Resident Faculty, NAES College, Chicago, 1997-2000
Director, Tribal Research Center and Professor of History, NAES College, 1992-1997
Courses:
NAS 100 Introduction to Native American Studies
NAS 301/RELS301 American Indian Religion and Philosophy
NAS 324/ANTH 324/HIST 354 Indians of Montana Since the Reservation Era
NAS 400/PSC 475 Tribal Sovereignty
NAS 494 Capstone Reading Course
NAS 594 Graduate Seminars in history and community development
Selected Publications:
Seeking Recognition: The Termination and Restoration of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, 1855-1984. Lincoln: Univ
The Struggle for Self-Determination: History of the Menominee Indians since 1854.
Siege and Survival: History of the Menominee Indians, 1634-1856. Lincoln:
Publications:
"'Collecting among the Menomini': Cultural Assault in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin," American Indian Quarterly 34:2 (Spring 2010): 157-93. Please contact me if you do not have access to Project Muse and would like a copy of this article.
"'Standing out here in the surf:' The Termination and Restoration of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw of Western Oregon in Historical Perspective," Oregon Historical Quarterly 110:3 (2009): 6-37. Honorable Mention, 2010 Joel Palmer Award, Oregon Historical Society
“Developing a Voice: The Evolution of Self-Determination in an Urban Indian Community,” Wicazo Sa Review 17:2 (2002): 117-41.
"The Myth of the Vanishing Race,” Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian website, Northwestern University Library & Library of Congress.
“Protecting the
“From Colonization to Self-Determination: American Indian Higher Education Before 1974,” Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 27:2 (1999): 12-23. Originally pp. 16-24 in Joanna Brown, ed., Critical Issues in Indian Higher Education.
“The
“Return to Namä'o Uskíwämît, The Importance of Sturgeon in Menominee Indian History,”
Affiliations:
Associated Faculty, Department of History, University of Montana
Consultant, Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Historic Preservation Department, Keshena, Wisconsin
Advisor, Saokio Heritage, East Glacier, Montana
Project Director, Natives of Montana Archives Project (NOMAP), Smithsonian Institution and University of Montana Mansfield Library
Advisor, Americans for Indian Opportunity Ambassador Program, Albuquerque, New Mexico
International Experience:
Visiting Faculty, Universidad de Colima, Mexico, January 2010
Visiting Faculty, Universidad Tecnológica del Valle de Mezquital, Ixmiquilpan, Mexico, January 2010
Americans for Indian Opportunity Ambassador Program faculty, travel to visit indigenous communities and people in Bolivia, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela (1990s)
NEH Summer Institute to study ancient Maya, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (1997)
University of Montana FIPSE Tri-national (Canada-U.S.-Mexico) Mobility Grant representative
