Ned Blackhawk (b. ca. 1970) is a Te-Moak tribe,

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American

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currently on the faculty of

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. In 2007 he received the Frederick Jackson Turner Award for his first major book, ''Violence Over the Land: Indians and Empire in the Early American West'' (2006) which also received the Robert M. Utley Prize in 2007.

Life

Blackhawk grew up as an "urban Indian" in

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. He is of the

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. He graduated from

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in 1992. He earned his Ph.D. in history in 1999 from the

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. He first taught American Indian Studies at the

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where he was on the faculty from 1999 to 2009. In the fall of 2009, Blackhawk joined the faculty of

, where he is affiliated with the History and American Studies departments. He is one of three Yale professors who are American Indian. The other Yale professors are Hi'ilei Hobart and Gerald Torres. Blackhawk is also affiliated with th
Yale Group for the Study of Native America
Blackhawk served till 2011 on the Managing Board of the '' American Quarterly'', the journal of the

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. In 2012 Blackhawk joined the Advisory Board of the

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Awards

* 2007 Frederick Jackson Turner Award and the Robert M. Utley Prize for his ''Violence Over the Land: Indians and Empire in the Early American West'' * 1996–1997 Katrin H. Lamon Resident Scholar"Ned Blackhawk: Resident Scholar Lamon Fellowship"
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Works

* * - for young adults * ''Violence Over the Land: Colonial Encounters in the American Great Basin'', University of Washington, 1999

References

External links

"Ned Blackhawk Interview"
''The Progressive'', 2007, podcast

''Indigenous Politics: From Native New England and Beyond'', original podcast 19 March 2007, posted Apr 05, 2009

''Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History,'' Vol. 10, No. 2 * Native American academics 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty 1970s births Living people Shoshone people Native American writers American male non-fiction writers 20th-century Native Americans 21st-century Native Americans {{NorthAm-native-bio-stub