Jean Maria O'Brien (born February 2, 1958) is an American historian of

White Earth Band of Ojibwe The White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, also called the White Earth Nation ( oj, Gaa-waabaabiganikaag Anishinaabeg, "People from where there is an abundance of white clay"), is a federally recognized Native American band located ...

ancestry who specializes in northeastern Woodlands American Indian history.

Life

She received her Ph.D. from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

, where she studied with the anthropologist Raymond D. Fogelson. She teaches History and American Indian Studies at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...

. She has been a McKnight Distinguished University Professor since 2015.

Private life

O'Brien is married to the economist Timothy J. Kehoe.

Bibliography

* Kan, Sergei A., and Pauline Turner Strong, eds. (2006) ''New Perspectives on Native North America: Cultures, Histories, and Representations.'' Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. * O'Brien, Jean M. (1997) ''Dispossession by Degrees: Indian Land and Identity in Natick, Massachusetts, 1650-1790.'' * O'Brien, Jean M. (2010) ''Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England.'' University of Minnesota Press.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Obrien, Jean 1958 births Living people University of Minnesota faculty White Earth Nation people Native American writers Historians from Minnesota Native American women writers University of Chicago alumni