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David Wilkins

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American Indian Studies 330 ScottH

Specialties

  • political science
  • comparative politics
  • American Indians and federal law
  • judicial politics
  • Federal Indian Policy

Educational Background

  • B.A.: Sociology, Pembroke State University, 1976.
  • M.A.: Political Science, American Indian Policy, University of Arizona, 1982.
  • Ph.D.: Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1990.

Publications

  • Documents of Native American Political Development: 1500s to 1933. Wilkins, David E, Oxford University Press, Author, 2009.
  • American Indian Politics and the American Political System. Wilkins, David E, Rowman & Littlefield, Author, 2007.
  • On the Drafting of Tribal Constitutions. Wilkins, David E, University of Oklahoma Press, Author, 2006.
  • Native Voices: American Indian Identity and Resistance. Wilkins, David E, co-edited with Richard A. Grounds and George Tinker, Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2003.
  • The Navajo Political Experience. Wilkins, David E, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003.
  • Uneven Ground: American Indian Sovereignty and Federal Law. Wilkins, David E, Tsianina Lomawaima, Oklahoma Press, 2001.
  • American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme Court: The Masking of Justice. Wilkins, David E, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1997.

Research Activities

  • Tribal Constitutions: collection and comparative analysis of American Indian Tribal Constitutions, 2001

Professional Activities

  • Participant, Executive Session on American Indian Constitutional and Governmental Reform, Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, John F. Kennedy, School of Government, Harvard: October 11, 2001 - October 13, 2001
  • Review panel, 2002 Ford Foundation Postdoctoral and Dissertation Fellowship Program, The National Academies, Washington, D.C.: March 13, 2002 - March 14, 2002
  • Editorial board, Oklahoma State University Law Review
  • Member, American Political Science Association
  • Presenter, National Endowment for the Humanities summer institute on "History, Tradition, and Democratic Theory in State Constitutions," Lafayette College, Easton, PA: July 7, 2002 - August 3, 2002
  • Member, American Indian Professoriate

Awards

  • Minnesota Humanities Commission Grant, 2002
  • Fulbright Fellow (Distinguished Chairs Program), University of Calgary Chair in North American Studies, Calgary, Canada, September 2001 - December 2001
  • McKnight Research Award, University of Minnesota Arts and Humanitites Endowment Fund, 2000 - 2003

Courses Taught

  • AmIn 1002 - Indigenous Peoples: A Global Perspective
  • AmIn 3501 - American Indian Tribal Government & Politics
  • AmIn 4511 - American Indian Political Economy
  • POL 8660 - Indigenous Peoples & Nation-States
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