Clyde Ellis, associate professor of history, is spending spring semester as the Gordon Russell Visiting Associate Professor in the Native American Studies Program at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Ellis is teaching a course on Southern Plains powwow culture. He is also conducting seminars on Native American issues in association with his most recent book on the Kiowa community of Oklahoma.
As an historian trained in ethnography, Ellis is interested in understanding how and why Indian people — especially on the Southern Plains — have adapted to change in order to maintain important cultural values and practices. His recent publications include works on boarding schools, powwow culture, and Christian missions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.