Clyde Ellis, associate professor of history, has accepted an invitation to speak at a conference on Native American culture Feb. 21-23 in London. Sponsored by the British Museum in London, the conference is titled “Powwow: Performance and Nationhood in Native North America.” More than 20 speakers from Canada, the United States and Europe will make presentations.
Ellis will discuss the origins of powwow culture, based on research from his forthcoming book “We Are a Dancing People: A History of Southern Plains Powwows,” which will be published by the University of Kansas Press in September. The book has been described by one reviewer as “a landmark synthesis that will be a defining moment in the modern era of Plains Indian studies.”
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