Clyde Ellis, Professor of History and University Distinguished Scholar, has published a portion of his research on the Indian hobbyist movement in the most recent issue of Montana: The Magazine of Western History, a peer-reviewed journal published by the Montana Historical Society and the Western History Association. The essay, titled “‘More Real Than The Indians Themselves:’ The Early Years of the Indian Lore Movement in the United States,” examines the nation’s fascination with Indians and Indian culture, and focuses on Reginald and Gladys Laubin, two middle-class whites who portrayed their version of American Indian dancing and culture to appreciative audiences across the country from the mid-1920s until the mid-1980s. The research is part of his current book project on the history of the Indian hobbyist movement that will be published by the University Press of Kansas in 2009.