J. Diane Pearson, Lecturer

Office: 548 Barrows
Email: jdp@berkeley.edu
Phone: 642-0236
Office hours: TBA

I have expanded the dissertation research into Imperial Medicine and the politics of disease among Native Americans from 1797 through the 20th century, and am preparing to publish a two-volume study that analyzes the Imperial Medical Model and Native Americans during that time. I also work on two other research topics; one continues to involve the Nez Perce Indians, peoplehood, and their survival in Kansas and the Indian Territory, and the other covers 19th and 20th century Native American political economies, land-loss, and the American West. These topics and my experiences in corporate America enabled me to perform applied fieldwork through the Office of Community Development (University of Arizona) as a self-determination and economic development consultant on both the Navajo and Hopi nations. I also serve as an advisor to the Nez Perce Trail Foundation, and have served on the Nez Perce in the Indian Territory executive committee at the Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.

Education

Ph.D., American Indian Studies, University of Arizona

Research interests

Peoplehood, indigeneity, survival and revised post-colonial histories guide my critical contributions to Native American Studies as a core discipline essential to the study of North America.

Courses

NAS110. Research Methods, Theories, and Ethics in Native America.
NAS120AC. Critical Histories of American Indians, Black Indians, and African Slaves in American photography.
NAS158. American Indians in Film.
NAS178. Disease, Demography, and Politics in Native North America.
NAS190. Shooting Back: Indigenous Films and Filmmakers.
NAS149. Gender in Native North America.
NAS151. Native American Philosophies.
NAS20B. Introduction to Native American Post-Colonial Studies in Art, Literature, and Music.
NAS20A. Introduction to Native American Studies: Colonialism, History, and Resistance.
NAS90. Freshman, Sophomore Seminar; Native American Studies.

Selected publications

Book
The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory: Nimiipuu Survival. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press 2008.

Book Chapters and Articles
"Peoplehood, Treaties, Prison Camps, and Governance: Nez Perce Resurgence." In William Willard, editor, Rising From the Ashes, in Press, 2009.
"Building Reservation Economies: Cattle, Oxen, American Indian Cowboys and the American West." The International Journal of Business and Globalisation, vol. 1(3), 2007.
"Building Reservation Economies: American Indian Agriculture, 1858 – 1928." The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, vol. 4(6), 2007.
"Numipu Land Loss: Following Archie Phinney's Research" and "Numipu Narratives: The Essence of Survival." Journal of Northwest Anthropology, spring, 2004.
"Numipu Winter Villages." J. Diane Pearson & Peter Harrington, cartographer. Journal of Northwest Anthropology, spring, 2004.
"Medical Diplomacy and the American Indian: Thomas Jefferson, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and the Subsequent Effects on American Indian Health and Public Policy." Wicazo Sa Review, spring, 2003, vol. 18(2).
"Lewis Cass and the Politics of Disease: The Indian Vaccination Act of 1832." Wicazo Sa Review, spring, 2003, vol. 18(1).
"Peoplehood: A Model for American Indian Sovereignty," Wicazo Sa Review, spring, 2003, v. 18(1); Tom Holm, J. Diane Pearson, and Ben Chavis.
Scott Momaday, "In the Bear's House," and "The Indolent Boys," annotated review. Wicazo Sa Review vol. 18(2) (2003): 168-179.
Pearson, J. Diane, and Fred Wesley, "Recalling the Changing Women: Returning Identity to Chiricahua Apache Women and Children." Journal of the Southwest vol. 44 (Autumn 2002): 259-275.

Honors & Awards

Finalist, Oklahoma Book of the Year Award, The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory