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'''Gary Clayton Anderson''' (born April 2, 1948) is a [[professor]] of [[history]] at the [[University of Oklahoma]] at Norman,  [[Oklahoma]], known for his studies of  the [[Native American]]s of the [[Great Plains]] and the American Southwest.

'''Gary Clayton Anderson''' (born April 2, 1948) is a [[professor]] of [[history]] at the [[University of Oklahoma]] at Norman,  [[Oklahoma]], known for his studies of  the [[Native American]]s of the [[Great Plains]] and the American Southwest.

 

==Background==

==Background==

Anderson received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, [[Minnesota]]. He received his [[Master of Arts]] from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, [[South Dakota]]. Anderson procured his [[Ph.D.]] from the University of Toledo in [[Toledo]], [[Ohio]].<ref name=anderson>{{cite web|url=http://augnet.augsburg.edu/news-archives/2006/claytonanderson.html|title=Inside Augsburg|publisher=augsburg.edu|date 2006|accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref> From 1981 to 1991, Anderson was a member of the history faculty at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]].​

Anderson received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, [[Minnesota]]. He received his [[Master of Arts]] from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, [[South Dakota]]. Anderson procured his [[Ph.D.]] from the University of Toledo in [[Toledo]], [[Ohio]].<ref name=anderson>{{cite web|url=http://augnet.augsburg.edu/news-archives/2006/claytonanderson.html|title=Inside Augsburg|publisher=augsburg.edu|date 2006|accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref> From 1981 to 1991, Anderson was a member of the history faculty at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]].​

Through his work in ''Kinsman of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1650-1862,''<ref name=ouedu/> Anderson is considered the first scholar to employ an ethnohistorical approach to his discipline.<ref name=kinsman>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sskfzMIi7kcC&pg=PT1 |title=Kinsman of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley|name=Gary Clayton Anderson|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|date=September 15, 1997 |isbn=978-0-87351-353-1​

Through his work in ''Kinsman of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1650-1862,''<ref name=ouedu/> Anderson is considered the first scholar to employ an ethnohistorical approach to his discipline.<ref name=kinsman>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sskfzMIi7kcC&pg=PT1 |title=Kinsman of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley|name=Gary Clayton Anderson|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|date=September 15, 1997 |isbn=978-0-87351-353-1​

|accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref> He finds that originally the Dakota developed a friendly kinship with whites, some of whom intermarried with the tribe. As economic conditions worsened and the whites defrauded the Indians of their property and possessions, the Dakotas or Eastern Sioux began to view the whites as enemies who must be driven from Minnesota.<ref name=kinsman/>​

|accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref> He finds that originally the Dakota developed a friendly kinship with whites, some of whom intermarried with the tribe. As economic conditions worsened and the whites defrauded the Indians of their property and possessions, the Dakotas or Eastern Sioux began to view the whites as enemies who must be driven from Minnesota.<ref name=kinsman/>​

 

===''The Indian Southwest''===

===''The Indian Southwest''===

For his ''The Indian Southwest, 1580-1830: Ethnogenesis and Cultural Reinvention'' received a prize by the San Antonio Conservation Society in [[San Antonio]], Texas. The work notes that the native tribes overcame conquest, drought, and disease. Many Indians became prosperous despite the odds they faced. Some of tribes joined [[Spain|Spanish]] missions, and others assimilated with other native peoples. The Indians also developed significant economic systems which continued in essence for three centuries afterwards.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/Indian-Southwest-1580-1830-Clayton-Anderson/dp/0806140674|title=The Indian Southwest 1580-1830|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |date=28 January 1999 |author=Gary Clayton Anderson|isbn=978-0-8061-4067-4|accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref>​

For his ''The Indian Southwest, 1580-1830: Ethnogenesis and Cultural Reinvention'' received a prize by the San Antonio Conservation Society in [[San Antonio]], Texas. The work notes that the native tribes overcame conquest, drought, and disease. Many Indians became prosperous despite the odds they faced. Some of tribes joined [[Spain|Spanish]] missions, and others assimilated with other native peoples. The Indians also developed significant economic systems which continued in essence for three centuries afterwards.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/Indian-Southwest-1580-1830-Clayton-Anderson/dp/0806140674|title=The Indian Southwest 1580-1830|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |date=28 January 1999 |author=Gary Clayton Anderson|isbn=978-0-8061-4067-4|accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref>​

 

===''Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux''===

===''Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux''===

Anderson is the author of a book on the Sioux chief Little Crow (1810-1863), entitled ''Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux,'' published in 1986 by the Minnesota Historical Society Press.<ref name="crow">{{cite book|url=http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/94dakota.html|title=Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|year=1986|author=Gary Clayton Anderson |isbn=0-87351-196-4|accessdate=October 23, 2010; site has a different text (U.S.-Dakota War of 1862: Overview) than in 2010}}</ref> A contributor to ''The New Mexico Historical Review'' calls ''Little Crow'' a "major contribution to our understanding of an Indian tribe that profoundly influenced the course of history in the upper Mississippi Valley, partly at least through the personal role played by its most famous leader."<ref name="crow" />​

Anderson is the author of a book on the Sioux chief Little Crow (1810-1863), entitled ''Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux,'' published in 1986 by the Minnesota Historical Society Press.<ref name="crow">{{cite book|url=http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/94dakota.html|title=Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|year=1986|author=Gary Clayton Anderson |isbn=0-87351-196-4|accessdate=October 23, 2010; site has a different text (U.S.-Dakota War of 1862: Overview) than in 2010}}</ref> A contributor to ''The New Mexico Historical Review'' calls ''Little Crow'' a "major contribution to our understanding of an Indian tribe that profoundly influenced the course of history in the upper Mississippi Valley, partly at least through the personal role played by its most famous leader."<ref name="crow" />​

 

Still another Anderson work is ''Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862,'' an anthology of thirty-six essays of the Indians' experiences in a conflict previously known only from the viewpoint of whites.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1338839.Through_Dakota_Eyes|title=Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862|name=Gary Clayton Anderson|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|isbn=978-0-87351-216-9|date= May 15, 1988|accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref>​

Still another Anderson work is ''Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862,'' an anthology of thirty-six essays of the Indians' experiences in a conflict previously known only from the viewpoint of whites.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1338839.Through_Dakota_Eyes|title=Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862|name=Gary Clayton Anderson|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|isbn=978-0-87351-216-9|date= May 15, 1988|accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref>​

===''Power and Promise: The Changing American West''===

===''Power and Promise: The Changing American West''===

 

Anderson is co-author with Kathleen P. Chamberlain of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, [[Michigan]], of the textbook, ''Power and Promise: The Changing American West.'' A reviewer describes the book, accordingly:  "An in-depth look at the United States west of the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]], the narrative combines a strong chronology with a region-by-region analysis to show how different areas have transformed in terms of population, economic status, and urban development. .  . .  Detailed and comprehensive coverage of Native Americans appears throughout the text . . . "<ref name=text>{{cite book|url=http://www.flipkart.com/power-promise-gary-clayton-anderson-book-0321080629|title=Power and Promise: the Changing American West|name=Gary Clayton Anderson|publisher=Longman Publishers |isbn=0-321-08062-9|accessdate=October 23, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> The textbook further examines the myths of the American West of the popular imagination through films, literature, and culture.<ref name=text/>​

Anderson is co-author with Kathleen P. Chamberlain of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, [[Michigan]], of the textbook, ''Power and Promise: The Changing American West.'' A reviewer describes the book, accordingly:  "An in-depth look at the United States west of the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]], the narrative combines a strong chronology with a region-by-region analysis to show how different areas have transformed in terms of population, economic status, and urban development. .  . .  Detailed and comprehensive coverage of Native Americans appears throughout the text . . . "<ref name=text>{{cite book|url=http://www.flipkart.com/power-promise-gary-clayton-anderson-book-0321080629|title=Power and Promise: the Changing American West|name=Gary Clayton Anderson|publisher=Longman Publishers |isbn=0-321-08062-9|accessdate=October 23, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> The textbook further examines the myths of the American West of the popular imagination through films, literature, and culture.<ref name=text/>​

 

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