Jean O'Brien
Encyclopedia
Jean Maria O'Brien is an American historian of White Earth Band of Ojibwe
ancestry who specializes in northeastern Woodlands American Indian
history.
She received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago
, where she studied with the anthropologist Raymond D. Fogelson
.
She teaches History and American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota
.
O'Brien is married to the economist Timothy J. Kehoe
.
White Earth Band of Ojibwe
The White Earth Band of Ojibwe, or Gaa-waabaabiganikaag Anishinaabeg, is a Native American tribe located in northwestern Minnesota. The tribe's land-based home is the White Earth Indian Reservation...
ancestry who specializes in northeastern Woodlands American Indian
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
history.
She received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, where she studied with the anthropologist Raymond D. Fogelson
Raymond D. Fogelson
Raymond D. Fogelson is an American anthropologist known for his research on American Indians of the southeastern United States, especially the Cherokee. He is considered a founder of the subdiscipline of ethnohistory....
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She teaches History and American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
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O'Brien is married to the economist Timothy J. Kehoe
Timothy J. Kehoe
Timothy Jerome "Tim" Kehoe is a renowned American economist and professor at the University of Minnesota. His area of specialty is macroeconomics and international economics....
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