Dr. Mark Awakuni-Swetland

Ph.D. University of Oklahoma, 2003

Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies (Native American Studies)

Omaha Language Curriculum Development Project (OLCDP)

Office: 841 Oldfather Hall
Email: mawakuni-swetland2@unl.edu
Phone: (402) 472-3455
Fax: (402) 472-9642

Subfields:

Sociocultural Anthropology
Anthropological Linguistics

Major Research Interests:

Native Peoples: Prairie/Plains, California, Hawaii Ethnohistory, oral history sociolinguistics, Native language ideology, Siouan:Dhegiha:Omaha languages

Recent and Representative Publications:

2001. "Dance Lodges of the Omaha People: Building from Memory", In Native Americans: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, John Wunder and Cynthia Willis-Esqueda, eds., New York: Routledge.

1994. "'Make-Believe White-Men' and Omaha Land Allotments, 1870-1900". Great Plains Research 4(2):201-236.

1994. "Omaha Bow and Arrow Makers, Revisited". The Nebraska Anthropologist 10(1):11-17.

1991. Umonhon Iye of Elizabeth Stabler, With an Omaha to English Lexicon. Macy, NE: John Mangan Printing.

Educational Background:

Ph.D. University of Oklahoma, 2003
M.A. University of Nebraska, 1996

Recent Courses Taught:

Omaha I (ANTH/ETHN 104A)
Omaha II (ANTH/ETHN 105A)
Introduction to Anthropology (ANTH 110)
Anthropology of the Great Plains (ANTH 130)
Omaha III (ANTH/ETHN 204A)
Omaha IV (ANTH/ETHN 205A)