Michael Oberg has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 1998.
Professor Oberg's research interests are in Native American studies. Read his blog, Native America: A History.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Publications
Peacemakers: The Iroquois, the United States, and the Treaty of Canandaigua, 1794 (Oxford, 2015)
Professional Indian: The American Odyssey of Eleazer Williams(Penn, 2015)
Native America: A History (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)
The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand: Roanoke's Forgotten Indians(Pennsylvania, 2008)
Samuel Wiseman's Book of Record: The Official Account of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia, 1676-1677(Lexington, 2005)
Uncas: First of the Mohegans(Cornell, 2003)
Dominion and Civility: English Imperialism and Native America, 1585-1685(Cornell, 1999)
More About Me
Research Interests
Colonial U.S.
Native American
Awards and Honors
SUNY Distinguished Professor, 2015
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2013
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2003
Websites
The Sullivan Campaign
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents
English Handwriting Lessons, 1500-1700
Announcements
Book: Peacemakers: The Iroquois, the United States, and the Treaty of Canandaigua, 1794
Classes
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HIST 262: Amer Indian Law&Public Policy
Surveys the constitutional status of Indians in the American federal system and the issues and controversies affecting Native American communities and individuals today. We will look as well at the rights of indigenous peoples internationally, with special attention paid to affairs in Canada and Australia.
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HIST 465: Iroquois His-PreContact toPres
This course covers the history of the native peoples who formed the Iroquois League and Confederacy, from the time of their first contact with Europeans through the present day controversies that seem to appear in newspapers nearly every day. We will look at the formation of the League, the emergence of the Confederacy, the consequences of Iroquois involvement in the European Wars of Empire, and then the rapid dispossession of the Iroquois in the decades that followed the American Revolution. We will look at the application of various government policies in the United States and Canada to the Iroquois, and how the Iroquois have reacted to and adapted to these changes. Throughout, we will keep in mind the different histories of the constituent Iroquois communities that occupy present-day New York as well as Canada, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. Prerequisite: HIST 302 (HIST 301 also recommended).