Roger Nichols

Roger L. Nichols, Emeritus Professor of History and Affiliate Faculty in Indian Studies at the University of Arizona, has published eleven books on American frontier and Indian topics. His strange new hobby is giving papers at European American Studies conferences.

Blog posts by Roger Nichols:

A New Public Hanging? Sam Durant’s Scaffold
In 2017, just five years after a Min­neso­ta art exhi­bi­tion marked the 150th anniver­sary of the 1862 hang­ing of 38 Dako­ta Sioux men at Manka­to, that … Continue reading A New Public Hanging? Sam Durant’s Scaffold →

Reconciliation with the Dakota Sioux in Mankato
Every­one read­ing this blog has seen mon­u­ments to his­tor­i­cal events or nation­al heroes. But how many of you have seen a memo­r­i­al to a mass hang­ing? … Continue reading Reconciliation with the Dakota Sioux in Mankato →