Dr. Linda Clemmons
Professor
History
Office
Schroeder Hall - SCH 324
Office Hours
Via zoom, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9-11, or by appointment. Virtual appointments may be set up by emailing me: lmclemm@ilstu
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
111.001American Diversity:Contested Visions Of The U.S. Experience
104.001History Of Native Americans
310.001Native American History
Teaching Interests & Areas
Professor Clemmons is an expert on the U.S. antebellum period and on Native Americans and teaches courses in these areas. Her manuscript, The Conflicted Mission, was published by Minnesota Historical Society Press in Spring, 2014. She received a Newberry Library post-doctoral Spencer Foundation Fellowship in the History of Education.
Research Interests & Areas
U.S. Antebellum & Native American History
Ph D History
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
MA History
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
BA History, Psychology
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
John Gjerde Prize
Midwestern History Association
2020
Benjamin F. Shambaugh Published Book Award
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
2020
Influential and Inspirational History Faculty Member
History Department
2020
Outstanding College Researcher in the Social Sciences
Illinois State University
2020
Winner of the 2019 Mildred Throne–Charles Aldrich Award Honorable Mention
The State Historical Society of Iowa Board of Trustees.
2019
Judith Lee Ridge Prize for best article in Western history
Western Association of Women Historians
2017
Jane Dempsey Douglass Prize for best article in church history
Church History Society
2017
Frank and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize
American Society for Church History
2015
Jon Gjerde Prize
Midwestern History
2015
University Teaching Award
Illinois State University
2015
Book Review
Clemmons, L. Gary Clayton Anderson, Massacre in Minnesota: The Dakota War of 1862, the Most Violent Ethnic Conflict in American History. The Annals of Iowa 79.4 (2020): 380-82.
Clemmons, L. Jennifer Graber, The Gods of Indian Country: Religion and the Struggle of the American West. Church History 89.1 (2020): 211-213.
Clemmons, L. Philip Burnham, The Song of Dewey Bird: Last Survivor of Little Bighorn. Ethnohistory 67.2 (2020): 325-326.
Clemmons, L. Julie L. Davis, Survival Schools: The American Indian Movement and Community Education in the Twin Cities. Middle West Review 6.1-2 (2019): 145-147.
Gary Clayton Anderson, Gabriel Renville: From the Dakota War to the Creation of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Reservation, 1825-1892 (Pierre, SD: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2018), in The Annual of Iowa 78: 2 (spring 2019): 216-218.
Book, Authored
Clemmons, L. Dakota Exile: The Forgotten Stories of Captives in the Aftermath of the U.S.-Dakota War,. University of Iowa Press (2019)
Clemmons, L. Conflicted Mission: Faith, Disputes, and Deception on the Dakota Frontier. Minnesota Historical Society Press (2014)
Book, Chapter
“‘[B]usiness is business even if we are Christians’: The Politics of Grant’s Peace Policy in Dakota Territory, 1870-1880,” in Jon K. Lauck, John E. Miller, and Paula M. Nelson, eds., The Plains Political Tradition: Essays on South Dakota Political Culture, vol. 3 (South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2018)
Clemmons, L. Chapter 1--"First Civilizations". Top Hat Publishers (2016)
Clemmons, L. Chapter 2--"Cultural Collision". Top Hat Publishing (2016)
Clemmons, L. Chapter 3--"British Forays into Colonization, 1500-1680". Top Hat Publishers (2016)
Encyclopedia
“Reservations,” (1250 words), in Edward J. Blum, ed. America in the World, 1776 to the Present: A Supplement to the Dictionary of American History. 2 vols. Farmington Hills, MI: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2016.
Clemmons, L. Various Entries to the Encyclopedia of United States-American Indian Policy, Relations, and Law. Encyclopedia of United States-American Indian Policy, Relations, and Law. CQ Press (2008)
Journal Article
Clemmons, L. “‘A People of Persistence:’ The Evolving Historiography of Indigenous Midwests”. Middle West Review 5.2 (2019): 9-15.
“‘The young folks [want] to go in and see the Indians’: Davenport Citizens, Protestant Missionaries, and Dakota Prisoners of War, 1863-1866,” The Annals of Iowa 77:2 (Spring 2018): 121-150
Clemmons, L. "We are Writing this letter seeking your help": Dakotas, ABCFM Missionaries, and Their Uses of Literacy, 1863-1866. Western Historical Quarterly 47.2 (2016): 183-209.
Clemmons, L. “‘Leagued Together’: Adapting Traditional Forms of Resistance to Protest ABCFM Missionaries and the Treaty of 1837. South Dakota History 37.2 (2007): 95-124.
Clemmons, L. "We will talk of nothing else:" Dakota Interpretations of the Treaty of 1837. Great Plains Quarterly 25.3 (2005): 173-185.
Textbook, Revised
Clemmons, L. US History I & II : A Top Hat Interactive Text. Top Hat Publishers (2020)
Presentations
The Indigenous Food Movement. 2020 ISU History Teaching Symposium. ISU History Department. (2020)
Chair of session. Annual Conference on Illinois History. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. (2019)
Dakota Uses of Christianity Following the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. Fifth Annual Midwestern History Conference. (2019)
Dakota in Exile: Stories of Trauma and Survival in Davenport, Iowa. Simpson College. Iowa History Center Speaker Series. (2019)
The Young Folks want to go see the Indians. ISU. (2017)
“‘The young folks [want] to go in and see the Indians’: Davenport Citizens, the. Third Annual Midwestern History Conference. (2017)
Dakotas, ABCFM Missionaries, and Conflicting uses of Literacy, 1863-1866. Second Annual Midwestern History Conference. Midwestern History Association. (2016)
Culturally Empowered, Civically Engaged. CTLT Annual University-Wide Symposium on Teaching and Learning. CTLT. (2015)
Dakota Prisoners in Davenport and their Uses of Literacy. History Camp Iowa. Iowa Historical Society. (2015)
Reinvent Your General Education Course. CTLT Summere 2015 Showcase. CTLT. (2015)
Grants & Contracts
Summer Faculty Fellowship. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2017)
Faculty Research Award. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2015)
State Historical Society of Iowa Research Grant. State Historical Society of Iowa. State. (2015)
Spencer Fellowship. Newberry Library, Chicago. Private. (2000)
Preparing Urban Teachers: TQE 2009 Course Development Grant,. ISU Chicago Pipeline. Illinois State University.
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