American Indian Movement

Writer. Papers (1975-2020) of Choctaw author and historian Devon A. Mihesuah. The papers document her career as a researcher and writer, and her work for Indigenous rights and empowerment in the United States. The collection contains research files for several books authored by Mihesuah, including Indigenizing the Academy and Cultivating the Rosebuds, as well as research project files from her grants and fellowships. The papers also contain news clippings, correspondence, and collected materials on Mihesuah’s activist work on Indigenous burial site desecration, and on activities of the American Indian Movement (AIM) during the 1970s-1980s and related subjects.