Brown, Jennifer S. H.

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BROWN, Jennifer S. H.

BROWN, Jennifer S. H. American. Genres: Anthropology/Ethnology, Cultural/Ethnic topics, History. Career: Colby College, Waterville, ME, instructor in sociology, 1966-69; Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, assistant professor of anthropology and sociology, 1969-81; University of Winnipeg, MB, associate professor, 1983-88, professor of history, 1988-, director, Centre for Rupert's Land Studies, 1995-. Tulane University, Middle American Research Institute, publications editor, 1976-82; Indiana University-Bloomington, visiting assistant professor of anthropology, 1978-79; American Society for Ethnohistory, president, 1989-90. Publications: Strangers in Blood: Fur Trade Company Families in Indian Country, 1980; (ed. with J. Peterson, and contrib.) The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Metis in North America, 1985; (with R. Brightman) The Orders of the Dreamed: George Nelson on Cree and Northern Ojibwa Religion and Myth, 1823, 1988; (with E. Vibert) Reading beyond Words: Contexts for Native History, 1996, rev. ed., 2003. Contributor to books and periodicals. Address: Dept of History, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3B 2E9.

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