Carlson, Keith Thor 1966-

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CARLSON, Keith Thor 1966-


PERSONAL: Born January 11, 1966, in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada; son of John P. and Elizabeth (Wightman) Carlson; married M. Teresa Molina, August 11, 1988; children: William Luis, Benjamin Magnus. Education: University of Victoria, B.A., 1988, M.A., 1991; University of British Columbia, Ph. D., 2003. Religion: Roman Catholic.


ADDRESSES: Home—102 Smoothstone Cres., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7J 4S8. Offıce—Department of History, University of Saskatchewan, 9 Campus Dr., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5A5.


CAREER: Stó:lō Nation, Churchill, British Columbia, Canada, historian, 1992-2001; University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, professor of history, 2001—.


AWARDS, HONORS: Fellow of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1996; Roderick Haig Brown Regional Award, British Columbia Book Prizes, 2002.


WRITINGS:


Twisted Road to Freedom, University of the Philippines Press, 1995.

You Are Asked to Witness, Stó:lō Heritage Trust (Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada), 1997.

I Am Stó:lō (juvenile nonfiction), Stó:lō Heritage Trust (Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada), 1998.

A Stó:lō-Coast Salish Historical Atlas, University of Washington Press (Seattle, WA), 2001.


WORK IN PROGRESS: Power of Place, Problem of Time, completion expected c. 2003; research on the history of aboriginal identity.


BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:


periodicals


Oregon Historical Quarterly, spring, 2002, William Wyckoff, review of A Stó:lō-Coast Salish Historical Atlas, p. 136.

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