Native Circles

Midge Dellinger on Authentic Remembrance of Indigenous Ancestors and History

December 19, 2021 Dr. Farina King & Sarah Newcomb Season 1 Episode 6
Native Circles
Midge Dellinger on Authentic Remembrance of Indigenous Ancestors and History
Show Notes

Historian Midge Dellinger is a Muscogee citizen and oral historian for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. At the core of her work as an Indigenous historian, Midge advocates for an authentic remembrance of Indigenous ancestors. 

Her work focuses on the need for a revised and expanded rendering of America’s long-standing hegemonic narrative concerning Indigenous and U.S. histories. Midge is currently engaged in projects that shed light on the disconnects between Indigenous histories/peoples and public memory. She wrote her thesis about the Battle of Honey Springs (1863) in Indian Territory during the Civil War. She earned her MA in American Studies at Northeastern State University.

Reference links include:
 
"Names to faces: Uncovering The University of Tulsa's Indigenous history" (April 2021), https://artsandsciences.utulsa.edu/turc-stevens-presbyterian-school-indians/

"Muscogee (Creek) Nation National Library and Archives receives grant" (January 2021)