From the Bookshelf Periodic musings on books I like. As I explained last week, the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre was the first topic to draw me into Western History. After undergraduate fumbling with the topic, it featured prominently in my early graduate work as I wrote my M.A. thesis on the Native American genocide studies historiography and debates between indigenous writers and Holocaust scholars. I later published a book chapter on the the broader topic of genocide studies in Native America (download PDF here, purchase the BOOK here), and a journal article that looks directly at Sand Creek historiography as well (download PDF here, full journal ISSUE here). My dissertation work moved me away from genocide Continue readingFrom the Bookshelf: Kelman, A Misplaced Massacre