Brenden W. Rensink

Historian of the North American West, Borderlands, Indigenous Peoples, and Environment

Category: Borderlands

Blog, Borderlands

Clash over Riparian Reservation Borders

The Los Angeles Times has published a fascinating piece about a long-brewing conflicts on the western border of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, which just happens to be…the Colorado River. DoesContinue readingClash over Riparian Reservation Borders

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When Nature Moves Borders

A recent New Yorker piece by Paul Kramer, associate professor of History at Vanderbilt University, prompted this post. Of the many subtopics that make Borderlands History so fascinating is theContinue readingWhen Nature Moves Borders

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Borderlands and Transnational History at the 2014 Western History Association Conference

The Western History Association will hold its 54th annual conference in Newport Beach, California on October 15-18. Like last year, I have gone through the preliminary program to highlight panelsContinue readingBorderlands and Transnational History at the 2014 Western History Association Conference

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International Boundary Commission Still ‘Slash’-ing the Line

Whether you have traveled across the U.S.-Canadian border via boat, car, air, or virtually on Google Maps, you may have noticed that there is in fact a visible line –Continue readingInternational Boundary Commission Still ‘Slash’-ing the Line

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Borderlands at the Western History Association confererence, Tucson, October 9-12, 2013

(Also posted at the Borderlands History Blog) I did this last year and thought it would be a good thing to do again.  Browsing through the conference program for nextContinue readingBorderlands at the Western History Association confererence, Tucson, October 9-12, 2013

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Gunfire and a Manhunt in my Supposedly Quiet Bordered-Backyard

Over the past year, I have made a few contributions to the great Borderlands History Blog (also on facebook).  I am reposting them here to keep all of my stuffContinue readingGunfire and a Manhunt in my Supposedly Quiet Bordered-Backyard

Blog, Borderlands

Growing up on The Other Border

Over the past year, I have made a few contributions to the great Borderlands History Blog (also on facebook).  I am reposting them here to keep all of my stuffContinue readingGrowing up on The Other Border

Blog, Borderlands

Borderlands Seminar Reading List

Over the past year, I have made a few contributions to the great Borderlands History Blog (also on facebook).  I am reposting them here to keep all of my stuffContinue readingBorderlands Seminar Reading List

Blog, Borderlands

Dare to Compare: Attempting Comparative Transnational and Borderlands History

Over the past year, I have made a few contributions to the great Borderlands History Blog (also on facebook).  I am reposting them here to keep all of my stuffContinue readingDare to Compare: Attempting Comparative Transnational and Borderlands History

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