Brenda Child

Brenda J. Child is an Ojibwe historian and author.

Brenda J. Child
Born1959
Occupationhistorian, author
AwardsAASLH Award of Merit
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisA bitter lesson : Native Americans and the government boarding school experience, 1890-1940 (1993)
Academic advisorsLinda K. Kerber
Academic work
Disciplinehistory
Sub-disciplinetwentieth-century Ojibwe history of the Great Lakes
InstitutionsUniversity of Minnesota
Doctoral studentsPatricia Marroquin Norby

Biography

Brenda J. Child is a citizen of the Red Lake band of Chippewa and a historian.[1] She is Northrop Professor of American Studies at the University of Minnesota.[2] Her scholarship focuses on American Indian history, including the legacy of American Indian Boarding Schools in the United States,[3] the role of Ojibwe women in preserving culture,[4] Indigenous education, social history,[5] and the historical legacy of the jingle dress.[6][7][8] She also published an award-winning children's book, Bowwow Powwow Bagosenjige-niimi’idim.[9] She has served as president of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association from 2017-2018 and served on the board of trustees of the National Museum of the American Indian from 2013 to 2019.

Early life

Child was born on the Red Lake Ojibwe Reservation (Miskwaagamiiwizaag'igan) in Northern Minnesota in 1959. She has a B.S. Ed. in History and Social Studies from Bemidji State University, a M.A. in History from the University of Iowa (1983) and PhD in History from the University of Iowa (1993).[2]

Scholarship

Child's research and scholarship focuses on Ojibwe history. She has also curated museum exhibits and contributed to public history efforts, including co-founding The Ojibwe People's Dictionary with John Nichols.[10] In 2019 Child curated an exhibit about the legacy of the jingle dress titled Ziibaask'iganagooday: The Jingle Dress at 100.[11][12][13]

Selected works
  • "Relative Sovereignty: Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl,” in Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases, edited by Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman, (New York, Simon & Schuster, 268-279, 2020.
  • Bowwow Powwow: Bagosenjige-niimi’idim, trans. Gordon Jourdain, illus. Jonathan Thunder (Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2018)
  • My Grandfather’s Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation (Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2014)
  • Indian Subjects: Hemispheric Perspectives on the History of Indigenous Education, with Brian Klopotek (Santa Fe: School of Advanced Research Press, 2014)
  • Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of Community (New York: The Penguin Library in American Indian History, 2012)
  • "Politically Purposeful Work: Ojibwe Women’s Labor and Leadership in Postwar Minneapolis,” in Indigenous Women and Work: From Labor to Activism, edited by Carol Williams, University of Illinois Press, 240-253.
  • “The Absence of Indigenous Histories in Ken Burns’ The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” The Public Historian, Vol 33, No 2, May 2011, 24-29.[14]
  • “I’ve Done My Share:” Ojibwe People and World War II,” with Karissa White, Minnesota History, Volume 6, Issue 5, 196-207, 2009.
  • “Wilma’s Jingle Dress: Ojibwe Women and Healing in the Early Twentieth Century” in Reflections on American Indian History: Honoring the Past. Building a Future, edited by Albert L. Hurtado with an introduction by Wilma Mankiller (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008) 113-136.
  • Away From Home: American Indian Boarding School Experiences, 1879-2000. Edited by Margaret Archuleta, Brenda J. Child, and K. Tsianina Lomawaima. (Phoenix: The Heard Museum, 2000)
  • Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940 (Lincoln: The University of Nebraska Press,1998)
  • “The Runaways: Student Rebellion at Flandreau and Haskell,” Journal of American Indian Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, Vol. 35, No. 3, Spring, 1996, 49-57.
  • “Homesickness, Illness and Death: Native American Girls in Government Boarding Schools,” in Women of Color and the Experience of Health and Illness, edited by Barbara Bair and Susan Cayleff, (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1993) 169- 179.
  • A bitter lesson : Native Americans and the government boarding school experience, 1890-1940. PhD thesis. University of Iowa, 1993.

Awards
  • American Indian Youth Literature Award, Best Picture Book (ALA) (2020)[15][9][16]
  • AASLH Award of Merit for Leadership in History (2016) [17]
  • American Indian Book Award (Labriola National American Indian Data Center) (2014)[18]
  • Best Book in Midwestern History (Midwestern Historical Association) (2014)
  • North American Indian Prose Award (1995)

References
  1. HOLDING OUR WORLD TOGETHER | Kirkus Reviews.
  2. "Brenda Child". | College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  3. Child, Brenda J (2012). Boarding school seasons: American Indian families, 1900-1940. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-6405-2. OCLC 869214214.
  4. Child, Brenda J (2012). Holding our world together: Ojibwe women and the survival of community. New York: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-02324-0. OCLC 733230611.
  5. "Strong Women/Strong Nations 2: Brenda Child". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  6. "Born in Minnesota, the Ojibwe tradition of jingle dress dancing brings healing". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  7. Child, Brenda J. (2020-05-28). "Opinion | When Art Is Medicine". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  8. "Western Lands & Peoples: Perspectives on the American West Lecture Series, Brenda Child - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  9. León, Concepción de (2020-01-27). "Graphic Novel Wins Newbery Medal for the First Time". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  10. "The Ojibwe People's Dictionary". ojibwe.lib.umn.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  11. "Ziibaaska' iganagooday: The Jingle Dress at 100 Exhibit". Explore Minnesota. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  12. "New Exhibit Explores the History of the Ojibwe Jingle Dress and Marks Its 100th Anniversary". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  13. "Jingle Dress Dancers in the Modern World: Ojibwe People & Pandemics". | College of Liberal Arts. 2020-09-10. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  14. Child, Brenda J. (2011). "The Absence of Indigenous Histories in Ken Burns's The National Parks: America's Best Idea". The Public Historian. 33 (2): 24–29. doi:10.1525/tph.2011.33.2.24. ISSN 0272-3433. JSTOR 10.1525/tph.2011.33.2.24.
  15. "Twin Cities writers honored with American Library Association Youth Media Awards". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  16. "Bowwow Powwow: Bagosenjige-niimi'idim". American Indian Library Association. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  17. Author, AASLH Contributing. "My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation". AASLH. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  18. "Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award | ASU Library". lib.asu.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
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