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David Martínez (Akimel O'odham/Hia Ced O'odham/Mexican) is Professor of American Indian Studies and the author of Dakota Philosopher: Charles Eastman and American Indian Thought (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2009), editor of The American Indian Intellectual Tradition: An Anthology of Writings from 1772 to 1972 (Cornell University Press, 2011), author of Life of the Indigenous Mind: Vine Deloria Jr and the Birth of the Red Power Movement (University of Nebraska Press, 2019), and author of the forthcoming My Heart Is Bound Up With Them: How Carlos Montezuma Became the Voice of a Generation (The University of Arizona Press, 2023). His publications appear in, among other venues, the American Indian Quarterly, the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Studies in American Indian Literatures, and Journal of the Southwest. His areas of concentration are American Indian intellectual and political history, contemporary American Indian art and aesthetics, and O'odham culture and history. Currently, Martínez is working on a history of the Hia Ced O'odham, which focuses on the 1851 Yellow Fever epidemic and its impact on the O'odham reservations in Arizona.
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480-965-2216
Education:
- Ph.D. Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook 1997. Dissertation: The Epic of Peace: Poetry as the Foundation of Philosohy. Chair: Edward S Casey.
- M.A. American Indian Studies, University of Arizona 1993. Thesis: The Epiphany of the Earth: An O'odham Environmental Ethic. Chair: Ofelia Zepeda.
- B.A. Philosophy, University of Rhode Island 1988
Research Interests:
American Indian intellectual history; American Indian art and aesthetics; Comparative American Indian folklore studies.
Publications:
- David Martínez. "This Is (Not) Indian Painting: George Morrison, Minnesota, and the Land He Never Really Left Behind". American Indian Quarterly (2015).
- David Martínez. "Living Large During the Jazz Age: ‘Big Chief’ Russell Moore, Pima Memories, and the Changing Roles of American Indians in the Twentieth Century". Journal of Arizona History (2014).
- David Martínez. "Neither Medicine Man Nor Chief: The Role of the Intellectual in the American Indian Community". Studies in American Indian Literature (2014).
- David Martinez. "Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto". Multicultural America, Volume 2 (2013).
- David Martinez. "Native American Intellectual Culture". Oxford Encyclopedia of American Culture and Intellectual History, Volume 2 (2013).
- David Martinez. "Carlos Montezuma’s Fight Against ‘Bureauism’: An Unexpected Pima Hero,". Special joint issue of Studies in American Indian Literature and American Indian Quarterly (2013).
- David Martinez. "From Off the Rez to Off the Hook! Douglas Miles and Apache Skateboards". American Indian Quarterly (2013).
- David Martinez. "Hiding in the Shadows of History: Revitalizing Hia C-ed O’odham Peoplehood,". Journal of the Southwest (2013).
- David Martinez. "Remembering the Thirty-Eight: Abraham Lincoln and the ‘War On Barbarism’". Wicazo Sa Review (2013).
- David Martinez. Peter Pan. Seeing Red-Hollywood’s Pixeled Skins: American Indians and Film (2013).
- . . Review of: "The Assassination of Hole in the Day" (2012).
- David Martinez. The American Indian Intellectual Tradition: An Anthology of Writings from 1772 to 1972. (2011).
- . . Review of: "Stealing the Gila: The Pima Agricultural Economy and Water Deprivation, 1848-1921" (2011).
- . . Review of: "The Sweet Smell of Home: The Life and Art of Leonard F Chana" (2011).
- David Martinez. Pulling Down the Clouds: The O'odham Intellectual Tradition During a Time of Famine. American Indian Quarterly (2010).
- David Martinez. The Path Less Taken: My Life as a Pima Intellectual. Red Ink Magazine (2010).
- . . Review of: Nicholas Black Elk: Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic (2010).
- . . Review of: Yaqui Homeland and Home Place: The Everyday Production of Ethnic Identity (2010).
- David Martinez. Out of the Woods and Into the Museum: Charles A. Eastman's 1910 Collecting Expedition Across Ojibwe Country. American Indian Culture and Research Journal (2009).
- Martinez, David. Dakota Philosopher: Charles Eastman and American Indian Thought. (2009).
- David Martinez. Savage Philosopher: A Meditation On Charles Eastman's "Indian Boyhood". Yellow Medicine Review (2008).
| Spring 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| AIS 430 | Contemp Indigenous Spiritualit |
| AIS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| AIS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| AIS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| AIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AIS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| Fall 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| AIS 320 | AI Philosophies & World Views |
| AIS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| AIS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| AIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AIS 503 | Contemporary Issues of AIN |
| AIS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| Summer 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| AIS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| Spring 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| AIS 430 | Contemp Indigenous Spiritualit |
| AIS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| AIS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| AIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AIS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| Fall 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| AIS 320 | AI Philosophies & World Views |
| AIS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| AIS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| AIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AIS 503 | Contemporary Issues of AIN |
| Summer 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| AIS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| Spring 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| AIS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| AIS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| AIS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| AIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AIS 502 | AIS Research Methods |
| AIS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| HST 790 | Reading and Conference |
| Fall 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| AIS 320 | AI Philosophies & World Views |
| AIS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| AIS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| AIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AIS 503 | Contemporary Issues of AIN |
| AIS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| Summer 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| AIS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| Spring 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| AIS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| AIS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| AIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| AIS 515 | Work & Legacy of Vine Deloria |
| AIS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| Fall 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| AIS 320 | AI Philosophies & World Views |
| AIS 503 | Contemporary Issues of AIN |
| Spring 2018 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| AIS 494 | Special Topics |
| Fall 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| AIS 320 | AI Philosophies & World Views |
| AIS 503 | Contemporary Issues of AIN |
Presentations:
- David Martinez. "Blinded By Science!: Vine Deloria Jr’s Critique of Archeology". Western Social Sciences Association (Apr 2013).
- David Martinez. "Blinded By Science!: Vine Deloria Jr’s Critique of Archeology". Great Plains Writers’ Conference (Mar 2013).
- David Martinez. "Beyond the Hollywood Indian". Indigenous Poets and Writers Exhibit (Nov 2011).
- David Martinez. "Well-Known SAI Leaders: Eastman, Zitkala-Sa, Montezuma, and Parker". Society of American Indians Centennial Symposium (Oct 2011).
- David Martinez. "4WheelWarPony". Arizona Humanities Festival: "Stories of Us" (Oct 2011).
- David Martinez. "Neither Medicine Man nor Chief: The Role of the ‘Intellectual’ in the American Indian Community". CSREA Speaker Series (Mar 2011).
- David Martinez. "The Importance of Indigenous Literature and History in the U.S. Curriculum". OneBookAZ (Mar 2011).
- David Martinez. The Fall of Hohokam Civilization: An Army of Tribes from the East. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting (Nov 2010).
- David Martinez. From Off the Rez to Off the Hook! Doug Miles, APACHE SKATEBOARDS, and Indigenous Guerilla Art. American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Meeting (Oct 2010).
- David Martinez. The Myth of Two Worlds: Carlos Montezuma, Arizona, and the Fight Against Bureauism. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Ethnohistory (Nov 2008).
- David Martinez. Rabbits and Flying Indians: The Satirical Surrealism of Jim Denomie. 40th Annual Algonquian Conference (Oct 2008).
- David Martinez. Pulling Down the Clouds: O'odham Writers After the Time of Famine. Western Social Sciences Association Annual Meeting (Apr 2008).
- David Martinez. The Life of the American Indian Mind: An Indigenous Tradition. American Indian Studies Association Annual Meeting (Feb 2008).
Service:
- Provost Native American Advisory Council (P-NAAC), Co-Chair (2014 - Present)
- H-AmIndian Online Network, Board member (2014 - Present)
- Special Graduate Programs Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Committee member (2013 - Present)
- Graduate Admissions Committee, Chair (2012 - Present)
- Graduate Admissions Committee, Chair (2012 - Present)
- Phi Sigma Nu, Native American Fraternity, Faculty Adviser (2007 - Present)
- University Senate Committee on Libraries, Committee member (2014 - 2016)
- University Senate, Senator (2009 - 2016)
- Labriola Book Award for American Indian Studies, Judge & Committee Chair (2008 - 2016)
- University of Oklahoma Press, Peer review (2014 - 2015)
- University Senate, Senator (2009 - 2014)
- Labriola Book Award for American Indian History, Judge (2008 - 2014)
- Phi Sigma Nu, Native American Fraternity, Faculty Adviser (2007 - 2014)
- Wicazo Sa Review, Peer review (2013 - 2013)
- University Senate Committee on the Constitution and By-Laws, Member (2012 - 2013)
- Oxford University Press, Peer review (2013 - 2013)
- American Indian Quarterly, Peer review (2013 - 2013)
- University Senate, Senator (2009 - 2012)
- Labriola Book Award for American Indian History, Judge (2008 - 2012)
- Phi Sigma Nu, Native American Fraternity, Faculty Adviser (2007 - 2012)
- State University of New York Press, Peer review (2011 - 2011)
- Cornell University Press, Peer review (2011 - 2011)
- Wicazo Sa Review, Peer review (2011 - 2011)
- American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Peer review (2011 - 2011)
- Wicazo Sa Review, Peer review (2010 - 2010)
- Faculty Senate, Senator (2009 - 2010)
- Phi Sigma Nu, Native American Fraternity, Faculty Adviser (2007 - 2010)
- Assistant and Associate Professor Search Committee, Department of History, Search Committee Member (2009 - 2010)
- Ira H Hayes High School, Commencement Speaker (2009 - 2009)
- Student Affairs and Grievance Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Committee Member (2008 - 2009)
- Director of American Indian Studies Search Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Search Committee Member (2008 - 2009)
- Assistant and Associate Professor Search Committee, Department of History, Search Committee Member (2008 - 2008)
- Morris K. Udall Undergraduate Scholarship, Reviewer (2008 - 2008)
- Assistant and Associate Professor Search Committee, American Indian Studies Program, Search Committee Member (2007 - 2008)
- Ford Predoctoral Dissertation and Ford Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships, Reviewer (2007 - 2008)