Robert Alexander Innes Assistant Professor Ph.D. Arizona (2007) M.A. Saskatchewan (2000) B.A. Toronto (1996) Email: rob.innes@usask.ca Phone: (306) 966-2197 Office: Kirk Hall 137

Biography

I am a Plains Cree member of Cowessess First Nation. I completed my Phd dissertation at the University of Arizona in the American Indian Studies Program. The title of my dissertation is "The Importance of Kinship Ties to Members of Cowessess First Nation." In January 2007, I was appointed to the position of Assistant Professor in the Department. Prior to my appointment I was the Pre-Doctoral Fellow in the American Indian Studies Program at Michigan State University. I completed my M.A. at the University of Saskatchewan in Native Studies. The title of my thesis was "The Socio-Political Influence of the Second World War Saskatchewan Aboriginal Veterans, 1945-1960." I completed my B.A. at the University of Toronto with a major in History and a double minor in Aboriginal Studies and English. I am a graduate of the Transitional Year Programme at the University of Toronto.

Selected University Courses Taught

NS 105.3 Local Aboriginal Peoples
NS 106.3 Aboriginal Canada
NS 430.3 Issues in Cultural Preservation
NS 803.3 Theoretical Issues in Native Studies: Developing Anishinawbe Theories
NS 898.3 Special Topics Course: Urban Youth
Hst 201.3 Historical Methods and Skills, Department of History, Michigan State University

Selected Publications

Innes, Robert Alexander. "`Wait a Second: Who Are You Anyways?': The Insider/Outsider Debate and American Indian Studies" American Indian Quarterly 33, no. 4 (2009): 440-461

- - -. “Multicultural Bands on the Northern Plains and the Notion of ‘Tribal’ Histories,” Jarvis Brownlie and Valerie Korinek eds. Finding a Way to the Heart: Feminist Writings on Aboriginal and Women’s History in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Accepted.

- - -. "Elder Brother, the Law of the People and Contemporary Kinship Practices of Cowessess First Nation Members: Reconceptualizing Kinship in American Indian Studies Research" American Indian Culture and Research Journal 34, no.2 (Forthcoming)

---. "New Interpretations of Cultural Preservation, Revitalization, and Persistence," American Indian Culture and Research Journal 34, no.2 (Forthcoming)

Selected Conference Presentations

2009 "Native Studies and Cultural Preservation." A paper to be presented at New Directions in Aboriginal Policy Symposium, Mount Royal College, Calgary

2009 "Historical Research and Native Studies Methods." A paper presented at the Canadian Historical Association Annual Conference, Carleton University

2009 "Is Native Studies a Creation of Pretentious Arrogance?" A paper presented at the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Annual conference, Minneapolis, MN

Complete CV