Dr. Duane Champagne

Biography

Duane Champagne is a Professor Emeritus in Sociology and American Indian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and holds the status of Professor Emeritus at the UCLA School of Law. He earned his B.A. in Mathematics from North Dakota State University in 1973, followed by an M.A. in Sociology from the same institution in 1975, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University in 1982. Champagne has served as the Director of the UCLA American Indian Studies Center from 1991 to 2002 and was the editor of the American Indian Culture Research Journal from 1986 to 2003. Currently, he is a member of the Faculty Advisory Committee at the UCLA Native Nations Law Policy Center and the Acting Director of the UCLA School of Law’s Tribal Learning Community Educational Exchange (TLCEE). His research primarily focuses on issues of social and cultural change in historical and contemporary Native American communities, with significant works covering various indigenous groups, including the Cherokee, Tlingit, Iroquois, Delaware, Choctaw, Northern Cheyenne, Creek, and California Indians.

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