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Michael Witgen is a Professor in the Department of History and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University. He is a citizen of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe. His research focuses on Indigenous Early American history, with a particular emphasis on the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Valley. His notable publications include "Infinity Nations: Native New World Shaped Early North America" published in 2012 by the University of Pennsylvania Press, and "Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, Political Economy Plunder North America," which was a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in History. He has received several prestigious awards, including the James Rawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians and the Caughey Prize from the Western History Association, as well as a state history prize from the Historical Society of Michigan.
Department of Anthropology (GSAS)