Devon Mihesuah is member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and is a historian by training; she received her Ph. D. in American History from TCU in 1989, and was professor of American Indian History in NAU's history department for ten years; she is now professor of Applied Indigenous Studies, serves as award winning Editor of the American Indian Quarterly and edits University of Nebraska Press' book series, "Contemporary Indigenous Issues"; Mihesuah's research, writing and speaking focuses on the necessary themes of decolonization and empowerment strategies.-- Library of Congress Authorities