Russell Thornton

Russell Thornton (born 20 February 1942) is a Cherokee-American anthropologist and professor of anthropology at the University of California at Los Angeles, who is known for his studies of Population history of indigenous peoples of the Americas. [1] [2][3]

For the Canadian poet, see Russell Thornton (writer).

His publications include:

• 1986 We Shall Live Again: The 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance Movements as Demographic Revitalization (Cambridge University Press).
• 1987 American Indian Holocaust and Survival (University of Oklahoma Press).
• 1990 The Cherokees: A Population History (University of Nebraska Press).
• 1998 Editor. Studying Native America: Problems and Prospects (University of Wisconsin Press).
• 2007 Co-editor with Candace S. Greene. The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian (University of Nebraska Press and the Smithsonian Institution).

Education

• Ph.D., Sociology, Florida State University (1968)
• Postdoctoral (Social Relations), Harvard University (1968-69)
• Postdoctoral (Demography), University of Southern California (1980)

References

1. Thornton comments on Ward Churchill
2. http://www.anthro.ucla.edu/people/faculty?lid=464
3. THornton interviewed on indigenous genocide