A Conversation with Matt Reed: THPO for the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma - Ruins 85

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On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we interview Matt Reed. Matt is the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, We talk about how his families military service factored into his fascination with history and ultimately pushing him to study history as an undergraduate. We then talk about his academic career and how he got started at the Oklahoma Historical Society and what the goal of the society is. We talk about his change of careers and what he does as the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer. Matt and Carlton then detail their experience at the 2021 Plains Conference in Boulder, Colorado.

Links

• Pawnee Nation Historic Preservation Office Website

Literature Recommendations

• The Lost Universe by Gene Weltfish
• Indian Sketches by John Treat Irving
• An Unspeakable Sadness-The Dispossession of the Nebraska Indians by David Wishart
• Some Things Are Not Forgotten by Martha Royce Blaine
• Pawnee Passage by Martha Royce Blaine
• 1491 by Charles C. Mann
• 1493 by Charles C. Mann
• Interpreting Our Heritage by Freeman Tilden
• Pox Americana by Elizabeth Fenn
• Encounters at the Heart of the World by Elizabeth Fenn

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