A Gentle Goodnight to John C. Mohawk

I first met John C. Mohawk in the fall of 1993, when I entered the Ph.D. program in American Studies at the University of Buffalo. John co-taught with the late Larry Chisolm the year-long introductory seminar in American Studies. 13 years later that course remains as the most intense intellectual experience of my life. Hopefully John and Larry are someplace sitting around a table, conjuring the spirits for the next generation of scholar warriors.

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from the University of Buffalo

John C. Mohawk, UB American Studies Professor, 61
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- John C. Mohawk, Ph.D., of Buffalo and the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, Gowanda, died Sunday (Dec. 10, 2006) in his home in Buffalo. He was 61.

Mohawk was a beloved and highly respected associate professor of American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo and a distinguished author, editor, conflict negotiator and champion of the rights of indigenous peoples.

A member of the Turtle Clan of the Seneca Nation of Indians, Mohawk was widely recognized as a leading scholar of Seneca culture and history. He also was an expert in Native American economic development and cultural survival who emphasized the relationship between the treatment of indigenous groups and the state of the earth's environment.

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