Sherry L. Smith, is a University Distinguished Professor of History and Associate Director of the Clements Center for Southwest Studies. Her research rests at the intersections of western, Native American, and U.S. cultural history. Her most recent books include Hippies, Indians and the Fight for Red Power  (Oxford University Press, 2012) and Reimagining Indians: Native Americans Through Anglo Eyes, 1880-1940 (Oxford University Press, 2000). The latter won the Organization of American Historians’ James Rawley Prize for the best book on race relations. She also published two edited volumes, Indians and Energy: Exploitation and Opportunity in the American Southwest  (School of Advanced Research Press, 2010) and The Future of the Southern Plains (University of Oklahoma Press, 2003) as part of the Clements Center symposia series. A former President of the Western History Association (2008-09), she held the L.A. Times Distinguished Fellowship at the Huntington Library (2009-10) and received the Berkshire Prize for Best Article in 2010. Her current research project is a biography of a relationship between two West Coast, early 20^th century advocates of free love.

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