Graduate Student Carlton Shield Chief Gover Featured in the Coloradan, CU's Alumni Magazine.
A Walk in Two Worlds
Published: March 18, 2021 • By Daniel Strain
American Indians and archaeologists have had a long and often fractious history. Carlton Shield Chief Gover is trying to change that.
Just after World War II, Carlton Shield Chief Gover’s (PhDAnth’22) grandfather was facing an uncertain future in Oklahoma. Philip Gover was a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, an American Indian nation outside Tulsa. He had lost his arm fighting in Italy and was struggling to complete his undergraduate degree.
That’s when one of his professors pulled him aside and delivered the blunt assessment: “What is a one-armed Indian going to do without an education in this country?”
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