Books published by University of Oklahoma Press

The trial and conviction of Tom Horn marked a major milestone in the hard-fought battle against vigilantism in Wyoming. Davis, himself a trial lawyer, has mined court documents and newspaper articles to dissect the trial strategies of the participating attorneys. His detailed account illuminates a larger narrative of conflict between the power of wealth and the forces of law and order in the West.

Following Oklahoma's flagship school through decades that saw six US presidents, eleven state governors, and five university presidents, Volume 2 of The University of Oklahoma: A History documents the institution's evolution into a complex, diverse, and multifaceted seat of learning.

This exhaustive reference will be the first stop for anyone looking for Calamity Jane in print, film, or photograph - and wanting to know how reliable those sources may be. Richard Etulain assesses the most valuable sources on Calamity's legend in newspapers, magazines, journals, books, and movies, as well as historical and government archives.

Dedicated to the principle that leadership must come from within the communities to be led, Voices of Resistance and Renewal applies recent research on local, culture-specific learning to the challenges of education and leadership that Native people face.

In Free to Be Mohawk, Louellyn White traces the history of the AFS, a tribally controlled school operated without direct federal, state, or provincial funding, and explores factors contributing to its longevity and its impact on alumni, students, teachers, parents, and staff.

For more than a century, trading posts in the American Southwest tied the US economy to those of American Indian peoples. In this capacity, Hubbell Trading Post in Ganado, Arizona, had no parallel. This book tells the story of the Post, its Navajo clients, and what the changing relationship between them reveals about the history of Navajo trading.