Department of History
Kimonee Burke
Ph.D. Candidate
Research Interests
Native American and Indigenous Studies, Northeastern Indigenous History, Federal Indian Policy, Federal Acknowledgment Policy
Biography
Kimonee Burke's research analyzes the role that Christianity and tribal churches have played in some New England tribal petitions for federal acknowledgment. Her primary research interests focus on nineteenth and twentieth-century New England Indigenous History and the impact of federal Indian policies in the region.