Professor Jack Forbes
(Powhatan-Renape-Lenape) 
Area of Interest
Ethnicity; Ethnohistory; Native American History and Literature; Community Development; Racism and Colonialism; Native Americans in Europeand Africa, multicultural education. Geographic Area:
Milky Way Biographical Notes:
Jack D. Forbes is professor emeritus and former chair of Native American Studies at the University of California at Davis, where he has served since 1969. He is of Powhatan-Renápe , Delaware-Lenápe and other background. In 1960-61 he developed proposals for Native American Studies programs and for an indigenous university. In l971 the D-Q University came into being as a result of that proposal. He is also a poet, a writer of fiction, and a guest lecturer in Russia, Japan, Britain, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, Mexico and elsewhere.
Professional
Summary
Contact information:
Department
Office: 2401 Hart Hall,
(530) 752-3237, FAX (530) 752-7097
Mailing Address: Native American Studies, University of California,
One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
Contact information:
Department Office: 2401 Hart Hall,
(530) 752-3237, FAX (530) 752-7097
Mailing Address:
Native American Studies,
University of California,
One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
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