Nabokov, Peter.

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Peter Francis Nabokov was born on October 11, 1940, in Auburn, N.Y. He received his B.S. from Columbia University in 1965, and his M.S. from Goddard College in 1973. Nabokov worked on the Navajo, Sioux, and Crow reservations in 1962. He was a reporter for the Santa Fe New Mexican from 1967-1968. Nabokov has held many teaching positions, including instructor in American Indian Studies at Peninsula College, Monterey, Ca. in the 1970s, instructor at University of California, Berkeley from 1979-1982 and 1984-1985, co-instructor at the Native American Educational Services College, Chicago in 1987, lecturer at University of California, Santa Cruz, 1987-88. Other lecturer positions include the Center for the Study of Indian History, Haskell Indian Junior College, University of California, Santa Barbara, College of the Virgin Islands, Colorado College, University of North Dakota, University of Montana, and University of Colorado. Nabokov has received numerous awards and honors, as well as research fellowships.

From the guide to the Peter Nabokov Photograph Collection, 1967-1968, (Center for Southwest Research, University of New Mexico.)

Writer and newspaperman.

From the description of Papers, 1963-1977. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 36032380

Peter Francis Nabokov was born on October 11, 1940, in Auburn, N.Y. He received his B.S. from Columbia University in 1965, his M.S. from Goddard College in 1973, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Nabokov is professor of American Indian Studies and World Arts and Cultures at UCLA. He has worked on the Navajo, Sioux, and Crow reservations in 1962. He was a reporter for the Santa Fe New Mexican from 1967-1968. Nabokov has held many teaching positions, including instructor in American Indian Studies at Peninsula College, Monterey, Ca. in the 1970s, instructor at University of California, Berkeley from 1979-1982 and 1984-1985, co-instructor at the Native American Educational Services College, Chicago in 1987, lecturer at University of California, Santa Cruz, 1987-88. Other lecturer positions include the Center for the Study of Indian History, Haskell Indian Junior College, University of California, Santa Barbara, College of the Virgin Islands, Colorado College, University of North Dakota, University of Montana, and University of Colorado. Nabokov has received numerous awards and honors, as well as research fellowships. Publications include A Forest of Time, Native American Testimony, Native American Architecture (with Robert Easton), Indian Running, Two Leggings: The Making of a Crow Warrior, Architecture of Acoma Pueblo, Tijerina and the Courthouse Raid, and Native American Architecture .

From the guide to the Peter Nabokov Papers, 1963-1977, (University of New Mexico. Center for Southwest Research.)

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creatorOf Nabokov, Peter. Papers, 1963-1977. University of New Mexico-Main Campus
creatorOf Nabokov, Peter. Reies Tijerina photograph collection [picture]. University of New Mexico-Main Campus
creatorOf Peter Nabokov Photograph Collection, 1967-1968 The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
creatorOf Peter Nabokov Papers, 1963-1977 The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
referencedIn Gary Snyder Papers, 1910-2003;, (1945-2002 bulk) University of California, Davis. General Library. . Dept. of Special Collections
referencedIn Vera Zorina papers Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Nabokov, Peter. Nabokov, Peter (Collection) [Picture] University of New Mexico-Main Campus
referencedIn Monterey Public Library. California History Room. Authors clippings : "N" [surname] folder 1938-2007. Monterey Public Library
creatorOf Nabokov, Nicolas, 1903-1978. Nicolas Nabokov Papers, 1907, 1950-1978. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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Rio Arriba County (N.M.)
New Mexico
New Mexico
Tierra Amarilla (N.M.)
Tierra Amarilla (N.M.)
Tierra Amarilla (N.M.)
Rio Arriba County (N.M.)
Rio Arriba County (N.M.)
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Hispanic Americans
Hispanic Americans
Land grants
Land grants
Land tenure
Law enforcement
Spanish Americans
Spanish Americans
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Writer, Prose, Fiction and Nonfiction
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