Peter Iverson is Professor of History at Arizona State University and has also taught at Navajo Community College. He is the author or editor of ten books, including Indians in American History, Second Edition (edited with Frederick E. Hoxie), When Indians Became Cowboys, Carlos Mantezuma, and The Navajo Nation, Professor Iverson serves on the Advisory Council of the D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History. He has held fellowships from the Newberry Library, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and has received the Carleton College Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Achievement.