Angie Debo: an unlikely educator and scholar of Indian history and culture

Angie Debo, educator and historian, wrote thirteen scholarly books, which included material representative of the American Indian experience. In one of her later books, A History of the Indians of the United States, first published in 1951, she wrote that the story of the American Indian shows a remarkable record of survival. The comment might seem surprising to those who know that she was a doctoral student of Edward Everett Dale, American History Professor at the University of Oklahoma--1914-1952, and noted supporter of Turner's Frontier Thesis. Here, Laubach and Smith offer insight into Debo's complex relationship with her mentor, Dale.