BIEDER, Robert E.

BIEDER, Robert E. American, b. 1938. Genres: Anthropology/Ethnology. Career: Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, assistant professor of history, 1972-73; Newberry Library, assistant director of Center for the History of the American Indian, 1973-74, associate director, 1974-75; University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, assistant professor of Native American studies, 1977-80; University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany, senior Fulbright lecturer in ethnology and American studies, 1980-81; Indiana University-Bloomington, visiting assistant professor, summers, 1982-83, 1985, visiting associate professor of history, 1985-87, associate professor in Malaysian Program, 1987, associate professor of history, 1995-; Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, senior Fulbright lecturer in history, 1988-89; L. Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary, Soros Foundation Professor of American Civilization, 1991, 1992, senior Fulbright lecturer in history, 1992-94. Expert witness for U.S. Departments of Justice and the Interior, Sault Ste. Marie Ojibwas, and Native American Rights Rund. Publications: (ed. and author of introduction) Johann G. Kohl, Kitchi-Gami: Life Among the Lake Superior Ojibway, 1985; Science Encounters the Indian: A Study of the Early Years of American Ethnology, 1820-1880, 1986; A Brief Historical Survey of the Expropriation of American Indian Remains, 1990; Contemplating Others: Cultural Contacts in Red and White America, 1990; Native American Communities in Wisconsin, 1600-1960: A Study of Tradition and Change, 1995. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to journals. Address: Department of History, Ballantine Hall, Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A.